Abstract

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.