@article{article_644087, title={Fluoride Levels in Drinking Water and Assessment of Water Quality in Terms of Teeth Health in a Significant Watershed in Thrace Region: Ergene River Basin}, journal={Acta Aquatica Turcica}, volume={16}, pages={238–245}, year={2020}, DOI={10.22392/actaquatr.644087}, url={https://izlik.org/JA62JF29SM}, author={Tokatlı, Cem and Güner, Şirin}, keywords={Ergene River Basin,Fluoride,Drinking water quality,Cluster Analysis,Teeth health}, abstract={<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:14.2pt;"> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:11pt;" xml:lang="en-us">This study was carried out to determine the fluoride levels in drinking water
of Ergene River Basin, which is known as the life blood of Thrace Region and
one of the most contaminated river basins in Turkey. Drinking </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:11pt;" xml:lang="en-us">w </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:11pt;" xml:lang="en-us">ater </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:11pt;" xml:lang="en-us">
samples were collected from 30 stations including residential areas located in
the Ergene River Basin in dry (summer) season of 2018. </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:11pt;" xml:lang="en-us">Fluoride </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:11pt;" xml:lang="en-us"> levels of water
samples were determined by using a spectrophotometer and Cluster Analysis (CA)
was applied to detected fluoride data in order to classify the investigated
residential areas according to fluoride contents. Geographic Information System
(GIS) was also used in order to make a visual explanation by presenting
distribution map of fluoride accumulations and also the detected data were evaluated
in terms of teeth health of local people, who constantly drinks this water. According
to detected data, the fluoride accumulations in drinking water of Ergene River
Basin were determined between 0.246 ppm (Velimeşe Village) – 1.460 ppm (Bayramlı
Village). According to the results of CA, 3 statistically significant clusters
were formed as “High Fluoride Cluster”, “Optimum Fluoride Cluster” and “Low Fluoride
Cluster”. </span> </p> <p> </p>}, number={2}, organization={Trakya Üniversitesi}