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Copper level investigation in drinking fountain bubbler water in Macquarie campus

Introduction

Copper and copper compound are found in the environment in a variety of forms. Copper was exposed through the food eating, the water drinking and the air breathing. Basically, there is direct contact of skin copper in the water, soil and other copper containing materials. Copper compounds are lbrmed when copper joins with other chemicals. The source of Copper compounds is also Ibund in water, air and soil. Large amount of copper can be found in drinking water because of plumbing material that the copper pass through it. The main factors that reinlbrce high copper concentration in water are corrosion of copper pipes. Variation of PH, hardness, dissolved oxygen, the presence of oxidizing and complexion agent, and stagnation time in the pipes. The tendency of water to he corrosive is controlled principally by monitoring or adjusting the pH, buffer intensity, alkalinity, and concentrations of calcium, magnesium, phosphates, and silicates in the water.

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