The physico-chemical analysis of five major areas drinking water quality in Moradabad district

Abstract

About 90% of earth’s water is unfit for human consumption as it is in the form of Ocean/Sea water of the remaining two percent in form of polar ice and one percent in form of lakes, rivers, streams and ground water for safe uses of human beings. However, the quality of drinking water is always a less priority area for the rural population in developing countries like India. Now a days, the potable water crisis facing by us are in two forms firstly, quantity is depleting and secondly quality is deteriorating day by day either by point or non point (diffusion) pollution and by increasing population density. Hence the poor attention towards the quality of drinking water concerns with the several health problems such as digestive problems, hypertension, sickness and falling of hairs, renal problems etc. In Moradabad town there is no tap water connection in residential areas which were found to be suitable for drinking and domestic purposes, only bore well (tube well) is used and to be used mostly for domestic purposes. In the present study an attempt has been made two find out the status of ground water taking in to account physicochemical characteristics of drinking water. A comprehensive rather selective water quality parameters which affect the health were assessed viz.- temperature, pH, COD, turbidity, total hardness, fluoride, chloride, nitrate and iron. Inhabitants using ground water resources were found to suffer from various water born diseases/ailments. The result of the study is compared with the drinking water quality parameters of different agencies (BIS/WHO/ISI/ICMR) more other the result may provide a chemical index formulation needed for ground water management in this gagan region, Moradabad.