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Research Report
GROUNDWATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT FOR DRINKING PURPOSE IN BALTANA AREA OF ZIRAKPUR, PUNJAB AND SECTOR-19, PANCHKULA CITY, HARYANA, INDIA

Anup Kumar, Km. Shivani and V. S. Arya

Pages: 6-10

Abstract:

Water is important for survival of living beings on the Earth. Developmental activities have put pressure on the availability and quality of water resources especially on groundwater. The present study has been carried out in Baltana area of Zirakpur of Mohali district, Punjab and Sector-19 of Panchkula city, Haryana. Four groundwater samples have been collected in the month of June 2019 from different locations in the study area. Geo-coordinates of groundwater samples were noted using mobile GPS. Chemical analysis of groundwater samples were done using field water testing kit prepared by Tamilnadu Water Supply and Drainage Board, Chennai for ten chemical parameters-pH, hardness, chloride, fluoride, iron, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, phosphate and residual chlorine. pH is 7,5 in all the four groundwater samples, hardness ranges from 150 mg/l to 350 mg/l, chloride ranges from 50 mg/l to 270mg/l,fluoride ranges from 0.5 mg/l to 1 mg/l, iron ranges from 0.3mg/l to 2 mg/l,ammonia ranges from 0 mg/l to 3 mg/l,nitrite ranges from 0.2 mg/l to 1 mg/l,nitrate ranges from 20 mg/l to 100 mg/l, phosphate ranges from 0.5 mg/l to 1 mg/l,residual chlorine ranges from 0 mg/l to 0.2 mg/l. Overall groundwater quality at all the four groundwater sample locations i.e. Tribune Colony, Baltana (non-potable iron and ammonia), Saini Vihar, Baltana (nonpotable nitrate), Vaishali Enclave, Baltana (non-potable iron), Sector-19, Panchkula (non-potable iron and nitrate) is non-potable. The data of the study can be used for monitoring groundwater quality for drinking purpose in the study area.

Keywords:

Groundwater

quality

drinking

Baltana

Zirakpur

Panchkula.