Analysis of Ground Water Quality for Drinking Purposes in Varahanathi River, Periyakulam, Theni District

Abstract

Ground water samples collected from different locations in and around Varahanathi River in Periyakulam district were analyzed for physico-chemical parameters such as temperature, Total hardness, P H , TDS (Total Dissolved Solids), Electrical conductivity, Calcium (Ca), Magnesium (Mg),Sodium(Na),Potassium(K)andChloride(Cl). Based on the multitudinous experimental results, it is arrived the conclusion that the adjoining ground water sources are terribly affected and the water becomes very salty with very high TDS and it is unfit for drinking purpose and some suitable treatments are necessary so as to keep the values of some parameters among fascinating limits of BIS standards for drinking water. Hence the polluted water is suggested to treatment process. The water treatment may carried initially by using RO system and later it will be treated by suitable modern methods like solar treatment, electro dialysis process, etc