100 samples of Zamzam water checked daily at Makkah’s Grand Mosque

Jakarta (Indonesia Window) – The General Presidency of the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques takes random samples from Zamzam water and analyze them microbiologically and chemically to ensure that the blessed water free from microbes and contaminants.

The examinations are carried out through a special laboratory on the roof of Makkah’s Grand Mosque, which is equipped with the highest international standards and checked by a trained team.

The lab employees take daily samples from all sources of Zamzam water at the Grand Mosque to ensure its safety and that it does not have any microbes before providing it to visitors at the holy mosque.

The samples are analyzed biologically through sanitizing the safety cabin ‘the place designated for analysis’ with ultraviolet and preparing the environment allocated for inspecting bacteria and merging it with Zamzam water.

The mixture is then inserted into a special incubator under a 37-degree for a period ranging between 24 and 48 hours and inspecting the growth of bacteria — if any — in addition to the chemical analysis that seeks to inspect salts and pH degree and the percentage of chlorine and other elements within only four hours.

Zamzam water goes through a set of health and preventive procedures that the presidency takes, starting from pumping water from Zamzam well, till it reaches completely closed reservoirs, before they go through sterilization devices, where the same mechanism applies upon transporting the water to the Grand Mosque.

Source: Saudi Press Agency

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