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GROUNDWATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF SIRSA RIVER BASIN FOR BADDI-BAROTIWALA-NALAGARH INDUSTRIAL REGION

Abstract

Groundwater is a main source of fresh water in both the rural and urban area of India. The groundwater quality and level has deteriorated in recent times, due to the percolation of polluted water into the soils from wastewater drains. This study deals with the groundwater pollution in the Baddi-Brotiwala-Nalagarh Industrial Area in Solan district of southern Himachal Pradesh. Groundwater samples were collected from six locations among Baddi-Brotiwala-Nalagarh of Sirsa River Basin and tested for heavy metals and physico-chemical parameters concentration. Groundwater samples were collected only from hand pumps and tube wells in the area. The results obtained have been compared with BIS standards for drinking water (IS 10500). During post-monsoon I study a total of nineteen parameters of water such as: lead, arsenic, chromium, copper, iron, and manganese and physico- chemical parameters such as pH, TDS, Alkalinity etc. I was tested thirteen parameters within same location to Pre-Monsoon and eight Parameters to Post-Monsoon wherever two parameters is common. Some of the heavy metals and parameters were found to be exceeding and deteriorated instead of seasonal changes as the limit prescribed in IS 10500. The reason behind the presence of heavy metals is highly industrialization and growth of factories and their disposal of impaired wastewater without treatment. The study revealed that due to high TDS presence in groundwater in this area the ground water is not fit and portable without treatment.

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