Ground Water Quality Index of Howrah, the Heritage City of West Bengal, India

Dipu Sukumaran^1, , Chitralekha Sengupta¹, Rita Saha¹ and Rakesh Chandra Saxena¹

¹Central Pollution Control Board, Southend Conclave, 502 Block, 1582 Rajdanga Main Road, Kolkata

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Dipu Sukumaran, Chitralekha Sengupta, Rita Saha and Rakesh Chandra Saxena. Ground Water Quality Index of Howrah, the Heritage City of West Bengal, India. Applied Ecology and Environmental Sciences. 2015; 3(1):5-10. doi: 10.12691/aees-3-1-2

Abstract

The present study mainly focused on trend of the drinking water quality of one of the heritage city of India, Howrah. The ground water from ten stations was analysed for two consecutive years. Water Quality Index (WQI) based on physicochemical parameters put the drinking water into “nearing to poor” in 2012 and “excellent” in 2013. But the high concentration of total and fecal coliform makes the water unsafe for drinking in both years. Alkalinity, Chloride, Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) and Nitrate concentrations in some stations were found above the drinking water standards.

Keywords:
water quality index ground water faecal coliform total coliform

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