1Assistant Professor, WET Centre, Civil Engineering Department, SRKR Engineering College (A), Bhimavaram, A.P.
2Assistant Professor, Civil Department, Sri Vasavi Engineering College (A), Tadepalligudem, West Godavari District, A.P.
3Associate Professor, Civil Department, Sasi Engineering College (A), Tadepalligudem, West Godavari District, A.P.
4Assistant Professor, Life Sciences Department, B.V. Raju College, Bhimavaram, A.P.
5Associate Professor, WET Centre, Civil Engineering Department, SRKR Engineering College (A), Bhimavaram, A.P.
6Associate Professor, WET Centre, Civil Engineering Department, SRKR Engineering College (A), Bhimavaram, A.P.
7Assistant Professor, WET Centre, Civil Engineering Department, SRKR Engineering College (A), Bhimavaram, A.P.
Online Published on 24 February, 2025.
Water quality index is a mathematical method applied to transform large quantity of water quality data into single number which indicates water quality level. It is a system of ranking the quality of water which is easily understandable to public. A single number represents as an index integrating all water quality parameters. To assess the quality of groundwater, 16 sampling stations were randomly identified from the study area and the samples were collected during rainy, winter and summer seasons. Different physical and chemical parameters such as pH, TDS, total alkalinity, calcium hardness, magnesium hardness, total hardness, sodium, chlorides were analyzed. The results revealed that the average WQI values of groundwater in the study area are 69.9, 75.4 and 114.4 during rainy, winter and summer seasons respectively. The WQI in the study area ranges from 43 to 143. The study indicates that no sample location comes under "excellent" category. The majority of the groundwater samples fall under poor to unfit for drinking purpose. The water is not suitable for direct consumption and proper treatment is required before use.
Groundwater, Total dissolved solids, Water quality index, West Godavari
