PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND MICROBIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF MINERAL WATERS BOTTLED IN TURKEY

In this study, Physical (turbidity), chemical (total hardness, bicarbonate, carbonate, pH, conductivity, calcium, magnesium, ammonium, potassium, sodium, iron, fluoride, sulfate, chloride, nitrate, nitrite, copper silicate, phosphate, manganese, lead, chromium, cadmium, borate) and microbiological analyzes (total mesophilic aerobic bacteria, Salmonella, Faecal streptococci, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, sulfate-reducing anaerobes, pathogenic staphylococci, E. coli, total coliform) in mineral waters within our country which are supplied to the market were conducted and minerals composition differences there of have been determined. 25 mineral waters produced and put up for sale in Turkey were analyzed. It was determined that total mineral matter, bicarbonate, calcium silicate, magnesium, sulphate, potassium, sodium, chloride, phosphate, total hardness, iron, fluoride, nitrite, ammonium, manganese nitrate, copper, lead, chromium, borate, turbidity, conductivity, pH and total mesophilic aerobic bacteria levels showed significantly difference (p0,1)