DOI: 10.36347/sjet

Pages: 98-103

Thermal water springs are considered to be important natural sources. Studies was done in the region concerning the geology, geophysics, hydrochemistry but no was concentrated on the hydro-chemical characteristics of thermal water in Katana region. A large number of chemical analysis of Katana thermal spring waters were evaluated in order to identify the major chemical characteristics and investigate the origin of thermal waters. This could demonstrate the hydrochemical homogeneity or diversity at the scale of the region and the possibilities of deep the same flows waters. Water sample was collected from the different thermal springs of Katana region for 3 years (July 2006, July 2008 and July 2010) and analyzed for temperature and pH in situ, Total Suspended Sediment, Alkalinity, Total hardness, Calcium hardness, magnesium hardness, bicarbonate, sulfate, chloride, Total phosphorus, total nitrogen, ammonia and nitrate. Piper Diagram, in which major cations and major anions was plotted on ternary diagrams in order to illustrate which cations and anions dominate. The physic-chemical parameters of the thermal water in Katana region varied from one spring to another. The variation of temperature of the springs was not significant (F= 0.1902; p = 0.833) during the study period. The high values when until to 70 °C in same springs at Kankule.