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American International Journal of Research in Formal, Applied & Natural Sciences

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ISSN (Print): 2328-3777, ISSN (Online): 2328-3785, ISSN (CD-ROM): 2328-3793 AIJRFANS is a refereed, indexed, peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary and open access journal published by International Association of Scientific Innovation and Research (IASIR), USA (An Association Unifying the Sciences, Engineering, and Applied Research)

PHYSICO-CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF GROUND WATER OF PHALTAN TAHSIL OF SATARA DISTRICT, MAHARASHTRA Dattatray. D. Virkar Department of Chemistry, Mudhoji College, Phaltan. Tal – Phaltan Dist. –Satara. MS (India) Abstract: Analysis of ground water samples from different locations of Phaltan Tahasil was carried in the year 2012-2013. The ground water quality was assessed by examining various Physico-Chemical parameters such as pH, Electrical Conductivity (Ec),Total Hardness(TH),Total dissolved solids(TDS),calcium, magnesium, sodium, potassium, chlorides, Nitrates, sulphates and bicarbonates. The observed values of these parameters were compared with the standards given by WHO & ISI. It was found from the present study that, the drinking water quality of post monsoon was better than pre monsoon season. While some of the samples were found within the permissible limits, some samples shows variation in Physico-chemical parameters. Keywords: Phaltan Tahsil ground water Physico-Chemical parameters. I. INTRODUCTION Water is one of the abundantly available substances in nature. It is an essential constituent of all animal and plant life. It is also used for irrigation, agriculture and industrial purpose. Among the natural resources ground water forms invisible component of the system. The invisible ground water resources can scientifically investigated. In Phaltan tahsil monsoon is always irregular due to that underground water contains many salts. The domestic waste and municipal waste also percolate into the underground water. Many people from the various villages in this tahsil are completely depend on well and bore well water for domestic and agriculture purpose. Hence quality of ground water is very significant. The water samples were collected from the various places in the study area during period of pre-monsoon and post-monsoon in the year 2012-2013 and physiochemical characteristics has been studied. The chemical analysis was carried out, based on the procedure stipulated by APHA (1995). The water quality parameters viz pH, Electrical conductance (Ec), Total dissolved solids (TDS), Total Hardness(TH), calcium(Ca), Magnesium(Mg), Sodium(Na),Potassium(K), Chlorides(Cl),Sulphates(SO4), Nitrate(NO3) and bicarbonates has been studied. II. STUDY AREA Study which is situated in Phaltan Tahsil of Satara district of Maharashtra. The Phaltan tahsil is drought prone zone of Satara district. It is lies between 180 00’ N Latitude and 740 29’E longitude. It consist of total 160 Villages out of which about 2/3 villages are comes in drought prone zone & I have selected 12 villages from this zone their sample code number and sample locations given in table No. 1 Table No. 1 Sample No.

Location

W1

Adarki (Well water)

W2

Tathawada ( Well water)

W3

Bibi (Well water)

W4

Girvi (Well water)

W5

Jawali (Well water)

W6

Barad (Well water)

W7

Dudhebavi (Well water)

W8

Taradgaon (Well water)

W9

Kalaj (Well water)

W10

Thakurki (Well water)

W11

Upalve (Well water)

W12

Andrud (Well water)

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