Research Article

Occurrence and Assessment of Chemical Contaminants in Drinking Water in Tunceli, Turkey

Table 1

Concentrations of the studied chemicals in the drinking water sampling locations of the city center and municipalities of Tunceli, Turkey.

No.LocationsMunicipalitiesNitrate (mg/L)Fluoride (mg/L)T. pesticides
(μg/L)
THMs* (μg/L)Chloroform
(μg/L)
TCE** (μg/L)

1BurmageçitMerkez***3.480.07UDL****3.303.30UDL
2CumhuriyetMerkez4.700.04UDL5.075.070.26
3EsentepeMerkez1.390.13UDL9.929.92UDL
4KanogluMerkez2.210.16UDL5.043.99UDL
5KopuzlarMerkez1.650.10UDL2.342.340.30
6AkçapinarÇemisgezek8.260.13UDL7.237.23UDL
7PayamdüzüÇemisgezek1.780.02UDL4.134.13UDL
8TepebasiÇemisgezek13.110.260.0274.094.09UDL
9DevriscemalHozat1.460.01UDL13.4011.58UDL
10YenidogduHozat2.740.070.0422.952.95UDL
11AkpazarMazgirt16.220.16UDL10.0510.050.37
12BulgurcularMazgirt4.220.08UDL3.013.010.34
13CenterMazgirt9.300.28UDL19.3012.53UDL
14DarikentMazgirt2.740.220.015UDL4.550.43
15CenterNazimiye2.920.02UDL3.173.17UDL
16ÇakmakliOvacik0.280.11UDL12.9912.99UDL
17PasadüzüOvacik8.250.15UDL6.356.350.37
18PulurOvacik2.040.01UDL4.942.70UDL
19CamikebirPertek6.060.04UDL16.465.610.30
20SogukpinarPertek6.620.11UDL3.163.160.37
21CenterPülümür1.110.04UDL2.422.42UDL

Trihalomethanes.
Tetrachloroethane.
City center.
Under detection limit.