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Hindi Research Article
Assessment of Water Quality Index (WQI) of Groundwater in Rajkot District, Gujarat, India
| Gopal Krishan*, Surjeet Singh, Kumar CP, Suman Gurjar and Ghosh NC | |
| National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India | |
| *Corresponding Author : | Gopal Krishan National Institute of Hydrology Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India Tel no: +919634254939 E-mail: drgopal.krishan@gmail.com |
| Received February 26, 2016; Accepted March 18, 2016; Published March 22, 2016 | |
| Citation:Krishan G, Singh S, Kumar CP, Gurjar S, Ghosh NC (2016) Assessment of Water Quality Index (WQI) of Groundwater in Rajkot District, Gujarat, India. J Earth Sci Clim Change. 7: 341. doi:10.4172/2157-7617.1000341 | |
| Copyright: © 2016 Krishan G, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | |
Abstract
Water quality index (WQI) of groundwater based on the data of 27 samples collected from Rajkot district, Gujarat was assessed using seven parameters viz. pH, Total Dissolved Solids, Total Hardness, Fluoride, Chloride, Sulphate and Nitrate. The WQI value 98 is maximum and the value 27 is minimum in the study area. The computed WQI shows that 51.8% of water sample fall in the ‘good’ to ‘excellent’ water category. On the other hand, 48.2% of water samples fall in the ‘fair’ to ‘poor’ category indicating that the water is not suitable for direct consumption and require treatment. After treatment, the water can be used for drinking purpose.
