ABSTRACT
Objective: To evaluate biochemically the water pollution by estimating various quality parameters of ground water supply available in the southern area of Faisalabad. Design: Prospective study Setting: Biochemistry Department Punjab Medical College Faisalabad and Soil Research laboratory of AARI Jhang Road Faisalabad. Duration: May 2000 to September 2000
Material and Methods: Different parameters were divided into three different categories i.e. Highly-desirable [HD], Maximum-permissible [MP] and In-Tolerant [IT] limit groups
Results: Total Hardness [HD] showed 35% in HD, 40% in MP and 25% in IT limits. Similarly Total Dissolved Solids [TDS] were 23% in HD, 52% in MP and 25% in IT range. The Ca was 30%in HD, 50% in MP and 20% in IT limits. The Mg showed 50% in HD, 38% in MP and 12% in IT range. Similarly Cl was, 45% in HD, 32% in MP and 23% in IT range. Lastly SO4 percentage showed 45% in HD, 37.5% in MP and only 17.5% in IT limit
Conclusions: The result showed that people living in Bawaywala area were consuming highly polluted water and similarly the peoples of other colonies are using more or less the same type of water