Multi Parameter Physico-Chemical Analysis of Groundwater to be used for Drinking Purpose in Gorakhpur City

Abstract

As we all know that water is the most precious compound found in nature.It covers about 71% of the earth surface. About 97.3% of water is contained in the great oceans that are saline and 2.14% is held in icecaps glaciers and in the poles, which are not useful. The remaining 0.56% are found on earth which are useful for general purpose. Out of which Groundwater is one of the purest form of water available on this earth. It has been estimated that approximately one third of the world’s population use groundwater for drinking. This project is done in knowledge to get the analysis of various physico- chemical parameters such as pH, Turbidity, TDS, Total Alkalinity, Total Hardness, Chloride and Dissolved Oxygen of Gorakhpur city in view to ensure the groundwater to be fit for drinking purpose or not . About 20 samples were collected from India Mark-II Hand Pumps and Shallow Hand Pumps of various locations of Gorakhpur city and tested. After the analysis of various physico - chemical parameters of the samples collected , the groundwater found to be within permissible according to BIS 10500 – 2012.