Determination of Water Quality Index in  Residential Area of Ferozabad Village,  Gulbarga Taluk & District, Karnataka, India

Srinivas. J.; Lokesh Kumar. P.; Purushotham.A.V.

Volume : II, Issue : VI, June - 2013

Determination of Water Quality Index in Residential Area of Ferozabad Village, Gulbarga Taluk & District, Karnataka, India

Srinivas. J. , Lokesh Kumar. P. , Purushotham. A. V.

Abstract :

Physico - Chemical analysis of well and bore well water samples was carried out from ten sampling sites of ferozabad village, Gulbarga taluk & district, Karnataka, India in Residential area for the month of April 2013. The analysis of different parameters namely - pH, Dissolved oxygen (mg/lit), Electrical Conductivity (millimols), Total Alkalinity (mg/lit), Total hardness (mg/lit), Total suspended Solids, Calcium (mg/lit), Magnesium (mg/lit), Chlorides (mg/lit), Nitrates (mg/ lit), Sulphates (mg/lit), and Biological oxygen demand (mg/lit) were carried out as per standard methods. The present study aimed to calculate water quality index (WQI) in order to assess the suitability of water for drinking purposes. The results obtained on WQI from different sampling stations were found to be varied from 44.85 to 66.13. Poor water quality of water were observed in S2, S3, S5, S9 and S10 Sampling Stations.