CLEAN-India
The water quality findings for CLEAN-India cities are given
below:
Cumulative Water quality Results for the Year 2004
Summer
Monsoon
Winter
Cumulative Water quality Results for the Year 2005
Summer
Monsoon
Winter
Cumulative Water quality Results for the Year
2004
RESULTS OF MONITORING
●
Out of the 624 sites monitored, 53% showed the
presence of ammonia; 14% showed the presence of coliform; 27% were
found to contain a high concentration of Fluoride & Nitrate.
●
The ground water, in almost every site monitored in
Bhopal, Lalitpur & Udaipur, was found to contain a high
concentration of Fluoride.
●
The
municipal water supplied in Ranikhet, Varanasi & Lalitpur showed
the presence of ammonia.
●
The ground water in Muzaffarnagar & Jhansi was found to contain a
high concentration of nitrate.
●
The
municipal water supplied in Jaipur, Dehradun & Kurnool in most of
the sites monitored was found to contain coliform. In Udaipur &
Bhopal, both ground water & municipal water used for drinking
purposes, was found to be contaminated with bacteria.
●
In the following cities, a continued
occurrence of coliform bacteria in the drinking water was noticed
– Nagpur, Dehradun, Jhansi & Bhopal.
●
The water
collected from 69% of the sites monitored was found to be unfit
for drinking, containing ammonia & bacterial contamination.
●
5% of the
sites monitored showed the presence of Ca & Mg salts, Chloride,
Iron & a high amount of Residual Chlorine.
●
The water
in 26% of all the sites monitored was found to be satisfactory.
On the
basis of the water quality data obtained using the Jal-TARA kit,
all the sites have been categorised into 3 types varying in the
level of purity of drinking water
| |
Total |
Supply water |
GW |
Total |
Winter |
Summer |
Monsoon |
|
Purify before use |
429 |
182 |
247 |
429 |
82 |
122 |
222 |
|
Check before use |
33 |
17 |
16 |
33 |
9 |
12 |
12 |
|
Safe for use |
162 |
74 |
88 |
162 |
46 |
40 |
76 |
|
