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Assessment of Water Quality Index for Groundwater in Greater Visakhapatnam City, Andhra Pradesh, India


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1 Department of Chemistry, GITAM Institute of Science, GITAM University, Visakhapatnam – 530 045, A.P., India
2 School of Chemistry, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam – 530 003, India
     

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Fifty sampling stations have been identified and water samples were collected from June 2006 to May 2007, to know the Water Quality Index for the groundwater of Greater Visakhapatnam city, The samples were analyzed for the physico-chemical parameters like Temperature, pH, Conductivity, Total dissolved solids, Dissolved Oxygen, Hardness, Calcium, Magnesium, Alkalinity, Chloride and Nitrate. The Water Quality Index has been calculated and it has been identified to be in the range 31 to 306. Salt water intrusion has also been assessed using various parameters.

Keywords

Ground Water, Water Quality Parameters, Water Quality Index, Salt Water Intrusion.
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G. Srinivas Rao
Department of Chemistry, GITAM Institute of Science, GITAM University, Visakhapatnam – 530 045, A.P., India
G. Nageswara Rao
School of Chemistry, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam – 530 003, India

Abstract


Fifty sampling stations have been identified and water samples were collected from June 2006 to May 2007, to know the Water Quality Index for the groundwater of Greater Visakhapatnam city, The samples were analyzed for the physico-chemical parameters like Temperature, pH, Conductivity, Total dissolved solids, Dissolved Oxygen, Hardness, Calcium, Magnesium, Alkalinity, Chloride and Nitrate. The Water Quality Index has been calculated and it has been identified to be in the range 31 to 306. Salt water intrusion has also been assessed using various parameters.

Keywords


Ground Water, Water Quality Parameters, Water Quality Index, Salt Water Intrusion.