Evaluation Of Ground Water Quality (Hand Pumps) Of Doon Valley, Uttarkhand, India

Ground water is the essential natural resource for drinking water. The purpose of the study was evaluating the ground water quality of hand pump water from thirty study sites of Doon valley. The analysis of physic chemical parameter such as Air and Water temperature, pH, EC, TDS, Turbidity, COD, Total Alkalinity, Total Hardness, Ca hardness, Mg hardness, Chloride, Nitrate, Phosphate etc. Except Total hardness and Nitrate, all parameter was within permissible levels of drinking water standard. The analyses tell us that before consumption of ground water it needs and some treatment for protection of human health.