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| Quality Level of Bottled Drinking Water Consumed in Saudi Arabia |
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Ashraf E.M. Khater,
Asma Al-Jaloud and A. El-Taher |
Abstract:
The quality of drinking water is a universal health concern and access to safe
water is a fundamental human right. Many national and international organizations
set certain parameters and levels for Bottled Drinking Water (BDW) to ensure
their quality. The present work aims to analyze the quality of various brands
of BDW used in Saudi Arabia and to compare the quality levels to the BDW standards.
One hundred and twenty six samples of 54 different BDW brands were collected
from the Saudi market. The quality level parameters were analyzed using portable
meters for pH, EC and TDS; spectrophotometer, HACH DR-2800 for F, SO4
and NO3; Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) Mass Spectrometer (MS)
and atomic emission spectrometer (AES) for elemental analysis. To evaluate the
quality level parameters of BDW, the parameters were classified as following:
(1) Parameters and substances affect the quality of BDW (pH, EC, TDS, HCO3,
F, NO3 and SO4). (2) Macronutrients (Ca, K, Mg and Na).
(3) Micronutrients-trace elements (Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mo, Se and Zn), (4) Potentially
essential elements that have some beneficial health effects (B, Mn, Ni and V)
and (5) Toxic elements (Al, As, Cd, Hg, Pb, Th and U) using Inductively coupled
plasma-mass spectrometry, ICP-MS. The concentrations of the detected elements
were compared with the Golf and international standard like World Health Organization.
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How to cite this article:
Ashraf E.M. Khater, Asma Al-Jaloud and A. El-Taher, 2014. Quality Level of Bottled Drinking Water Consumed in Saudi Arabia. Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 7: 90-106.
DOI: 10.3923/jest.2014.90.106
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jest.2014.90.106
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