Authors : Abbas T. Khlaif and Wafaa S. H. AL-Nasrawi
Abstract: Water pollution is one of the major problems that affect human health, environmental systems and civilization development. Recent research shows that 71% of the world’s population still suffers from contaminated water. Samples of drinking water were collected locally (Al-Waha, Al-Alaa and Nawar) as well as samples of drinking water imported (Japanese, French and Turkish). The samples were transferred to the laboratories of the directorate of the Holy Karbala environment. Some factors were measured such as pH, turbidity, electrical conductivity, total soluble solids, calcium, magnesium, sodium, potassium and chlorides. As well as the total count of bacteria and total coliform and fecal coliform. The results are compared with the Iraqi and international standards. Some parameters differed from the recorded readings on local and imported drinking water containers if the difference was clear while others were close to the recorded readings while others were identical to the readings recorded on the packages. Bacterial test were all within the limits allowed except total bacteria count was outside the specifications allowed by Iraq and the world for local and imported water samples of the two companies Alaa and the Japanese type.
Abbas T. Khlaif and Wafaa S. H. AL-Nasrawi, 2019. Evaluation Drinking Water of Some Plants and Some Types of Packaged Drinking Water and Imported in the Province of Karbala, the Efficiency of Markets. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 14: 9984-9988.