This study was carried out to evaluate some chemical pollutants in drinking and surface water in Upper Egypt.Eighty water samples were collected randomly from Aswan, Qena, Assiut and Beni Suef cities and from River Nile water in Aswan, Assiut, Beni Suef regions in addition to samples from Bahr Yousef canal (10 samples each) during January-June 2000.Samples were analyzed for nitrites, inorganic and...