Kosovo has limited natural water resources which should be well managed. This is recently realised through quantitative and qualitative monitoring of both surface and groundwater and by characterizing their quality according to their destination. In this paper, the Water Quality Index (WQI) developed by the Canadian Council of Environment Ministers (CCME WQI) was applied to evaluate the groundw...

In the rubber dam's impact area, the groundwater total hardness (TH) has declined since 2000, ultimately dropping to 100-300 mg/L in 2012. pH levels have shown no obvious changes. NH4-N concentration in the groundwater remained stable from 2000 to 2006, but it increased from 2007 to 2012, with the largest increase up to 0.2 mg/L. NO3-N concentration in the groundwater generally declined in 2000...

Throughout the year 2007, 89 treated water samples from three water treatment plants (WTPs) of the Athens Water Supply and Sewerage Company (EYDAP S.A.) and 180 samples from network tanks (NWTs) were analyzed for electrical conductivity (EC), alkalinity (TA), pH, aluminium (Al), total hardness (TH), chloride (Cl(-)), residual chlorine (free Cl), calcium (Ca(2+)) and magnesium (Mg(2+)). The resu...

INTRODUCTION Hardness is one of the basic properties of dental materials, specially composite resins which is relevant to their polymerization. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of light curing distance and the color of clear Mylar strips on surface hardness of Silorane-based (SCR) and Methacrylate-based composite resins (MCR). MATERIALS AND METHODS 40 samples of MCRs (Filtek Z...

In this research, the quality of wastewater discharged into environment has been investigated. The effluent from solar desalination pond contains large amounts TDS (3.68 grams per liter) and TH (6.50 liter). Since use filter is not economical in case, three types commercial coagulants such as aluminum sulfate, ferric chloride sulfide have used study. main parameters effectiveness inorganic coag...

This study is descriptive - cross sectional and  during  the 8 months from  winter of 2012 to spring and summer 2013 was performed . In this study at first, with preparation and organization the questionnaire, information about  usage, type and functionality of household treatment systems were collected. Then from 20 Household water treatment ،after water treatment, the samples were taken. samp...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was the characterization of mechanical properties of representative types of orthodontic wires employing instrumented indentation testing (IIT) according to ISO 14577. METHODS Segments were cut from ten wires. The first six are made of stainless steel (SS), two are made of Ni-Ti, and the last two are made of titanium molybdenum alloys (TMA). Then, the Martens ...

background & aims of the study: corrosion and scaling play undesirable effects on transmission and distribution system of drinking water. the aim of this study was to assess the corrosion and scaling potential of drinking water resources in babol city. materials and methods: totally, 54 water samples were collected from 27 wells in spring and autumn. calciu m hardness, ph, total alkalinity, tot...

With the disturbance of human factors, groundwater resources in source region Yellow River have gradually depleted and water quality has become worse, which seriously affected development high-altitude areas. The from 2016 to 2020 was evaluated using single-component comprehensive evaluation methods, following by a prediction 2021 2100 based on RCPS (RCP 2.6, RCP 4.5, 8.5) scenarios coupled wit...