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  • Incidence of nitrate, nitrite, chloride and phosphate in groundwater in Modivas, Portugal
    Publication . Silva, Susana; Sousa, José; Ramalhosa, M. J.; Antão, M. Cristina; de Sá Barroso, Maria de Fátima; Pina, Maria de Fátima; Pina, Maria de Fátima; Delerue-Matos, Cristina; Delerue-Matos, Cristina; Beleza, Vitorino
    The aim of this project consisted in the evaluation of chemical quality of groundwater in domestic wells situated in the village of Modivas, which belongs to the district of Porto, in north of Portugal. The population doesn’t have a public water supply system and the groundwater is a significant source for domestic, livestock breeding and agricultural use. The quality of water samples were collected from domestic wells with an approximate deph of 15m and the quality has been investigated with respect to pH, conductivity, temperature, nitrate, nitrite, phosphate and chloride. Geographical coordinates were also measured at each location, using a GPS device. The obtained results show that a strong nitrate contamination exists in the studied area. A very small percentage of wells (2%) were above the guideline for nitrite. As for the other parameters (chloride and phosphate) the results never exceeded the legal limit.
    2006-07-12Comunicação em conferência Acesso aberto Ver mais
  • Introduction of the parameter 'Total Organic Carbon' (TOC) as a standard for the quality control of swimming pool water
    Publication . Beleza, Vitorino de Matos; Costa, Rosária Santos; Baptista, Marta Pinto; Beleza, Vitorino; Pereira, Isabel
    Swimmers introduce organic compounds into swimming pools due to the transferring of sweat, saliva, skin, hair, urine, feces, among other materials, to the water. Water quality control in the tank must include some chemical parameters that will quantitatively reflect the presence of these contaminants in the water. Oxidability to permanganate is included in the regulations and norms of public swimming pools in most developed countries. According to the Portuguese norm NP-731, permanganate oxidability is determined by the oxidation of organic compounds in the water by potassium permanganate in acidic conditions when boiling for 10 minutes. |n fact, this procedure detects all reductants oxidized by the essay conditions, whether organic or inorganic. To overcome these limitations, several entities suggested the determination of Total Organic Carbon (TOC). lsocyanuric acid, H30;C;N;, is used as a stabilising agent for free chlorine. In its combustion, cyanuric acid is totally oxidised, and the products of this reaction are carbon dioxide, which contributes to the TOC value, water and nitrogen. Analytical confirmation of the carbon:isocyanuric acid relationship was performed in the Centro de Estudos de Aguas laboratory, achieving ‘the value of 0.27 quite close to the theoretical relation carbon:isocyanuric acid (0.28). This relationship will help to definition of a maximum value for TOC in swimming pool water, in function of its depth.
    2011Documento de conferência Acesso aberto Ver mais