Abstract
Bottled water is commonly consumed in Saudi Arabia. Several of these brands are locally produced and others are imported. The objectives of this study was to evaluate the quality, especially metal concentrations, of bottled waters marketed in Saudi Arabia. About 100 samples of 9 commonly consumed bottled waters were collected from the supermarkets and analyzed for pH and concentrations of 18 metals using an ICAP. It was found that the concentrations of calcium and sodium in Taiba and Al‐Shifa brands, and magnesium and sodium in Al‐Rawabi brand were higher than the values claimed on their labels. The concentrations of calcium in Evian and magnesium in Al‐Rawabi were higher than the desirable limits of these elements in drinking water. All other metals, determined in this study, were found below their permissible or desirable limits.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 925-930 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Environmental Technology Letters |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue number | 9 |
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| State | Published - Sep 1988 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors acknowledge the support of the Research Institute at the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, during the course of this study. The technical support of Messrs Tahir H. Zaidi, Hasan H. Al-Mohanna, and Aarif H. El-Mubarek is also gratefully appreciated.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pollution
