QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF GROUND WATER OF KALINAGAR VILLAGE IN GADCHIROLI DISTRICT, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA

Abstract

Groundwater is the main source of water for domestic, industrial and agricultural consumption and most of the people from tribal area used ground water for drinking purpose. In recent year unwanted activities of man and industrial development, the quality of all type of water became polluted. Now it is one of most severe issue for all living organism to enhance quality of water. Also, fluoride concentration is responsible for various diseases in mankind. High or excess consumption of fluoride lead to dental and skeletal fluorosis and some cases of these diseases have been seen in Kalinagar village and its nearby area. In the present paper, ground water of Kalinagar village were collected from different site and analyzed for various qualitative parameters for quality assessment and also focused on fluoride concentration. The main goal of this study is to prepare quality profile of groundwater in order to discuss its suitability for society.