A Study on Groundwater Quality in Adjoining Area of Ami River in U.P

Ami River is a tributary of Rapti River on its right bank, which receives industrial effluents at several locations in a major stretch starting from Rudhauli to at Sohgaura (Gorakhpur) into Rapti River. With this in view, this point is attempted in this work. For this study, ground water samples collected from nine sampling stations namely , Sohanara, Rudhauli, Khalilabad, Magher, Adilapar, Jarlahi, Kauriram, Sohgaura (after meet to Rapti River) and Malav (Rapti River before meeting Ami River), for a duration of six months namely, January, February, March, April, May, June were analyzed and the results were viewed. From each sampling station two samples were collected, the first one sample from India mark-II hand pump which recognized by government and second one from Shallow depth hand-pumps which well-known by local residential person of that place. The parameters were, pH, Turbidity, Total dissolved solid, Dissolved oxygen, Chloride, Alkalinity, Acidity, Hardness and MPN.