Investigation of Well Water Resources According To Their Quality Parameters Used in Hatay and Characterization by Chemometric Methods

Underground waters are usually well water. Also over ground waters are river, stream, lake and dam water. Approximately 97,2 % of world water resources is saline water. Turkey is one of the important countries in terms of water resources. In our country, 98 billion m3 of over ground waters and 12 billion m3 of underground water surface, including water supply has a total of 110 billion m3. Increasing need for water pollution control and prevention of groundwater studies in our country is important. In this study, well waters which are consumed as drinking water in Antakya analyzed according to drinking water quality parameters specified in the Regulation on Water Intended for Human Consumption. Results investigated according to eligibility criteria for drinking water quality standards obtained by the Institute of Turkish Standards (TS 266) and the World Health Organization (WHO). The effect of environmental pollution in the region on the well waters used in the region of Antakya determined. Along with this, according to the heavy metal ingredience of the gathered well water samples, the chemical characterization was done by chemometric methods like principal component analysis and cluster analysis