GROUNDWATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT USING WATER QUALITY INDEX AND GIS, MADURAVOYAL, CHENNAI, INDIA

Groundwater quality has direct implications for domestic, industrial and drinking water purposes. Groundwater samples from fifteen different locations used in this study collected in Maduravoyal located at west of Chennai. In this paper we here summarized the laboratory results of all the samples showing their physico-chemical parameters. The Water Quality Index is found to analyse water for drinking purposes. Overall study reveals that water quality of majority of the areas taken for analysis are not suitable for drinking.