BEPLS Vol 3 [2] January 2014 242 | P age ©2014 AELS, INDIA Bulletin of Environment, Pharmacology and Life Sciences Bull. Env. Pharmacol. Life Sci., Vol 3 (2) January 2014: 242-245 ©2014 Academy for Environment and Life Sciences, India Online ISSN 2277-1808 Journal’s URL:http://www.bepls.com CODEN: BEPLAD Global Impact Factor 0.533 Universal Impact Factor 0.9804 ORIGINAL ARTICLE Physico-Chemical and Bacteriological Analysis of the Water from Jallaq Spring in Kosovo Fatmir Faiku 1* , Arben Haziri 1* , Mentor Kryeziu 1 , Imer Haziri 2 1 Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Science, University of Prishtina, Mother Teresa Street 5, 10000 Prishtina, Republic of Kosovo 2 Department of Veterinary, Faculty of Agricultural, University of Prishtina, Mother Teresa Street 5, 10000 Prishtina, Republic of Kosovo * Corresponding author: E-mail:f_faiku@hotmail.com ABSTRACT The Jallaq spring is located in east part of Kosova. Bacteriological, physico-chemical and some metals were analyzed. The samples were taken for the analysis during September 2012, November 2012 and March 2013. Also some physico- chemical parameters are determined: water temperature, pH, conductivity (EC), turbidity, total hardness, consumption of KMnO4, chlorides, sulfates, phosphate, alkalinity, acidity, ammonia, nitrates and nitrites. We did also the bacteriological analysis such as total coliform bacteria, coliform bacteria of faecal origin, total number of aerobic bacteria, sulphide reducing bacteria and streptococcus of faecal origin. According to the bacteriological analysis, the water spring from Jallaq is not responding to standard I.A.2/99. From the results, we found that all metals are under maximum level of WHO and EU standards for drinking water, except lead (0.058-0.065 mg dm -3 ), mercury (8.1 x10 -3 - 9 x10 -3 mg dm -3 ) and iron (0.285-0.332 mg dm -3 ). From these results we can conclude that this water can be used for drinking but first it should treat to remove lead, mercury and iron. Keywords: Jallaq spring, bacteriological, physico-chemical, metals Received 09/10/2013 Accepted 15/12/2013 ©2014 AELS, INDIA INTRODUCTION Scarcity and misuse of fresh water pose a serious and growing threat to sustainable development and protection of the environment. Human health and welfare, food security, industrial development and the ecosystems on which they depend, are all at risk, unless water and land resources are managed more effectively in the present decade and beyond than they have been in the past [1]. Overexploitation of nature and uncontrolled use of natural resources, including inadequate processing of industrial wastes have caused large contamination of world ecosystems by toxic metals (Hg, Pb, Cd, Cu, Zn, Ni, Mn). Decomposition of organic matter and pollution due to anthropogenic activity are the main sources of pollution of water and stream sediments [2-3]. Therefore, multidisciplinary collaborative research is essential for understanding the pollution processes. Determination of total quantitative and qualitative metals and distribution of all physical and chemical forms in traces (speciation) in natural water equilibrium resources today is to be considering as the main challenge for most of the scientists [4]. Based on the results of such studies, it will be possible in the future to propose protection and detoxification measures of affected river waters and general protection and remediation of ecosystems. This work is a continuation of earlier studies of surface waters in Kosovo [5-8]. One could claim that the most polluted areas in the world are those with the densest population. It should therefore be the foremost goal of environmentalists to prevent such pollution, and to educate the population towards proper management of ecosystems [9]. In this work we have determined the quality of water from Jallaq spring based on the concentration of metals, physic-chemical and bacteriological parameters. MATERIALS AND METHODS Sample collection