Question: You are contracted by the United Nations Environmental Program ( UNEP ) to evaluate the suitability of the water of a river, passing through a
You are contracted by the United Nations Environmental Program UNEP to evaluate the suitability
of the water of a river, passing through a small town in India, for drinking. The first thing you do is to
have the river water analyzed. The chemist hands you the following result and all the constituents are
totally dissolved in the water:
Temperature: C
Species Concentration, mgL Species Concentration, mgL
Ca Carbonate
Sulfate
Na Chloride
K Nitrate
Silica Sio
HCO
You now must evaluate the water quality parameters. Here are the results of your evaluation:
a Total hardness mgL
b Total Dissolved SolidsmgL
c Alkalinity mgL
Please Note: For this problem, you must know the definition of hardness, the definition of Alkalinity
and the definition of TDS Total Dissolved Solids
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