International Research Journal of Environment Sciences________________________________ ISSN 2319–1414Vol. 2(10), 93-95, October (2013) Int. Res. J. Environment Sci. International Science Congress Association 93 Short Communication Study of Some Physicochemical Parameters of Drinking Water Sources in Tembhurkheda and Jarud Region Dist. Amravati, MS, IndiaPund Dinesh A.1 and Ganorkar Rajesh P.Dept. of Chemistry, Jawaharlal Darda Inst. of Engineering and Technology M. I. D. C. Lohara, Yavatmal Dist. Amravati. 445 001, MS, INDIA Dept. of Chemistry, Mahatma Fule Arts, Commerce and Sitaramji, Chaudhary Science Mahavidyalaya, Warud, Dist. Amravati, MS, INDIA Available online at: www.isca.in, www.isca.me Received 18th September 2013, revised 11th October 2013, accepted 20th October 2013 AbstractPhysicochemical analysis of water samples DAP-I, DAP-II, DAP-III, DAP-IV, DAP-V have been collected from Tembhurkheda and Jarud Dist. Amravati (MS, India) region 95% people of this region are farmers, businessmen and labours. Insectisides, pesticides and various fertilizers were used for getting higher yield of crops, vegetables, fruits which is continuously create soil, air and water pollution, all these things in to consideration to carry out physicochemical analysis. Physicochemical analysis of water samples it was found that, generally all parameters studied do not show undesirable effect on the human being except in few parameters. Keywords: Physicochemical parameter, drinking water sources. Introduction Good drinking water quality is essential for the well being of all people. Quality of groundwater is equally important to its quantity owing to the suitability of water for various purposes. Water quality analysis is an important issue in groundwater studies. Variation of groundwater quality in an area is a function of Physical and chemical parameter. Unfortunately in many countries around the world, some drinking water has become contaminated, which has impacted on the health and economic status of the populations. It is fact that polluted water is one of the biggest killers and is responsible for 27000deaths a day in the world’s poorest countries. Ground water contamination include industrial spills, leaking oil and chemical storage tanks and diffuse sources of Ground water contamination include pesticides and fertilizer use. Minerals are good for human health but in appropriate quantity. If minerals are consumed in high or low intake, it may impose life threatening risk to human health. Among all the minerals, fluoride is one of the important in ground water that prevents the tooth decay and controls the metabolic bone diseases. Various types of water related activities can cause beneficial or adverse impacts on the environment, water channelization, flood, land alteration and changes in land use patterns. In recent years continuous growth in pollution, rapid industrialization and accompanying technologies involving waste disposal has endangered the very existence of human race5-6. T.Bhattacharya et.al. have been carried out Physico-Chemical analysis of ground water of Anand district, Gujarat in India. Koul Nishtha et. al. reported Physico-Chemical analysis of tap water in Millennium city Gurgaon,Haryana, India. M.R. Mahananda et.al. have carried out, Physico-chemical analysis of surface and ground water of Bargarh district, Orissa, India. Arunabh Mishra and Vasishta Bhatt have carried out10, Physico-Chemical and Microbiological Analysis of under Ground Water in V.V Nagar and Nearby Places of Anand District, Gujarat, India They have analyzed different parameters like pH, TDS, hardness, conductivity, dissolved oxygen and chemical oxygen Demand, MPN. It is conclude that the quality of water samples was acceptable according to physico-chemical analysis while as per Bacteriological standards, the water needs to be treaded before using it in domestic purposes. Physico-chemical characterization of groundwater samples are taken from Dindigul Town Tamilnadu, India reported by Mohamed Hanipha and Zahir Hussain11. On the world map Nagpur city from Maharashtra state is popularly known as “Orange City” and famous for oranges. All the farmers, stockiest and businessman bring their oranges and distributed through out the