Distribution of Potassium and Calcium Ions in Padelegan Waters and Their Correlation to Water Quality

Abstract

The main ion content in seawater can provide information about the quality of seawater. Two of the important ions contained in seawater are potassium and calcium. Minerals such as potassium and calcium are inorganic components, components of body tissue and components of body liquids that work in conjunction with proteins, hormones, vitamins and other transport materials. The strategy utilized to decide the substance of potassium and calcium in tests utilizing AAS (Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry). This think about points to decide the substance of potassium and calcium in Padelegan waters and their dispersion, to get a relationship between the two particles and water quality. There are six points used as seawater sampling sites in Padelegan waters. Therefore, so that the results obtained potassium concentrations ranged from 102.83 to 267.49 mg/L, and those for calcium from 205.61 to 492.49 mg/L. The results of correlation research between potassium and calcium concentrations and sea water quality in Padelegan waters show a weak negative correlation in Turbidity, pH, Salinity, Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), Dissolved Oxygen (DO), and Specific Gravity (SG), and a weak positive correlation for Temperature parameter. So that the levels of potassium and calcium contained in Padelegan waters at the six stations are in accordance with sea water quality standards.