Ground Water Quality of Three Blocks of Bhojpur District: A Middle Gangatic Plain

Abstract

This communication presents result of survey on groundwater quality of three blocks of Bhojpur district of Bihar. The three blocks selected for this study were Bihinya, Koelwar and Udwantnagar. Total 60 numbers of groundwater samples were collected from different locations of these blocks and analysed for the parameters pH, electrical conductivity (EC), total dissolved solid (TDS), total hardness (TH), calcium (Ca2+), magnesium (Mg2+), fluoride (F-), iron (Fe), sulphate (SO42-) and arsenic (As). Water samples were collected from shallow hand pumps, deep hand pumps and public water supply.