world. The actual orange zone begins from Kalmeshwar-Katol-Warud-Shendurjana Ghat-Pusala- Jarud -Morshi-Chandur Bazar-Paratwada -Anjangao Surji. The agriculture land it is termed as “Orange Belt”. Material and Methods The sites from two bore-wells and one well from jarud were selected because from these sites the water is daily used for drinking as well as irrigation purpose DAP-I - The sample collected from the well Tembhurkheda, DAP-II - The sample collected from the bore well of East side of Jarud, DAP-III - This sample is collected from the bore well of Middle region of Jarud. DAP-IV - This sample is collected from the well of Jarud-Warud highway which is 0.5Km from Jarud. DAP-V - International Research Journal of Environment Sciences______________________________________________ ISSN 2319–1414 Vol. 2(10), 93-95, October (2013) Int. Res. J. Environment Sci. International Science Congress Association 94 This sample is collected from the well of Jarud-Warud highway Which is 1.5 Km from Jarud. The glass and polythene bottles were used for the collection for samples. Before sampling the bottles were treated with dilute mineral acid solutions for two days and they were washed with dilute water (no acidic to litmus) Nearly one litre water sample was collected in between 10 am to 11.30 am. Before performing physicochemical analysis the water samples was filtered and filtrate was used for physicochemical analysis. The Physicochemical Parameters such as temperature, pH, conductance, total hardness, temporary hardness, permanent hardness, calcium, magnesium, alkalinity, B.O.D., C.O.D., chlorides was determined by using standard methods12-14Table-1 Physicochemical Parameters of Drinking Water Sources Sr.No. Sample No. DAP-I DAP-II DAP-III DAP-IV DAP-V 1 Temperature ( 0 c) 23.4 23.8 24.5 27.1 26.8 2 Ph 7.34 6.83 6.89 7.33 7.21 3 Conductance (Mhos/cm) 51.7 48.7 56.1 62.1 43.3 4 Total Hardness (mg/L) 153.4 198.42 128.43 134.53 102.8 5 Temporary Hardness (mg/L) 85.9 118.24 60.93 72.24 39.18 6 Permanent Hardness (mg/L) 67.5 79.18 67.5 61.29 63.62 7 Calcium Hardness (mg/L) 68.4 110.12 21.6 43.93 50.7 8 Magnesium Hardness (mg/L) 85.0 88.13 106.83 90.60 52.10 9 Total Alkalinity(ppm) 73.63 29.18 27.87 76.52 60.17 10 B.O.D. (mg/L) 1.7 3.1 3.2 2.6 1.9 11 C.O.D. (mg/L) 2.7 4.1 3.9 2.2 3.6 12 Chlorides 22.08 54.69 53.87 31.82 37.26 Figure-1 Study Map International Research Journal of Environment Sciences______________________________________________ ISSN 2319–1414 Vol. 2(10), 93-95, October (2013) Int. Res. J. Environment Sci. International Science Congress Association 95 Results and DiscussionThe range of water temperature during the present study was in between 23.4to 27.1C. The determination of pH of water is very important as it plays a role in the growth of flora and fauna of the aquatic body and also indicates whether the water is safe for drinking and irrigation purpose. The range of pH in water 6.83 – 7.34, the normal pH range for drinking water according to Indian standards is 6.5 to 8.5. Undesirable effects outside the desirable limit will affect the mucous membrane and/or water supply system. There is decrease in values of Conductance which clearly indicates that silently water of this region is polluted. The present investigation shows that the concentration of Calcium of the water sample is 21.6-110.12 mg/L. DAP-II water sample containing high concentration of calcium than other water samples as classified as ‘Calcium rich’. The total hardness of water sample was found in between 102.8 to 194.4 mg/L. From the booklet of NEERI Nagpur ,page no.38 clearly indicates that when the range of hardness is in between 0-69 mg/L the water is soft, when it is in between 70-120 mg/L then it become medium, when it is in between 120-180 mg/L then it become hard, when it is above 181mg/L it is very hard and when it is above 300 mg/L causes adverse effect on domestic use. The suitability of water resources for the drinking and irrigational use in agriculture is depending upon salt concentration, especially chloride content. In this region water sample chloride content was in the ranges from 22.08 to 54.59 mg/L. According to WHO maximum permissible limit for chloride is 500 mg/L. 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