Hydrochemical and microbiological characteristics of Tyva sources

The article presents the results of studying the physicochemical parameters and microbiological characteristics of mineral springs located on the territory of Tyva. It has shown that the water of the sources of interest has neutral pH values, the water temperature vary from 1.2 to 10 °C. Hydrocarbonate, chloride and sulfate ions, as well as calcium and magnesium cations prevail in the waters of all springs under study. Microbial communities in the studied springs of Tyva are represented by a wide variety of producers and destructors of organic substance. Quite high peptidase activity has been observed in the samples of water, sludge and fouling of the springs, indicating a high destruction of organic substance in the microbial community. Proteolytic and amylolytic bacteria were dominate in the samples of the studied springs of Tyva.