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Assessment of Usability of Thermal Bicarbonate Mineral Water from the “Odra-5/I” Intake in Grabin Opole Silesia (SW Poland) for Therapeutic and Prophylactic Purposes

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Thermal bicarbonate mineral water belong to sought-after balneological resources. This kind of water are a balneological product and valuable raw material used in health resorts for the wider health strategy - prophylaxis and recreation. The discovery of thermal bicarbonate mineral water in Grabin near Opole in 1983 was purely incidental when a intake was made for the recognition of the geological structure of the crystalline basement of Mesozoic and Cenozoic sediments. Thermal bicarbonate mineral water existing in Grabin can be found in the Fore-Sudetic block and is a unique phenomenon. Its chemical composition, and especially high total mineral salt content of the waters from Grabin, indicate a type of mineral water unparalleled in Poland. The content of solids is much higher than in all other waters existing in e.g. Lower Silesian health resorts. Its special feature is also the source performance, which is 150-200m3/h and is unprecedented when compared to other sources in the region. The discovery of thermal bicarbonate mineral water in Grabin also puts a new light on the presence of perspective areas for drawing waters useful in medical care and prevention.