Quality of ground water of Jaipur-city, Rajasthan, (India) and its suitability for domestic and irrigation purpose

Abstract

The groundwater quality of Jaipur city experienced degradation due to rapid urbanization and industrialization. The hydrochemical investigation in the present study is restricted to the major ions concentrations, distributions, their relative abundance, and the pattern of the variability in groundwater chemistry. On the basis of the groundwater chemistry an evaluation of groundwater for domestic and irrigation uses is established. Eleven ground water samples were collected from Jaipur City, Rajasthan (India) from different hand pumps to study the chemical parameter, such as pH, EC, Total Hardness, Calcium, Magnesium, Sodium, Potassium, Carbonate, Bicarbonate, Sulphate, and Chloride, with the help of standard method of APHA during pre-monsoon (April 2006 to June 2006). © 2008, Penkala Bt.