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Safe and good quality drinking water is the basis for good human health. Drinking water can contain heavy metals that can cause serious health problems, but also essential elements that are very desirable and of great importance to the human organism. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the content of essential metals in drinking water from the northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina. 24 samples of fresh water from eight municipalities were collected from different sources, in which nutrients were analyzed: sodium (Na), potassium (K), iron (Fe), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg) and selenium (Se). Measured metal concentrations (Na, Ca, Mg and Fe) were within the limits allowed by the Regulations of B&H and WHO guidelines, while the Se and K concentrations were slightly above the prescribed limits. Since these are essential heavy metals, their presence in drinking water is not a threat to human health.
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Pehlić, E., Aldžić-Baltić, A., Žapčević, M., Šapčanin, A., Salkić, K., Jukić, H. (2020). Determination of Essential Metals in Drinking Water from Northwest Area of Bosnia and Herzegovina with AAS Method. In: Karabegović, I. (eds) New Technologies, Development and Application II. NT 2019. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 76. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18072-0_76
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