Open AccessAssessment of Groundwater Quality for Drinking Purpose in Tehsil Bah, Agra District, India
Author(s) -
Ajay Sharma,
B. Rupini
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
asian journal of chemistry/asian journal of chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.145
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 0975-427X
pISSN - 0970-7077
DOI - 10.14233/ajchem.2022.23436
Subject(s) - agra , groundwater , alkalinity , total dissolved solids , fluoride , irrigation , aquifer , water quality , water resource management , environmental science , environmental engineering , veterinary medicine , toxicology , chemistry , engineering , ecology , biology , medicine , inorganic chemistry , geotechnical engineering , organic chemistry
The increasing dependence on groundwater for domestic, irrigation, industrial and other purposes isgiving adverse impact on the aquifers and environment of the area. The present study is focused on thephysico-chemical analysis of groundwater quality of Tehsil Bah, located in Agra district of India. Atotal 84 samples of groundwater were collected from different locations throughout the area of thetehsil Bah. Total 16 test parameters were analyzed to assess the quality of groundwater by adoptingmethodology and techniques given in the American public health association (APHA), 2017. Totaldissolved solids are not meeting the requirements of acceptable limit in all the locations as per Bureauof Indian standard IS 10500:2012. Total hardness, total alkalinity, chloride, calcium and magnesiumvalues are also not met the requirements in most of the locations. Sodium and fluoride concentrationsalso exceed the prescribed limits of Indian standard in some places.