Evaluation of mineral bottled water samples for different physical and chemical parameters

The quality of drinking water is regulated in most countries under recommendation and legal requirements. For developing countries regulations are framed by World Health Organization (WHO) since 1984 and onwards. Normally ground water and surface water (River, lacks, springs) are used for bottlers choice of water. In the present paper we have evaluated the pure water supplied by many factories in bottles with different brand names. Such mineral water was analyzed for different physical and chemical parameters. The quality of bottled water is compared with U. ?S. Federal Drug Administration (FDA) guidelines for bottled water and World Health Organization standards for drinking water. (author)