Physio-Chemical assessment of water sources for drinking purpose in Badin City, Sindh Province, Pakistan, (Water Supply Schemes and Hand Pumps)
Journal Title: Advance Research Journal of Multidisciplinary Discoveries - Year 2018, Vol 29, Issue 29
Abstract
Recently, water bodies contain several types of chemicals and the quantity is more than there were couples of years ago. Clean and safe drinking water is one of the basic needs of life and society. Pakistan is the country will all types of water resources, around the country, water quality is crossing the limit above WHO level standard for the drinking water of different big regions. Study area of this study is Badin city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Present study focused on “Physio-Chemical assessment of water sources for drinking purpose in Badin City, Sindh Province, Pakistan”.Ten sites from Badin city were decided for sampling to assess the drinking water from different water bodies, the areas names are: Canal Water (Jamali Village), Hand Pump (Jamali Village), WSS Pond By Pass, Hand Pump (Laghari Village), Tap Water (Chandia Nangar), WSS Pond (Ward No-04), Filter Plant (Bilawal Park), Civil Hospital Badin, Iqra School Badin, Akram Canal etc. The Different physio-chemical parameters of water samples i.e. TDS, EC, color, temperature, odor, and pH of water samples were analyzed during sampling and further analyses of Hardness, chloride, nitrate, Bicarbonate, Sulfate and heavy metals such as Fluoride, Arsenic and the essential metal ions (Calcium, Potassium, Magnesium, and Sodium) was conducted in the lab “Pakistan Council for Research in Water Resources, Pakistan. Water sample from the Hand Pump (Laghari Village) and Hand Pump (Jamali Village) have been found contaminated above standard water quality, Samples from different sites showing different results and not suitable for drinking without proper treatment specially Hand Pump (Laghari Village) and Hand Pump (Jamali Village). To get clean safe drinking water, the concepts of house hold sand filter and innovative biosand filter is recommended and can be successfully applied as low cost techniques.
Authors and Affiliations
Manzoor Ahmed Sanjrani, Hafeez Ahmed Talpur, Shakeel Ahmed Talpur
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