Groundwater Quality in Beed District of Maharashtra During Summer Season

A systematic physico – chemical study of ground water in 16 different localities in Beed district of Maharashtra has been taken up to evaluate its suitability for drinking purpose in the year 2008-09. The physic –chemical parameters are such as pH, EC, TDS, TH, TA, Cl-, Ca++, Mg++, K+, Na+ of ground water were studied. In present study water samples were collected monthly for four months during summer from sixteen selected ground water sources i.e. Bore wells. The values of physcio – chemical parameters are compared with standard values suggested by WHO. It is observed that values of TDS, TH, TA,Ca++, Mg++ and Na+ have high values than the permissible limit prescribed by WHO.