Assessment of Basic Physical-Chemical Parameters in Drinking Water in Tirana, Albania

Volume 5 - Issue 2

Milidin Bakalli¹* and Albim Hoxha²

Received: November 01, 2018;   Published:November 09, 2018

DOI: 10.32474/CIACR.2018.05.000210

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Abstract

Tirana is one of the major Cities of Albania, which used water from three different types of water resource, groundwater from spring, surface water (Bovilla reservoir) and private well water. Groundwater and surface water managed by Municipality of Tirana and kept under control of Laboratory of Water-Sanitation. Whereas private well water isn’t kept under control by public institution like Laboratory of Water-Sanitation of Tirana or Public Health Institute. Groundwater and surface water are according of network distribution by pipeline. This water used by people as a tap water. According to the Laboratory of Water-Sanitation of Tirana water is suitable for drinking water and fulfills quality of Albanian standard. The present study was designate to examine the physicochemical water quality from ground water, surface water and private well water. Water samples were collected for a period of three months from April to May 2017 and analyzed for water quality parameters by following standard methods. All samples analyzed for pH, Temperature, EC, TDS, Total hardness, Calcium, Magnesium, Chloride, Nitrite, Nitrate, and Ammonia. Data analysis was performed by statistic calculation. By observing the results, it can be concluded that parameters which were taken for tap water quality are below the pollution level. Whereas at the private well water was found some parameters such as nitrate and ammonium are over the permissible values. Other parameter which has high level is hardness and this water classified as “moderate hardness”. In general, water from Selita and Bovilla sources that used in Tirana City is suitable for drinking and uses for some various purpose like domestic, agricultural, industrial etc.

Keywords: Tap Water; Quality; Physicochemical; Tirana; Pollution

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