Heavy Metal Estimation and Quality Assurance Parameters for Water Resources in the Ankara, Türkiye

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 7 Sayı: 2, 113 - 130, 30.12.2025

Deniz Şahin , Sinan Mithat Muhammet , Ferat Sahın

https://doi.org/10.47769/izufbed.1680577

https://izlik.org/JA26BR38KA

Öz

The increasing economic growth rate in recent years, increasing agricultural activities, industrialization, and population growth, brings about the excessive use and pollution of water resources, like in all natural resources in our country. Therefore, pollution control of water-bodies is extremely important in protecting and monitoring water quality. This study aims to analyze the water quality of two different districts in Ankara which are Karşıyaka, and Karapürçek under increasing pressure from domestic and industrial activities and wastewater in addition to a significant flood risk. The salt stress and heavy metal contamination for two sources were investigated in accordance with this purpose. ICP-OES (inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectroscopy) technique was used for determination of heavy metals in these water samples. The validation of the method was performed, and the suitability of heavy metals was compared with the drinking water standards of the Turkish Drinking Water Standard (TS 266, 2005) and the World Health Organization (WHO, 2022). The concentrations of the heavy metals in the samples were found within the limit values given in the standards. There are no studies in the literature on the quality of surface water resources in these neighborhoods within the scope of urban transformation, and it is obvious that the transformation will bring innovations to the neighborhoods in the settlement planning.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Heavy Metal , Salt Stress , Water Quality.

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