[Artificial mineralization of desalinated drinking water using salt tablets and powders]. / Iskusstvennaia mineralizatsiia obessolennoi pit'evoi vody s pomoshch'iu solevykh tabletok i poroshkov.

This paper presents data on the biological role of most macro- and trace elements contained in potable water and emphasizes the necessity of enriching it with mineral components. A profound study of the effect of water desalinated by various methods demonstrated that its salt composition should be standardized with respect to the optimal, allowable and threshold levels of mineralization. The dosage of salt and trace element supplements should be strictly controlled and therefore methods of artificial water mineralization should be thoroughly developed. One of the advanced methods is water conditioning by its supplementation with salt tablets. The purpose of the present investigation was to modify the salt composition of Aquasol tablets in accordance with the new requirements and to perform experiments to investigate the possibility of their enrichment with various calcium salts. The results obtained were used to produce Aquasol-2 tablets that help to improve organoleptic properties of desalted water and to enrich it with physiologically important macro- and trace elements.