PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF WATER WELLS FROM REMETI, MARAMURES

Thomas DIPPONG; Eniko KOVACS; George COMAN; Sebastian BUD; Marcel ȚÎBÎRNAC; Maria Magdalena PAYER; Monica MARIAN; Oana MARE ROSCA; Cristina MIHALI; Maria-Alexandra HOAGHIA

doi:10.24193/subbchem.2021.2.17

PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF WATER WELLS FROM REMETI, MARAMURES

Authors

Thomas DIPPONG Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Biology, 76 Victoriei Street, 430122 Baia Mare, Romania; Heidenroslein Association, 12A/95 Unirii Street, 430122 Baia Mare, Romania. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4625-6525
Eniko KOVACS INCDO-INOE 2000, Research Institute for Analytical Instrumentation, 67 Donath Street, 400293 Cluj‑Napoca, Romania; University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, 3-5 Calea Manastur, 400372, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4625-6525
George COMAN Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Biology, 76 Victoriei Street, 430122 Baia Mare, Romania.
Sebastian BUD Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Biology, 76 Victoriei Street, 430122 Baia Mare, Romania.
Marcel ȚÎBÎRNAC Heidenroslein Association, 12A/95 Unirii Street, 430122 Baia Mare, Romania.
Maria Magdalena PAYER Heidenroslein Association, 12A/95 Unirii Street, 430122 Baia Mare, Romania.
Monica MARIAN Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Biology, 76 Victoriei Street, 430122 Baia Mare, Romania; Heidenroslein Association, 12A/95 Unirii Street, 430122 Baia Mare, Romania.
Oana MARE ROSCA Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Biology, 76 Victoriei Street, 430122 Baia Mare, Romania; Heidenroslein Association, 12A/95 Unirii Street, 430122 Baia Mare, Romania. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4625-6525
Cristina MIHALI Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Biology, 76 Victoriei Street, 430122 Baia Mare, Romania; Heidenroslein Association, 12A/95 Unirii Street, 430122 Baia Mare, Romania.
Maria-Alexandra HOAGHIA INCDO-INOE 2000, Research Institute for Analytical Instrumentation, 67 Donath Street, 400293 Cluj‑Napoca, Romania. *Corresponding author: alexandra.hoaghia@icia.ro

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24193/subbchem.2021.2.17

Keywords:

water quality, physico-chemical parameters, water quality index.

Abstract

This study was conducted with the aim of determining the quality and potential contamination level of water wells. Samples were collected from private water wells used as drinking water sources in Remeți locality, Maramures County, Romania. Remeți is situated near the protected area of the Upper Tisa River. Several physico-chemical indicators were determined, such as pH, electrical conductivity, dissolved oxygen, oxygen saturation, turbidity, temperature, ammonium, nitrate, nitrite, chloride, phosphate, iron, copper, sulphates, carbonate, bicarbonate and total hardness, due to their importance to human health and to the quality of the aquatic systems situated nearby a protected area. The quality status was assessed by using the water quality index (WQI), based on eleven parameters: pH, electrical conductivity, ammonium, total hardness, turbidity, nitrite, nitrate, chloride, sulphate, iron and cooper. The results indicated high amounts of ammonium and nitrate, while the WQI classified the studied water well samples into excellent and good quality categories. The WQI scores ranged between 27.7 and 65.1. The novelty of the study consists in the determination of the chemical composition of water wells from Remeti locality and in identification of some pollution processes which could affect human health if the studied waters are used as drinking water sources.

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STUDIA UBB CHEMIA, Volume 66 (LXVI), No. 2, June 2021

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2021-06-30

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DIPPONG, T., KOVACS, E., COMAN, G., BUD, S., ȚÎBÎRNAC, M., PAYER, M. M., … HOAGHIA, M.-A. (2021). PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF WATER WELLS FROM REMETI, MARAMURES. Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Chemia, 66(2), 197–212. https://doi.org/10.24193/subbchem.2021.2.17