Determination of water quality in Hadim district of Konya (Turkey) and the investigation of disinfection efficiency

Abstract

Drinking and usage water of Hadim Town (Konya, Turkey) has been provided from underground water. For this reason, there is no any treatment method but only disinfection with chlorine is applied. In the scope of this study, it is intended to determine the characteristic of the water quality via some analyzing method of the drinking and usage water and to explore the effectiveness of the existing disinfection method which is applied at present. Water has been analyzed collected 200 water samples from 5 points selected in the central district of Hadim water mains system. Subsequently, analyses, which are intended for characterizing the drinking and usage water of Hadim district, have been conducted both in the territory and in the public health laboratories of Konya province. Furthermore, analyses have been conducted in order to determine to what extent and at what point is effective the selected disinfection method (chlorination). Consequently, it has been determined that, on account of its chemical specialties, drinking water of the Hadim district is suitable for the standards stipulated for our country. Nevertheless, bacteriologically, it has been determined that the quality of the water is low owing to coinciding with coliform type bacteria from time to time.