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Abstract
Groundwater is an important component of an eco-system fulfilling necessities of life. Continuous tapping of groundwater to meet rapidly growing demand has not only led to decline of water table levels but has also significantly deteriorated the quality of groundwater. This article aims at assessing the groundwater quality of Bhavanagar district; for which 87 sources across the district were monitored for both the pre-monsoon and post-monsoon seasons, respectively, during a period from April 2017 to February 2018. The physico-chemical characteristics of groundwater were compared with Indian Standards for drinking water to assess the suitability of the groundwater for drinking purpose.
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This is to acknowledge that no financial interest or benefit has arisen from the direct applications of this research.
Figure 1. Graph showing village wise variations of pH in Bhavnagar district.
Figure 2. Graph showing village wise variations of Conductivity in Bhavnagar district.
Figure 3. Graph showing village wise variations of Total Dissolved Solids in Bhavnagar district.
Figure 4. Graph showing village wise variations of Chloride in Bhavnagar district.
Figure 5. Graph showing village wise variations of Total Hardness in Bhavnagar district.
Figure 6. Graph showing village wise variations of Alkalinity in Bhavnagar district.
Figure 7. Graph showing village wise variations of Fluoride in Bhavnagar district.
Figure 8. Graph showing village wise variations of Nitrate in Bhavnagar district.
Figure 9. Graph showing village wise variations of Sulphate in Bhavnagar district.
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Smruti Vijaykumar Patel
Smruti Vijaykumar Patel is graduate in Environmental Engineering from Dr. S & SS Gandhy College, Surat and possess a degree of Post Graduate Diploma in Environmental Law and Policy. She has a work experience of five years in the core environmental field. Currently she is serving in Gujarat Environment Management Institute (GEMI) as Assistant Environment Engineer.
Paresh Chavda
Paresh Chavda is a graduate in Chemical Engineering and subsequently he has done his Post graduation in MBA in Environment Management and also possess a degree of Post Graduate Diploma in Environmental Law and Policy. He possessed work experience of seven years mainly in the field of environment. Currently he is serving in Gujarat Environment Management Institute (GEMI) as Deputy Environmental Engineer.
Sanjiv Tyagi
Sanjiv Tyagi is a Graduate in Civil Engineering from IIT Delhi. He received his PhD in Air Pollution (Environment) from CEPT University. He also holds Postgraduate in Pollution Control and Bachelor in Law. He is a member of the Indian Forest Services of 1988 batch. He has been admitted as a Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry, London. He has served in various capacities in Gujarat Forest Department and has also served in environment sector as Member Secretary of Gujarat Pollution Control Board and currently as the Director of Gujarat Environment Management Institute (GEMI).