International Journal of Progressive Sciences and Technologies (IJPSAT) ISSN: 2509-0119. © 2022 Scholar AI LLC. Vol. 39 No. 2 July 2023, pp. 254-262 Corresponding Author: Sezen Coskun 254 Pollution Effect Of Painted End-Of-Life Tires On Water Resources: Case Study Of Landscape Applications Sezen Coskun 1,* and Candan Kus Sahin 2 1* Egirdir Vocational School Isparta University of Applied Science Egirdir, Isparta, Turkey sezencoskun@isparta.edu.tr 2 Faculty of Architecture Suleyman Demirel University Isparta, Turkey candansahin@sdu.edu.tr Abstract— Reuse of End-of-Life Tires (ELT), especially in architectural applications or landscape areas, is highly preferred today. At the same time, waste tires are used to prevent collisions on the side surfaces of boats in recreational areas such as lakes. Being able to be painted in the desired color for open space design is also a great advantage for quality and cost-effective projects. However, some toxic pollutants can also be released by leaching from whole, wrinkled or granular ELT-based products. In this study research conducted on acrylic spray-painted whole size ELT to evaluate general leaching characteristics under two different water sources. The small variety found for pH in both experimental conditions (0.10 to 0.24 for lake water and 0.17 to 0.40 for ornamental pool water). The electrical conductivity (EC), Total Dissolved Solid (TDS) and Salinity were found to be constantly increases as soaking continue for both type of water. However, the highest EC value of 585 μs, TDS value of 430 ppm and Salinity value of 0.30 ppt were observed with ornamental pool water treatment conditions. A similar trend was also observed for turbidity, as leaching in progress which is continuously increased. It is reasonable to hypothesized that landscape applications (ornamental pool, landscape pool or parks) water is potentially more aging effects on acrylic painted ELT rather than lake water. As a result, the reuse of painted ELT's in open recreation areas, boats on the lake and parks will increase the risk of pollution of water resources. Keywords—painted end of the life tire, landscape application, water pollution, turbidity, hardness of tire. I. INTRODUCTION The environmental effects of landfill areas can reach serious dimensions today. Landfills are today being overfilled with enormous amount and a wide variety of such substances as tires, metals, wood, ceramics, asbestos, glass, plastic, tiles [1]. In 2009, approximately 3.2 million tons of end-of-life tires (ELT) were discarded in Europe. However, much of them are disposed to landfill or burnt off without proper treatments, which cause serious environmental problems [2]. As tires worn, some toxic ingredients leach out, contaminated to soil, air and water sources [3]. The determination of all leachate chemicals from ELTs or fragments are a phenomenon, but toluene, various type aromatic compounds, carboxylic acids, aniline, benzene, phenolic compounds, hydrocarbons, copper, nickel, zinc, are reported by various of researchers [2-6]. Moreover, over time, these compounds could pose significant threats to natural balance, the leachates able to form complexes with ions affect the precipitation of the environment while these, complex formation changes the quality of habitat. As a results of gradual increase in people’s demands for quality of life, there is an increasing demand for landscaped green