Determination of Physical and chemical characterization of drinking water resource’s the villages of Qorveh with emphasis on arsenic concentration

Subject Areas : Environmental pollutions (water, soil and air)

masoomeh heidari ^{1 *} , Rezvan Heidari ²

1 - Assistant Professor, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Sanandaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj, Iran
2 - Master's Student in Land Assessment and Planning, Faculty of Natural Resources, Khatam Al-Anbia University of Technology, Behbahan, Iran

Received: 2024-08-06 Accepted : 2025-05-04 Published : 2025-12-13

Keywords: physical parameters, chemical parameters, drinking water resources, villages of Qorveh city, arsenic.,

Abstract :

Introduction: determination the quantity and quality of water is a key step to optimize its consumption. Therefore, in this study the physical and chemical characteristics of drinking water resource’s the villages of Qorveh with emphasis on arsenic concentration determined and the correlation between different parameters with arsenic were examined.

Material and methods: This study carried out in two sections: sampling of water resources and measurement of arsenic and determination physical and chemical characteristics of samples. Measuring arsenic was carried out by atomic absorption spectrophotometry. As well as samples of different parameters such as total kations (calcium, magnesium, sodium), anions (chloride, sulfate, nitrate, phosphate, fluoride, nitrite, ammonia) acidity, alkalinity, pH, EC, TDS and TS in the laboratory were analyzed.

Result: The results showed that in addition to arsenic exceeded the national standard (10μg / L) in all water resources in villages that were studied; only the parameters of pH, total hardness, nitrate, fluoride, sulfate and potassium in some villages are not in range of National standards. According to the Pearson correlation coefficient through all of different parameters, only between arsenic and phosphate (significantly 0.05) and between arsenic and potassium (significantly 0.01) there is a correlation.

Discussion: The correlation between arsenic and phosphorus can be due to the same group and the same atomic radius and therefore their chemical behavior is similar and the correlation between arsenic and potassium can be due to geogenic the source of arsenic in the study area.

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