Estimation of Fluoride Concentration in Municipal Water Supply and Commercially Available Packaged Drinking Water in Mathura City. A -Comparative Study
R Gupta, NA Ingle, N Kaur, E Ingle, M Bhalla
Citation Information :
Gupta R, Ingle N, Kaur N, Ingle E, Bhalla M. Estimation of Fluoride Concentration in Municipal Water Supply and Commercially Available Packaged Drinking Water in Mathura City. A -Comparative Study. J Oral Health Comm Dent 2014; 8 (3):131-134.
Presence of fluoride in water is known to cause many crippling diseases either by its insufficient or excess intake.
Aim & objectives
To compare the fluoride and TDS concentration in municipal water supply and packaged drinking water sold in Mathura city.
Material and Method
Total five water samples of packaged drinking water and ten samples of municipal water were collected from pumping stations of Mathura city. Fluoride concentration was determined by modified alizarin method, TDS was estimated by TDS meter. The student t test was used to compare the mean fluoride concentration of municipal water and packaged drinking water.
Results
The mean fluoride concentration of packaged drinking water and municipal water supply was 0.16 mg/L, 0.64 mg/L respectively. The difference between the mean of two samples was found to be statistically significant.
Conclusion
The fluoride concentration was low in both municipal water and packaged drinking water. TDS was in permissible range in packaged drinking water and unsatisfactory in municipal water.
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