ANALYSIS OF WATER QUALITY OF DCM INDUSTRIAL AREA KOTA AND THEIR STATSTICAL DETAILS

Contamination of groundwater due to total coli and TDS is an area of concern for local, regional and global levels. Keeping in view industrial significance of Kota, present study is designed to assess groundwater quality for physicochemical and microbiological pollution and its impact on human health. For this purpose, water samples were collected from 15 localities during March-December 2014 period for investigating 24 physiochemical and other parameters including pH, Electric Conductivity (EC), Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), salinity, temperature, turbidity, sulfate, chloride, Total Hardness, fluoride, nitrate, alkalinity, iron (Fe), Total Coli etc. The results were compared with standard guidelines of World Health Organization (WHO) and BIS for groundwater quality. Cluster Analysis (CA) grouped all sites into four zones based on similarities and dissimilarities of physiochemical properties. The results revealed that the value of electrical conductivity, Total dissolve solids and Total coli are high as compared to other parameters in the study area in all seasons as they form a separate group of cluster. So, prior treatment of water should be done before use