TITLE:
Quality Monitoring of Various Local and Imported Brands of Bottled Drinking Water in Saudi Arabia
AUTHORS:
Hisham A. Maddah, Abdulazez S. Alzhrani
KEYWORDS:
Quality, Monitoring, Assessment, Standards, Drinking Water, Reliability
JOURNAL NAME:
World Journal of Engineering and Technology,
Vol.5 No.4,
September
13,
2017
ABSTRACT: Minerals and constitutes in drinking water are vital for the nutrition of human bodies. Certain limits of water quality parameters must be met to ensure the safety of bottled drinking water for the human consumption. Thirty two local and twelve imported brands of bottled water in Saudi Arabia have been collected to verify their compliance with international and local standards which are EPA (2016), WHO (2013) and SASO (2009). A proposed scoring system is used to evaluate the water quality. Fayha and Hilwa brands have been selected as the best local brands whereas Volvic brand as the optimal imported brand in the western region of Saudi Arabia. The local water brands are more reliable to the standards than the imported brands. Licensed water brands in Saudi Arabia are found to have a good water quality which satisfied the quality requirements.