THE NITROGEN COMPOUND CONTENT OF SOME NATURAL MINERAL WATERS FROM BUKOVINA, ROMANIA,VERSUS THEIR BOTTLED FORM

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to study the problem of water contamination by nitrogen compounds such as nitrates, nitrites and ammonium in three zones of interest: one drill river in Păltiniș reservoir and „Rău” and „Chiril” rivers flowing through Crucea village in Bukovina Area, Romania. The work direction was to investigate the contamination level in the rivers and to compare the obtained results with the levels found in the bottled form of the water originating from these rivers, given the obligatory drinking water standards. This issue occured during debates with the local society. After developing the study we can remark that the water contamination levels by nitrogen compounds in the water sources rivers in the three chosen zones of interest and in the bottled still spring water as well, are lower than the maximum allowable value, but not 0. Mention should be made that there are no efforts made during the industrial water conditioning process to reduce the levels of nitrate, nitrite and ammonium in the water to be consumed by the population.