Analytical study of water quality parameters with special focus to uranium and fluoride concentration in groundwater of Bhagalpur district, Bihar, India

  Dr Subhash Prasad Singh,  Palash Kumar Dutta

The present status of groundwater in the study area was determined by studying spatial distribution of physical, chemical and radiological parameters of groundwater. Geographic Information System (GIS) technique was used to learn spatial variations in water quality parameters. Water samples were collected from 72 sites (bore wells) at varying depth during pre- and post- monsoon periods. In-situ water quality parameters were analyzed with the help of portable multi-parameter water analysis instrument and ex-situ parameters were analyzed in the laboratory as prescribed by APHA. Uranium was analyzed using LED Flourimeter as per BARC Standard Protocol for National Uranium Project (NUP). Special focus has been drawn to fluoride and uranium concentration in groundwater of Bhagalpur district because of having no previous study on uranium concentration in groundwater in the region and not having systematic study on fluoride mapping in groundwater of Bhagalpur district. Uranium concentrations in groundwater samples analyzed vary in a wide range from

Keywords- Radiological parameters, Geographic Information System, spatial variations, water quality parameters

Unique Identification Number - IJEDR2004031
Page Number(s) - 183-188
Pubished in - Volume 8 | Issue 4 | December 2020
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Publisher - IJEDR (ISSN - 2321-9939)

  Dr Subhash Prasad Singh,  Palash Kumar Dutta,   "Analytical study of water quality parameters with special focus to uranium and fluoride concentration in groundwater of Bhagalpur district, Bihar, India", International Journal of Engineering Development and Research (IJEDR), ISSN:2321-9939, Volume.8, Issue 4, pp.183-188, December 2020, Available at :http://www.ijedr.org/papers/IJEDR2004031.pdf