Assessment of Groundwater Quality in Adjoining Areas of Ramgarh Tal at Gorakhpur City

Among all the water bodies, the most important source of drinking water and other domestic use is Ground water in India. The water supply bodies’ i.e. municipal corporation Jal Nigam or Nagar Nigam are mainly depends on the ground water resources. Hence it is very much important to assess the groundwater quality not only for its present use but also a potential source of water for future consumption. A total number of 28 samples were tested for the various physico-chemical parameters like pH, total dissolved solids, acidity, alkalinity, chloride, hardness and fecal coliform. In the term of pH, maximum pH was found 8.5 and minimum 7.0. In the term of TDS, maximum TDS 659 and minimum 171 was observed. In term of hardness maximum hardness 578 mg/l and minimum 80mg/l was observed. Acidity, Alkalinity and chloride was found maximum 96mg/l, 395mg/l, 108mg/l respectively and minimum 25mg/l, 100mg/l, 20mg/l respectively. In case of faecal coliform the maximum was observed 920 MPN/100ml and minimum 13 MPN/100ml.