ASSESSMENT OF PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF WATER FROM SELECTED BOREHOLES IN HUNGARGA (NAL) TALUKA TULJAPUR DIST. OSMANABAD
Imamuddin Ustad*
ABSTRACT
Water is a prime natural resource, a basic human need, and precious
natural assets. People on globe are under tremendous threat due to
undesired changes in the physical, chemical and biological
characteristics of air, water and soil. Due to increased human
population, industrialization, use of fertilizers and manmade activity
water is highly polluted with different harmful contaminants. Natural
water contaminates due to weathering of rocks and leaching of soils,
mining processing etc. It is necessary that the quality of drinking water
should be checked at regular time interval, because due to use of
contaminated drinking water, human population suffers from varied of
water borne diseases. The availability of good quality water is an indispensable feature for
preventing diseases and improving quality of life. The present research work deals with
Different parameters such as Dissolved Oxygen (DO), Biological oxygen Demand (BOD),
Turbidity, Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), PH, Total Suspended Solids (TSS), Hardness etc. at
eleven Different sites during September 2014 to August 2015, Bhargava WQI method was
used to find overall WQI. Rating curves are drawn based on the tolerance limits of inland
water & health point of view. Five point rating scale was used to classify water quality in
each of the study area.
Keywords: Physicochemical parameters, Boreholes, TDS, Fluoride, Chlorides. etc.
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