Medicinal water
A comparative study was conducted in the knowledge of the main, trace and radioactive element content of the available medicinal water, comparing the domestic, Central-European and European medicinal waters of similar content. This study was conducted by the Water Management Institute in 1984-85.
The completed study covered only the main components, since the comparative data related to the trace elements and radioactive elements were not available. The main objective of the study was to determine how the medicinal water of Zalakaros was rated among the European waters, and whether the development ideas, which expected a rapid increase in the number of guests on the basis of current medical data, were reasonable. 225 medicinal waters of eleven countries were compared. The study was conducted on the basis of the Cluster-analysis that arranges into one group the medicinal waters that are the most similar to each other on the basis of their composition. As a result of the completed study it can be ascertained that the medicinal water of Zalakaros was grouped together with medicinal waters like Bad-Wiessee, Endorf, List and the Italian Salsomaggiore and Margherita di Savoia. Element Thermal water mg/dm3 Medicinal water mg/dm3 Element Thermal water mg/dm3 Medicinal water mg/dm3 K+ 6,9 58 B 130 1000 Na+ 284 1810 Y 7,8 1900 NH4+ 3,0 12 P 84 46 Ca2+ 7,2 136 Ti 3,3 0,8 Mg2+ 3,5 47,5 V 0,03 0,24 Fe2+ 0,29 0,15 Cr 0,23 2,7 Mn2+ - - Co 0,6 0,1 Cl- 16 2420 Ni 0,28 5,4 Br- 0,05 6,5 Cu 9,3 37 I- 0,05 5,4 Zh 6,0 15 F- 0,6 1,4 As 1,0 2,3 SO42- - 1,4 Rb 1,6 15 HCO3- 790 1650 Sr 170 4800 S2- - 2,9 Zr 0,23 8,1 PO43- 0,09 0,12 Mo 0,9 5,2 HBO2 1,4 155 Cd 0,1 2,5 H2SiO3 45 19 Sn 1,0 2,2 CO2 - 733 Sb 0,1 2,9 Data mesasured at the well-head. The medicinal water is sodium-chloride bicarbonate thermal water, which is classified as an iodic-bromous medicinal water as a result of its iodide and bromide ion content, and as a sulphurous medicinal water due to its sulphide ion content. The water's metaboric acid content is very high.
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