Kataria H. C, Ambore S, Namdeo M. Physico-Chemcial Analysis of Drinking Water of Gandhi Nagar Area of Bhopal Speical Reference to Pollution. Biomed Pharmacol J 2010;3(1)

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H. C. Kataria*¹, Santosh Ambore² and Maneesha Namdeo²

¹Department of Chemistry Government Geetanjali Girls College, Bhopal - 462 038 India.

²Government Motilal Vigyan Mahavidyalaya Bhopal - 462 001 India.

Abstract

Physico – chemical analysis of drinking water of Gandhi Nagar area of Bhopal city has evaluated in different sampling stations for one year during 08-09 in different seasona. The samples are collected from different sampling stations in clean Jerry canes and carried to laboratory for analysis of different parameter, pH, EC, free CO2, chloride total alkalinity, T-H, Ca – H, Mg – H, D.O, B.O.D., C.O.D., NO3, SO4 and Fluoride, The present study has its significance for public hygiene in public interest.

Keywords

Water quality; evaluation parameters; hygiene; physico-chemical analysis

Introduction

Bhopal is the capital of Madhya Pradesh. Water samples of bore – wells water are collected in 2 – litre clean polythene jerry – cane after flushing the bore – wells to analyses. The procedure has adopted as prescribed by APHA (1985) NEERI (1986) Presterilized bottles are used to collect the

D.O. & B.O.D samples. Temperature pH of water samples has measured at the sampling stations. In the present study temperature varied from 25- 28.50C. pH indicates the intensity of acidity. Electrical conductivity of water samples range form 220 – 988 u mhos/cm that measure the dissolved ions and has the capacity to carry on electrical charge of both cat ions and anions.

summarized in Table – 1 Nitrate concentration in ground water is due to leaching of nitrate with percolation of water. Nitrate in this study varies from 3.2-12.4 ppm is well within the permissible limits. Sulphate is an important constituent of hardness with ca and Mg. Excess amount of sulphate in water has Cathartic effect of human health Rangwala, KS and Rangwala PS (1927)5. Sulphate in this study ranges form 32.2-70.6 ppm. The findings are similar with Kataria (1996)2. (2000)3. Most of the parameters are found within the per missible limits as recommended WHO 1978)8.

Hence water samples analyzed in the present study has found suitable for drinking purpose after proper required treatment .

Free CO ranges from 6.0 – 32.8 ppm Fluoride concentration in the present study chloride, total alkalinity, Total hardness Ca-H and is found lower value of 0.06 at SS and higher 1.0 Mg – H are observed in the range of 18.2 – 128.28, at SS the findings are similar to these of Kataria 22.8 – 364, 104.8 – 384, and 72-312 and 24-72.4 ppm respectively at different sampling stations. Higher values of alkalinity are due to leaching of soil during natural filtration of water from sewage. D.O., B.O.D. and C.O.D. range from 1.14 – 2.68, 2.00 – 3.20 and 20.8-78.8 ppm respectively as et. al. (2008,2009) The value of 8 to 1.0mg/L of F-has been recommended by WHO (1970) Fluoride is important content of water to teeth and other pathological changes and has assumed considerable importance to public water supply and resources.

Table 1: Physico-chemical analysis of drinking water of Gandhi Nagar Area of Bhopal City 2008 – 09

Mean seasonal values (Winter, Summer & Monsoon)

SS1 = Near Asharam Bapu Ashram                      SS2 = Pratap ward

SS3 = Arjun Ward                                                  SS4 = Tagore Ward

SS5 = Pardi Mohalla                                              SS6 = Sagar Instt. of Tech.

SS7 = Exotica Residency                                     SS8 = Jatkhedi.

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