1. NAME OF THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Dr. Pawar N.N.
2. NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE INSTITUTION : S.S.V.P.S’s L.K.Dr. P.R.Ghogrey
Science College Dhule (M.S) -424002
3. UGC APPROVAL NO AND DATE: F.No. 47-2079/11 (WRO), Pune Dated 22nd Feb.
2012
4. TITLE OF THE PROJECT : “ Physico –Chemical Characterization Of Underground
Water Used In Dhule City And Some Of The Villages In
Dhule Taluka Dist. Dhule (Maharashtra)”
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF MINOR RESEARCH PROJECT
Public open wells from ten villages and ten areas of Dhule city were selected for groundwater
analyses. The villages are- Fagane, Gondur, Khede Kusumba, Morane Pr.Laling, Nagaon, Nimdale, and
Nawal Nagar Nyahlod Vadjai. They were labeled as V1 to V10. The city areas are- Annasaheb Patil Nagar,
Kumar NagarBabalpuri, Deopur Charch, Jamnagiri, Bhilati, MoglaiMSEB, MohadiSuburb, Mahajan
High school, NateshwarSociety, Patole80 Ft. road, SitaramMalichawl. They were labeled as C1 to C10
The water samples from these twenty sampling stations were collected after every three months
periodically for eight rotations in two years. The physico chemical parameters cheeked are - PH, electronic
conductivity, total dissolved solids, turbidity, optical density, dissolved oxygen, total hardness, calcium
hardness, magnesium hardness, sodium, potassium and chloride. The values of all the parameters were
calculated by using standard methods of titrimetry and instrumental methods. The results were tabulated
and used to find out water quality index of all water samples. Variation of each parameter was recorded.
The experimental values were compared with standard values. The water quality ranging from good to
bad was found out,
Following results were found out during the project work and these results used to find out the water
quality indices. There is a relation between water quality index and status of water quality. If the water
quality index is in the range of 90-100, then it is excellent quality water .WQI range 70-90 indicates good
quality water.WQI 50-70 indicates medium quality water.WQI 25-50 indicate bad quality of water and 025 indicates very bad water quality. The water quality Mohadi Suburb was found good. The water quality
from Kumar Nagar, Deopur church, Mahajan high school, Nateshwar Society, and Sitaram Mali Chal
open public wells were found medium. The water quality from Annasaheb Patil Nagar and Jamnagiri
Bhilati were fond poor The water quality from Patole 80ft road was found very bad. A research paper was
published on these water quality index values of city water samples in international journal of chemical
sciences 12 (2).2014, 489-494 ISSN 0972-768X
The parameters PH, electronic conductivity, total dissolved solids, turbidity, optical density, dissolved
oxygen, total hardness, calcium hardness, magnesium hardness, sodium, potassium and chloride were
determined, electronic conductivity, total dissolved solids, turbidity, optical density, dissolved oxygen,
total hardness, calcium hardness, magnesium hardness, sodium, potassium and chloride were determined.
The data obtained from the experimental work is compared with standard values in order to draw the
conclusions
PH: In the present study PH ranged averagely from 7.11 to 8.65 in village water samples while that of city
water samples it was ranged from 7.09 to 8.39. The standard limit for PH is 7.0 to 8.5 units.
EC: Electronic conductivity values for village water sample ranged from 404 to3110 µ S/cm while that
for city water samples it was ranged from830 to 3540 µ S/cm
TDS : Total dissolved solids ranged from 555 to 2230 ppm in case of city water samples while that for
village water sample ranged from 213 to 1959 ppmThe maximum standard limit for TDS1500ppm
TH: Total hardness for village water samples averagely ranged from 112 to 528 ppm while in city
samples it was ranged from 144 to 1007 ppm. The maximum permissible limit for TH is 600 ppm.
Ca: The maximum allowable con. Of calcium ion in drinking water is 200 ppm .For village water sample
it was ranged from 18 to162 ppm while in city it was ranged from 12 to 445 ppm.
Mg: The maximum allowable con. of magnesium ion in drinking water is 150 ppm. It was ranged from
57 to 554 ppm in case of village water samples while in city it is ranged from 73 to586 ppm.
D.O : The dissolved oxygen in village water samples ranged from 3.3 to 4.4 ppm while in city it was
found 1.7 to 4.4.The standard permissible value is >5.
Sodium: The max. limit for sodium is 200 ppm . It was ranged from 16 to n60 ppm in village water
samples while it was found in normal range in city area.
Potassium: The max. desirable range of potassium is 10 ppm. Both city and village samples containing
normal conc. Of potassium
All city water samples except Mohadi suburb were found poor quality water. The villages Gondur
Nimdale and Kusumba was found good quality water and rest of the villages were found medium quality
water.
Two research papers were published from this project wok as shown below
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“Physico chemical analysis of public well water samples of some of the
villages of Dhule Tahsil District Dhule (M.S)India-424005” Int. National
Journal of Chemistry and Applications, Vol. 5No.1,pp55-60,2013
“Determination of water quality index of public open wells located in
different areas of Dhule City (M.S) India” Int.J. Chem. Sci. : 12(2), 2014,
489-494
Some of the papers were also presented in conferences and seminars. With
this practice interaction among the researchers working in this field is
increased.
Five papers by oral and by posters were presented in conferences on water
and environment at different places
Two papers were presented in national seminars on water and environ
N.B: A paper published is attached
Dr.N.N.Pawar