Assessment of Water Quality Index for GW  and SW of Balco Industrial Area of  Korba District, (C.G.) India

Vaishnav M. M.; Dewangan S.

Volume : II, Issue : XI, November - 2013

Assessment of Water Quality Index for GW and SW of Balco Industrial Area of Korba District, (C.G.) India

Vaishnav M. M. , Dewangan S.

Abstract :

The water sources of Balco industrial area are heavily polluted due to industrial and seepage of industrial effluents in surface and ground water sources. To know the applicability of water sources for different purpose, water samples were collected from selected ten sites for three months i.e. from March 2009 to May 2009 and analyzed for parameters such as Temp., pH, EC, Turbidity, TDS, TS, Total Alkalinity and TH along with selected heavy metals viz. Fe, Al, Zn, Mn and As. The mean values of these parameters were compared with ISI, ICMR and WHO standards. All these parameters were considered for the computation of water quality rating and water quality index. The WQI�s were found beyond the permissible level from 115.870 to 8023.476 for BS1 and BS5 sampling spots respectively. This clearly indicate that the pollution load increase in water source gradually.