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Physico Chemical Assessment and Comparison of Quality of Underground Water for Drinking Purpose At Periodic Interval in the Village of Srikurmam, Gara Mandal in Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh, India

Vaddi Dhilleswara Rao1 , Mushini Venkata Subba Rao1 * and M. P. S. Murali Krishna2

1 Department of Chemistry, G.M.R Institute of Technology, Rajam, 532127 Srikakulam District Andhra Pradesh India

2 Department of Chemistry, Andhra Polytechnic, Kakinada, 533003 Andhra Pradesh India

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CWE.9.3.32

Safe drinking water is essential to the protection of public health and well-being of citizens. Clean safe and adequate fresh water is vital to the survival of all living organisms.Drinking water affects the health of human beings due to the presence of various chemical constituents. Therefore, every person should have required the minimum knowledge of quality of drinking water. Ground water is the one of the major sources of water for drinking, agricultural and industrial needs. The subject of the quality of water in  village of Srikurmam in Gara  mandal of Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh is taken up for the study. An attempt is made to   investigate the physico-chemical parameters of ground water on seasonal base and its comparison. The results in this presentation are reported and comparison on the seasonal base like June 2011, July 2012 , July 2013and in the month of May 2014. The results obtained are related to electrical conductivity, pH, Turbidity, Total Dissolved Solids, Total Hardness, Calcium and Magnesium Hardness, Chlorides, Alkalinity, Fluorides, Nitrites,  Phosphates, Phenol, Metals like Sodium, Potassium, Iron, Zinc, Cadmium, Cobalt, Nickel,Lead andCopper. Theresults obtained are compared with standards of WHO andBISand assessing the quality of ground water for drinking purposes through Water Quality Index (WQI). Finally, the results indicate that the water at Srikurmam is not fit for drinking without using a standard purification method.

Quality of underground water; Srikurmam; Srikakulam and Chemical constituents

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Rao V. D, Rao M. V. S, Krishna M. P. S. M. Physico Chemical Assessment and Comparison of Quality of Underground Water for Drinking Purpose At Periodic Interval in the Village of Srikurmam, Gara Mandal in Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh, India. Curr World Environ 2014;9 (3) DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CWE.9.3.32

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Rao V. D, Rao M. V. S, Krishna M. P. S. M. Physico Chemical Assessment and Comparison of Quality of Underground Water for Drinking Purpose At Periodic Interval in the Village of Srikurmam, Gara Mandal in Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh, India. Curr World Environ 2014;9(3). Available from: http://cwejournal.org?p=562/

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