Isotopic composition of bottled water in Saudi Arabia.

Isotopes Environ Health Stud

a Physics Department , King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran , Saudi Arabia.

Published: March 2018

The O/O and H/H ratios of 18 water brands representing the most popular bottled water brands in the Saudi market were measured using a system based on the latest advancements in tunable off-axis integrated cavity output diode laser spectroscopy (OA-ICOS) in the near-infrared spectral region. Utilizing δO and the δH values of locally produced water samples, a meteoric water line (δH = 7.84 δO + 2.11) was extracted and found to be consistent with the slope of the global meteoric water line (GMWL) and the geographic location of Saudi Arabia.

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