Document Type : Research article
Authors
- Mohammad Reza Zare 1
- Mohammad Reza Shooshtarian 2
- Jahangir Otofat Shoare Jahromi 3
- Marzieh Honarbakhsh 4
- Mahvash Haghjoo 5
- Fatemeh Hosseini 6
- Jamal Mehralipour 7
- Zohreh Berizi 8
1 Department of Environmental Health, School of Health, Larestan University of Medical Sciences, Larestan, Iran
2 2- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Student Research Committee, School of Health, Larestan University of Medical Sciences, Larestan, Iran.
3 Master of Water Civil Engineering, ABFA Evaz County, Larestan, Iran
4 Department of occupational health, School of health, Larestan university of medical sciences, Larestan, Iran
5 Department of Public Health, Student Research Committee, School of Health, Larestan University of Medical Sciences, Larestan, Iran.
6 Department of Public Health, Student Research Committee, School of Health, Larestan University of Medical Sciences, Larestan, Iran
7 Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Iran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran, Student Research Committee, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
8 Department of Enviromental Health Engineering, School of Health, Larestan University of Medical Sciences, Larestan, Iran
Abstract
Background and aim: Today, the supply of qualified drinking water has become the main concern of the competent authorities. Drinking water, in addition to the appropriate quantity, must have appropriate standards regarding physicochemical and microbial properties. Nitrate and nitrite ions are of special importance due to their adverse environmental and health. The aim of this study was to determine the concentration of these ions in the drinking water of Evaz city and to perform calculations related to health risk assessment.
Method: In this study, five points were selected and 50 samples (10 samples from each point) were collected over time intervals. After transferring the samples to the environmental chemistry laboratory, the concentration of nitrate and nitrite ions was determined by the spectrophotometer (DR6000) according to the instructions provided by the HACH.
Results: The concentration of nitrate and nitrite ions in all parts of the network was lower than the standard set by the WHO. The highest and lowest concentrations of nitrate and nitrite ions were obtained at the sampling sites of Patrice Restaurant (1.04 and 0.021 mg/L) and ABFA (0.8 and 0.0162 mg/L), respectively. Also, risk assessment based on the age range of infants, children and adults was 0.125, 0.00375 and 0.043, respectively, which shows that long-term water consumption will not have a negative impact on human health.
Conclusion: The physicochemical quality of Evaz drinking water was acceptable and human exposure to this water has a non-carcinogenic risk of much less than the critical range.
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