QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF HEALING MINERAL WATER USING A VARIETY MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES

Medicinal water can be, like all groundwater, appearing in the environment are constantly changing, which are both natural and caused broadly defined anthropopressure. In the case of medicinal waters, any changes to lower their health effects on the human organism are unfavorable. Consequently it is need for periodic testing of their terms of physico-chemical parameters, including mineral composition. The aim of this study was to determine the physicochemical parameters and assess the quality of 16 selected medicinal mineral waters found health resorts Rymanów Zdrój and Iwonicz Zdrój, and the possibility apply new techniques for the determination of the elemental composition of the water. The results of the elemental composition was undertaken using ion chromatography and X-ray fluorescence. For the latter indications additionally introduced variant hydrochloric acid treatment of the sample due to the high concentrations of chlorides in the test waters. Research has shown the presence of inter alia bar or niobium, elements that were not declared composed of the pump-and bottlers, in higher concentrations could cause such. intestinal cramps, muscle relaxation, and in extreme cases, paralysis of the respiratory center. Their adverse effect may be compounded by the use of inhaled therapeutic. Over this demonstrated significant differences in the quantitative composition of key elements, depending upon the method of determination. The results obtained allowed the calculation of indicators of water hydrochemical and their classification according to the Sulina Scale. The correctness of the analyzes concentrations of elements was confirmed balance of cations and anions. Based on pooled data was evaluated therapeutic properties of mineral waters and the possibility of their use in therapy.

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