Groundwater Quality Analysis for Human Consumption: A Case Study of Sukkur City, Pakistan

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  • A. N. Laghari Department of Chemical Engineering, Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering, Science & Technology, Nawabshah, Pakistan
  • Z. A. Siyal Department of Energy & Environment Engineering, Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering, Science & Technology, Pakistan
  • D. K. Bangwar Civil Engineering Department, Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering, Science & Technology, Nawabshah, Pakistan
  • M. A. Soomro Department of Civil Engineering, Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering, Science & Technology, Nawabshah, Pakistan
  • G. D. Walasai Department of Mechanical Engineering, Quaid -e- Awam University of Engineering, Science and Technology, Nawabshah, Pakistan
  • F. A. Shaikh Department of Chemical Engineering,Quaid -e- Awam University of Engineering, Science and Technology, Nawabshah, Pakistan
Volume: 8 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 2616-2620 | February 2018 | https://doi.org/10.48084/etasr.1768

Abstract

Drinking water quantity and quality is of the utmost importance. If the drinking water gets contaminated, it can result in severe health problems. For example, the continuous consumption of drinking water containing more than permissible amounts of fluoride can lead to bone deterioration and increased risk of bone fracture [1]. The present study was carried out to check the quality of underground water of Sukkur city. The analyzed parameters were fluoride, sodium, magnesium, calcium, potassium, iron, arsenic, TDS, pH, conductivity, odor, color and taste. World Health Organization (WHO) standards were followed in present study. Underground water samples were collected from 20 different populated locations of Sukkur city. Only arsenic, pH, iron and potassium were found to be within health safe limits while the rest of the parameters exceeded the permissible standards set out by WHO. The TDS, sodium, fluoride and magnesium were over the limits at some locations.

Keywords:

groundwater, water quality, physiochemical analysis

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Laghari, A.N., Siyal, Z.A., Bangwar, D.K., Soomro, M.A., Walasai, G.D. and Shaikh, F.A. 2018. Groundwater Quality Analysis for Human Consumption: A Case Study of Sukkur City, Pakistan. Engineering, Technology & Applied Science Research. 8, 1 (Feb. 2018), 2616–2620. DOI:https://doi.org/10.48084/etasr.1768.

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