Research Article
Assessment of Ground Water Quality in Punjab, India
| Chopra RPS1 and Krishan G2* | |
| 1Punjab Water Resources and Environment Directorate, Chandigarh, India | |
| 2IGB Groundwater Resilience Project, British Geological Survey, UK | |
| Corresponding Author : | Krishan G IGB Groundwater Resilience Project British Geological Survey, UK Tel: +91-1332-272108 E-mail: drgopal.krishan@gmail.com |
| Received November 22, 2014; Accepted December 15, 2014; Published December 25, 2014 | |
| Citation: Chopra RPS, Krishan G (2014) Assessment of Ground Water Quality in Punjab, India. J Earth Sci Clim Change 5:243. doi: 10.4172/2157-7617.1000243 | |
| Copyright: © 2014 Chopra RPS, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | |
Abstract
In the present study, groundwater quality in respect of native groundwater has been determined in the entire State of Punjab during the installation of observation wells under World Bank aided Hydrology Project Phase II undertaken during 2009-14 by Water Resources and Environment Directorate, Punjab. The results of sampling done during installation of observation wells show that the groundwater quality in the depth range of 45-60 m on the basis of EC and RSC is categorized as: fit in 53% and marginal to unfit in remaining 47%.
