Studies on the physico-chemical characteristics of ground water of Korba
Renu Nayar1 * and Deepak Tiwari1
1
Department of Chemistry,
D.P. Vipra College,
Bilaspur,
India
http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CWE.3.1.27
The paper reports analysis of physico-chemical characteristics of underground drinking water of industrial areas of Korba in Chattisgarh state. This study analysed quarterly physico-chemical data collected from four sampling stations in Korba and its surrounding industrial areas from January 2006 to December 2007. The results of this analysis reveals that electrical conductivity of water samples was found to be as high as 547.20 µmho/cm during April 2007 at Bhadrapara. The maximum value of the total dissolved solids and total solids recorded was 550 mg/l in July 2007 and 660 mg/l in April 2007 at Bhadrapara which is higher than permissible limit of WHO standards (>500mg/l). The value of COD and total hardness of the various sample were always higher than the permissible limits. COD of the water samples recorded a maximum of 190mg/l at Bhadrapara during April 2007. High values of fluoride (>1mg/l) and nitrate (>10mg/l) concentration were recorded at some stations. All the samples had chloride concentration within the permissible limit ranging from 16.24mg/l at Parsabhatta in October 2006 to 176.2 mg/l at Kosabari in April 2007. It is found that all water samples are free phosphate pollution as the amount of phosphate varied from 0.05mg/l at Kosabari in October 2006 to 0.88mg/l at Bhadrapara in July 2007 during the entire study perio
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Nayar R, Tiwari D. Studies on the physico-chemical characteristics of ground water of Korba. Curr World Environ 2008;3(1):175-180 DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CWE.3.1.27
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