Physico-Chemical Parameters of Ground Water At Bhanpura Bhopal (M.P)

Abstract

Only 2.5% of earth’s water is fresh water, 98.8% of the water is in ice and ground water. This makes it an important resource which can act as a natural storage that can buffer against shortages of surface water as in during times of droughts. Certain problems have beset the use of ground water around the whole area of Bhanpur which a town in the city of Bhopal. The samples were collected from 10 different sites covering the entire area of Bhanpur mostly from Hand pumps and Tube wells in the post and pre monsoon seasons. Physico chemical parameters viz Colour, Turbidity, Conductivity, ph, chloride, calcium, Fluoride, Sulphide, Magnesium, Nitrate, and TDS were analyzed. The study clearly revealed that the concentration of most of the parameters is below and above the maximum permissible limits.

KEYWORDS: physico-chemical parameters, concentration, permissible, buffer, concentration