Open AccessWATER COMPOSITION ASSESMENT FROM THE WATER SUPPLY AND MINERAL WATER
Author(s) -
Bartosz Wanot,
Piotr Milkiewicz,
Antoine Tamsa Arfao
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
periodyk naukowy akademii polonijnej
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2543-8204
pISSN - 1895-9911
DOI - 10.23856/2608
Subject(s) - bottled water , tap water , mineral water , water supply , raw water , environmental science , virtual water , chemistry , water resources , environmental engineering , water scarcity , ecology , archaeology , biology , history
Water is a key factor conditioning our lives and the minerals dissolved in it are one of the main sources of supplementing their deficiency. Water makes up about 60% of the body weight of an adult human, while the human body does not store water, which is why it is very important to permanently refill it. Without water, it would be impossible to have many processes in the body such as digestion, regulation of body temperature, proper mobility of joints or intrabody transport of nutrients and metabolic products. Water supplied to the body comes mainly from two distribution channels, as bottled water or water from the water conduit. In recent years, there has been a significant increase in the consumption of bottled water, which is the result of ubiquitous advertising of drinking water in this form. However, there is a group of consumers who drink tap water. The aim of the work was to compare the content of selected minerals in botteled waters purchased in stores and water from the water supply network. An attempt was made to answer the question whether the incurring of higher costs for the purchase of bottled water is justified in order to satisfy the body's needs for minerals or perhaps tap water meets these needs to a similar degree. Comparison of the content of selected mineral components in tap water and bottled water shows that in most cases tap water is not inferior to the content of the determined minerals in bottled water.