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Archived Articles : Volume: II Issue: XI, 25 September 2014
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Bottled Water Market in Al Qurayyat City, Al Jouf Region, KSA: A case study
Ahmed M. El-Naggar , Fahd S. Al-Anzi and Ahmed R. Al-Bakry
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The study surveyed 15 kinds of the domestic and imported bottled water available in the water market in Al Qurayyat City, Al Jouf Region, northern Saudi Arabia. The domestic water brands included Al Qassim, Hilwa, Taiba, Hana, Nuva, Hijra, Dala, Aquafina, Arwa, Naba, Al Ghazal, Nestle and Yanabe Al Qassim. The imported water included Volvic and Evian. Each water brand attained a characteristic taste according to the chemical composition. Hydrogen ion concentration ranged between 6.8 and 7.4. All the water brands were free of bacteria. There was a marked difference in the concentrations of total dissolved solids, bicarbonates, total hardness, sulfates, chlorides, calcium, potassium, magnesium and sodium among the studies water brands. Evian water contains high level of bicarbonate (360 mg/l), total dissolved salts, calcium and magnesium. Arwa attained the highest level of sulfate (74.5 mg/l), Nestle recorded the highest level of chloride (68 mg/l), whereas Al Qassim showed the highest level of sodium (29 mg/liter) and nitrate (7.00 mg/l). However, Hilwa water has the highest level of potassium (7.9 mg/l).

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