Analysis of Fitness of Groundwater for Drinking of Dera Ghazi Khan

Volume 3 - Issue 4

Ayaz Ahmad¹* and Sahrish KhanM²

Received: September 05, 2019;   Published: September 16, 2019

DOI: 10.32474/OAJESS.2019.02.000170

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Abstract

There were 32 samples of groundwater collected randomly from different sites of Dera Ghazi Khan and were analyzed on physical and chemical basis which shows that quality of groundwater is not good for humans as well as for cattle’s, because it has high values of arsenic, microorganisms, metal ion leaching from the mine wastes and reduction of hydrous ferric oxide. Physical parameters like pH, EC, turbidity and chemical parameters like alkalinity, CO3, HCO3, Cl, F, NO3, and microbial contamination of potential concern for drinking water were estimated by using analytical techniques. During the study it was observed that Electrical conductance (EC) values of groundwater were extremely high from WHO guideline. Likewise, the chemical quality of groundwater samples also goes beyond the WHO guideline values for parameters such as chlorides, sodium, calcium, magnesium and this behaviour of ground water is due to geographical distribution of this area.

Keywords: Groundwater; Physical Parameters; Chemical Parameters; Alkalinity; Dera Ghazi Khan

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