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Review of Groundwater Quality Parameters Using Water Quality Index

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Ankur Omer
1 Assistant Professor, Government College Silodi, Katni, Madhya Pradesh

*Email of Corresponding author: ankuromer@gmail.com

ABSTRACT
As the human population is tremendously growing at a very fast rate, their need is also

increasing exponentially which results into the enhanced utilization of novel more potential
technologies to harness our natural resources and extract maximum benefit out of them

raising the level of pollution. Out of all the natural resources water is one of the most crucial

resources. All organisms need water to carry out their metabolic activities. Ground water is
the most suitable and ultimate water resource for human consumption. According to World

Health Organization, around 80% of all the diseases in human beings are caused by water.

When groundwater is polluted its quality status cannot be restored just by blocking the
pollutants from the source. Therefore, It is essential to monitor the groundwater quality

regularly and implement novel methods to to protect its pollution. One of the most potential
methods to assess the quality of water is Water Quality Index (WQI). WQI is useful to check

if the groundwater is suitable for drinking or not. In this chapter parameters to assess water
quality index, sources that degrades Water Quality Index are discussed apart from some

recent developments in the area.

Keywords: Ground water, water pollution parameters, Water Quality Index, physico-
chemical properties, water quality standards

INTRODUCTION
As the human population is tremendously growing at a very fast rate, their need is also

increasing exponentially which results into the enhanced utilization of novel more potential
technologies to harness our natural resources and extract maximum benefit out of them

raising the level of pollution. Out of all the natural resources water is one of the most crucial

resources. All organisms need water to carry out their metabolic activities. Ground water is
the most suitable and ultimate water resource for human consumption [1].

As indicated in Chapter 18 of “Agenda 21” of UNCED,

“An estimated 80% of all diseases and over one-third of deaths in developing countries are
caused by the consumption of contaminated water and on average as much as one-tenth of

each person’s productive time is sacrificed to water-related diseases.”

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