Abstract

Determination of Water Quality Index of Public Open wells Located in Different Areas of Dhule City (M.S.) India

Author(s): N. N. Pawar

The study assesses groundwater quality of some of the public open wells located in different areas of Dhule city (M.S) India. The water quality index of water samples of public open wells were determined on the basis of eight important physico-chemical parameters such as pH, total dissolved solids (TDS), total hardness (TH), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), electronic conductivity (EC), dissolved oxygen (DO) and chloride (Cl). The objective of this study is to convert complex water quality data in to information that is easily understandable by the public and water management. The water quality index (WQI) values for the selected open wells were found in the range of 32.9 to 78.12. These values showed that the status of the groundwater quality public open wells located in different areas of Dhule city was found good in one well, medium in five wells, bad in two wells, very bad in one well.