A Physicochemical Analysis of Ground Water from Few Selected Areas of Maharashtra, India

Abstract

Water is one of the valuable natural resource known on Earth. It is important to all living organisms of different ecological systems, human health, food production and economic development. Release of hazardous waste disposals such as synthetic agricultural chemicals, weathering of rocks , leaching of soils, human activities such as littering of plastic bags, used water bottles, mining processes, etc…toxic wastes from various industries in water bodies is a serious concern. The consumption of contaminated water by the human population results into different water borne diseases. The analysis of water pollutants and the treatment of water is the need of an hour .One has to monitor the quality of drinking water which should be checked at regular time intervals. In the current investigation we have carried out the study of various Physicochemical parameters of surface water, collected from different areas of Maharashtra such as Aurangabad, Satara (Aurangabad), Nanded, Parbhani, Sholapur, Bijapur, Mandrup (Sholapur), Al matti Dam. There was an increase in concentration of various physicochemical parameters as there was addition of pollutants at each site due to rapid industrialization. Various parameters such as pH, Alkalinity, Acidity, Total dissolved Solids(TDS), Dissolved Oxygen(DO), Electrical Conductivity, Chlorides, Nitrates, Hardness of water have been investigated for the analysis of water and the values are compared with WHO , ICMR standard and water quality report by CGWB.