GROUNDWATER QUALITY IN SHALLOW WELLS FROM FELEACU VILLAGE, CLUJ COUNTY, ROMANIA

Silvia  BURCĂ; Cerasella  INDOLEAN; Andrada  MĂICĂNEANU

GROUNDWATER QUALITY IN SHALLOW WELLS FROM FELEACU VILLAGE, CLUJ COUNTY, ROMANIA

Authors

Silvia BURCĂ Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Email: silvia.burca@ubbcluj.ro. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5536-4424
Cerasella INDOLEAN Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Email: cella@chem.ubbcluj.ro. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0106-5191
Andrada MĂICĂNEANU Madia Department of Chemistry, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, USA; Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Email: sanda.maicaneanu@iup.edu. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6905-3894

Keywords:

groundwater, shallow wells, drinking water, quality parameters, monitoring

Abstract

This study includes monitoring one of the most important physico-chemical parameters in ten shallow wells from Feleacu village, Cluj County, Romania, in order to establish if the water sources can be used as drinking water. dH_t, dH_T, COD, TDS, conductivity, pH, NO₂^-, NH₄⁺, Mn²⁺ and Fe_total were determined using appropriate standard methods and compared with allowable values for drinking water, according to Romanian legislation. Based on the determined parameter values, most of the samples were characterized by high mineralization and some of them are contaminated with nitrite ions. Thus, in order to ensure that the water consumed as drinking water will not create health problems for the population, periodically monitoring of physico-chemical parameters should be compulsory performed.

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STUDIA UBB CHEMIA, Volume 60 (LX), No. 3, September 2015

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2015-09-30

How to Cite

BURCĂ, S. ., INDOLEAN, C. ., & MĂICĂNEANU, A. . (2015). GROUNDWATER QUALITY IN SHALLOW WELLS FROM FELEACU VILLAGE, CLUJ COUNTY, ROMANIA. Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Chemia, 60(3), 247–255. Retrieved from https://studia.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/index.php/chemia/article/view/8485