ESTIMATION OF WATER QUALITY STATUS FOR DRINKING WATER SOURCES OF DOIWALA BLOCK OF DEHRADUN DISTRICT, UTTARAKHAND

Sonu Dwivedi

doi:10.46796/ijpc.v3i1.298

Sonu Dwivedi Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, D. B. S. (PG) College, Dehradun

DOI https://doi.org/10.46796/ijpc.v3i1.298

Abstract

The ground water is contaminated, its quality cannot be restored by stopping the pollutants from the source. The common pollutants of groundwater are discharge of agricultural, domestic, and industrial waste, pesticides etc., which leads to water- borne diseases. Water-borne diseases may be of microbial origin such as diarrhea, dysentery, cholera, typhoid and chemical origin such as flurosis and methemoglobinemia. Water Quality Index (WQI) provides a single number that expresses overall quality at certain location and time based on several water quality parameters. The objective of an index is to turn complex quality data in to information that is understandable and useable by the public.

The present study was undertaken to assess the suitability of 8 drinking water sources of Doiwala block of Dehradun for drinking purpose during pre- and post-monsoon seasons of the year 2021. The obtained water quality data of drinking water sources was further applied for the calculation of weighted arithmetic Water Quality Index (WQI). Most of the water sources during pre-monsoon season were graded as ‘A’ with good quality due to having low WQI values. However, Two sites were found with ‘B’ class, another two were classified as ‘C’ grade owing to higher WQI values and thus, categorized as having poor water quality. Two sampling sites were recorded with highest WQI value (59.29) and (68.24) its water quality was found poor for drinking purpose. During post-monsoon season, all analyzed water sources showed low WQI values, which indicates ‘A’ class i.e. excellent water quality. The higher WQI values during pre-monsoon season have been inferred owing to relatively higher calcium, magnesium and iron concentrations assessed during the period of study.

Keywords: Groundwater, Health, Water Quality Index(WQI)

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