Determination of physical and chemical properties of local waters and comparison with other drinking water

Nowadays, it is believed that it is good for a variety of diseases such as stomach diseases, diseases of the digestive system, urinary tract diseases, cardiovascular diseases, kidney stones, diabetes (sugar) disease, gout, prostate, blood pressure disease. One of these diseases, kidney stone disease is very painful, quality of life seriously reduces and unfortunately, the number of patients with each passing day is increasing. These local waters, which are drunk as a hope of patients, consist mostly of waters where the Ministry of Health has not carried out routine water checks. In this study, especially in terms of kidney stone disease is believed to be good to drink from four different regions (Izmir, Manisa, Bursa, Giresun) to compare with the local healing waters in order to obtain the source, network, bottled water compliance with drinking water regulations (TS 266) and between them differences were examined. Water conductivity, pH, total hardness, measurements of some heavy metals (lead, mercury, cadmium, arsenic), anion (fluoride, chloride, nitrite, bromide, nitrate, phosphate, sulfate), cation (sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, aluminum, manganese) analysis. Manisa-Demirci and İzmir-Kınık medicinal waters have higher sodium and potassium values compared to other water samples, Bursa medicinal, bottled, spring waters, Manisa Demirci medicinal, bottled, İzmir Dikili medicinal, bottled water permissible limit values (200 µg / L) exceeding even the source of Bursa and Izmir Dikili healing waters were found to be far above the border. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the regional waters, which are known as ına healing without any scientific basis, in terms of scientific data and to provide easy, inexpensive treatment options without any side effects to kidney stone patients and to contribute more effectively and consciously to our own resources.