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Assessment of Groundwater Quality in Saltaua Gopalpur Block of Basti District, (U.P.) India

R.V. Prasad1 * , D.R. Tripathi1 and Vinod Kumar2

1 Department of Chemistry, Kisan P.G. College Babhnan, Gonda, U.P. India

2 Department of Zoology, Kisan P.G. College Babhnan, Gonda, U.P. India

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CWE.8.3.20

The present study was carried out to assess the ground water quality of various location of Saltaua Gopalpur block of Basti district during June-July 2013. Total 10 water samples were collected from hand pumps at different locations in and around Saltaua Gopalpur block. The water Samples were analyzed for their physico-chemical Characteristics, viz .pH, Turbidity, chloride, Total Hardness, fluoride, Nitrate, Iron and free chlorine. On Comparing the results against water quality standards and standards values recommended by world Health Organization (WHO), it is found that most of  the water samples are very hard and unsuitable for drinking purposes.

Ground Water Quality; Drinking Water Standards; Saltaua Gopalpur; Total Hardness

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Prasad R. V, Tripathi D. R, Kumar V. Assessment of Groundwater Quality in Saltaua Gopalpur Block of Basti District, (U.P.) India. Curr World Environ 2013;8(3) DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CWE.8.3.20

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Prasad R. V, Tripathi D. R, Kumar V. Assessment of Groundwater Quality in Saltaua Gopalpur Block of Basti District, (U.P.) India. Curr World Environ 2013;8(3). Available from: http://www.cwejournal.org/?p=5099

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