Analysis of Quality of Ground Water and its Suitability for Drinking Purpose in Visnagar Taluka, Mehsana District, Gujarat

Ground water is the principal source of drinking water in our country and indispensable source of our life. The quality of water is of vital concern for mankind, since it is directly linked to human welfare. The present work investigated various physicochemical parameters of villages of Visnagar taluka of Mehsana district, Gujarat. Because of north Gujarat is affected by various water quality parameters like fluoride is high in many parts of north Gujarat. A total of 50 water samples will be collected from the tube wells for post-monsoon season and analyzed for the various physicochemical parameters like pH, electrical conductivity (EC), nitrate (NO3-), magnesium (Mg2+), Calcium (Ca2+), hardness, and alkalinity, sulphates (SO42-), chloride (Cl-), sodium (Na+), potassium (K+), Fluoride (F-) and total dissolved solids (TDS). The result were compared with standards prescribed by IS: 10500(2012). It was found that the ground water contaminated at 16 sampling sites namely Khadalpur, Chhogala, Sunshi, Denap, Jetalvasana, Tarabh, Visnagar Rural, Bhalak, Kamalpur (GOT), Kamalpur (KHA), Kansa, Magaroda, Pudgam, Sadutala, Thalota, and Vadu while other 34 sampling sites showed physicochemical parameters within the water quality standards and quality of water is good so it is fit for drinking uses.