Studies on water quality index of ground water of Aland Taluka, Gulbarga District, Karnataka.

ABSTRACT

Water Quality Index is one of the most effective tools to communicate information on the quality of ground water to the concerned citizens and policy makers. The objective of the present work is to assess the suitability of ground water for human consumption based on the computed water quality index values, ground water characteristics and quality assessment. Ten villages of Aland taluka are selected and at each village water samples at three places were collected using standard procedural methods and analyzed for pH, TH, Ca, Mg, Cl, TDS, Fe, F, NO3, SO4.