Water Analysis Laboratory
There is a water hygiene laboratory in the Department of Public Health where bacteriological, physical and chemical analyzes are performed.
The water analysis laboratory of our department has been in service since 1957. In 2005, a spectrophotometer and in 2009 a photometer device was purchased and the technical possibilities of the laboratory were increased. In our laboratory, many criteria that need to be considered in drinking, using and irrigation waters can be analyzed in accordance with the new legal regulations.
The criteria for drinking, use and irrigation waters are grouped below according to their methods and are presented with the highest permissible values for these criteria and their prices in our laboratory:
| Methods | Parameters |
Upper Limits |
Costs (TL) |
Drinking Water | Irrigation Water | Purification Water |
| Photometric/ Spectrophotometric |
Total hardness (French hardness degree) |
0-7 soft 8-14 middle hard 15-30 hard >=31 very hard |
10 | + | ||
| Ammonia | Zero (0) mg/l | 5 | + | + | ||
| Nitrite | Zero (0) mg/l | 5 | + | + | ||
| Nitrate | 45 mg/l | 15 | + | + | ||
| Phenol | 0,002 mg/l | 10 | + | + | ||
| Sodium | 125 mg/l | 15 | + | + | + | |
| Aluminum | 0,3 mg/l | 5 | + | + | ||
| Lead | 10 mcg/l | 10 | + | + | ||
| Manganese | 100 mcg/l | 10 | + | + | ||
| Nickel | 20 mcg/l | 5 | + | + | ||
| Zinc | - | 10 | + | + | ||
| Sulfate | 200 mg/l | 10 | + | + | + | |
| Boron | 1 mg/l | 15 | + | + | + | |
| Potassium | - | 15 | + | |||
| Magnesium | - | 15 | + | |||
| Cyanide | 50 mcg/l | 10 | + | + | ||
| Fluoride | 1,5 mg/l | 10 | + | + | ||
| Cadmium | 5,0 mcg/l | 10 | + | + | ||
| Copper | 2 mg/l | 10 | + | + | ||
| Iron | 200 mcg/l | 10 | + | + | ||
| Physical | Conductibility | - | 10 | + | + | |
| Calorimetric | Chlorine | 0,5 ppm | 5 | + | ||
| pH | - | 5 | + | + | + | |
| Titration | Organic Substance | 3,5 mg/l | 10 | + | + | |
| Chloride | 200 mg/l | 5 | + | + | + | |
| Bacteriological | Total coliform (100 ml) | Zero (0) | 15 | + | ||
| E.coli (100 ml) | Zero (0) | 15 | + | |||
| Total bacteria (1 cc) * | 300'e kadar | 10 | + | |||
| Visual characteristics | Color | 5 unit | 5 | + | + | |
| Turbidity | 5 unit | 5 | + |
