TY - JOUR ID - TI - Evaluation quality of bottled drinking .water sold in Samawa city-Iraq AU - Haider Salman Almnehlawi PY - 2013 VL - 1 IS - 1 SP - 101 EP - 117 JO - Muthanna Journal of Pure Science (MJPS) مجلة المثنى للعلوم الصرفة SN - 22263284 25725181 AB - Consumption of bottled drinking water increase rabidly in Iraq and all over world, becausepeoples think it more safe from municipal water, this study aimed to evaluation quality of tenbrands bottled drinking water that sold in local markets of Samawa city by compareresultswith limited levels of Iraqi and world health organization standards for drinking water thencompared its with labels on bottled.Thirty samples collected (three for each brand) duringApril, may and June 2012 (one sample monthly) and study quality of it by measured thefollowing physical ,chemical and biological parameters (pH,temperature,total dissolve solids,electrical conductivity,dissolvedoxygen,nitrite,sulfate,chloride,totalhardness,calcium ,magnesium ,total bacterial count,Totalcoliform bacteria and fecal coliform bacteria. Resultsshowed 70% of studied brands were within Iraqi limited levels 1998 and W.H.O. standards2008while 30% were above these standards for limited parameters ,SO4 for brands number 1and 2,PO4 for number 6, temperature and dissolved oxygen can conceders normal becausevaried according to favorite of consumers and temperature respectively. In all brands labels onbottle don’t act real composition of water within it. Conclude bottled drinking water(for somebrands) don’t have enough safety. Statistical analysis results showed significant differencesbetween brands for most tests in level p<0.05

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