Comparative study between bottled mineral and tap water in Italy

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 112, Issue , 2012, Pages 368-389

  Dinelli, Enrico ^a   Lima, Annamaria ^b   Albanese, Stefano ^b   Birke, Manfred ^c   Cicchella, Domenico ^d   Giaccio, Lucia ^d   Valera, Paolo ^e   De Vivo, Benedetto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bottled mineral water; Hydrogeochemistry; Italy; Tap water; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL TREATMENTS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CORROSION PROCESS; CORROSION REACTION; DIFFERENT DISTRIBUTIONS; GEOCHEMICAL CONDITIONS; GROUNDWATER CONDITIONS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; INORGANIC CONTENT; IONIC SPECIES; ITALY; MAJOR IONS; MINERAL WATER; MULTIPLE SOURCE; PET CONTAINERS; PIPELINE CORROSION; QUALITY GUIDELINES; ROCK TYPES; SECOND GROUP; TAP WATER; TAP-WATER SAMPLES; WATER ROCK INTERACTIONS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ANTIMONY; BEVERAGES; CESIUM; CHLORINE; CHROMIUM; CORROSION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; IONS; LEACHING; LEAD; MOLYBDENUM; POTABLE WATER; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SILICATE MINERALS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRONTIUM; SURFACE WATERS; TIN; TRACE ELEMENTS; YTTERBIUM; ZINC; ZIRCONIUM;

WATER TREATMENT;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATABASE; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE WATER; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

ITALY;

EID: 84155163122     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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