• Dr. Nibedita Pattnayak

Bhubaneswar, the capital of Odisha is known as “Temple City of India”. The city was adopted as the Capital city of Odisha in 1948. Subsequently a number of offices, organizations and other infrastructural facilities developed in the city to keep pace with time. As of now, Bhubaneswar is under tremendous pressure because of the rapid urbanization and tourist importance. The present Bhubaneswar is transforming towards a new identity apart from its cultural heritage, as a major centre for information technology, educational and research organization and attracting millions of tourists both from India and abroad. The city experiences a humid sub-tropical climate. The rainy season is from June to September. The winter extends from December to February. And summer season is from March to May. The average annual rainfall is around 1380 mm (1996 to 2009) and about 80 % of annual rainfall is received from the South-West monsoon from June to September. Ground water development is through open / dug wells, shallow and deep bore wells as well as shallow & Filter point tube wells. PHED, Govt of Odisha is the major organization for withdrawal of ground water for domestic water supply. Besides this, the dwelling complexes like flats and individual house owners also use ground water where PHED pipe water supply is not available. The top weathered zone overlying the gritty and partially lateritized Athagarh sandstones of Gondwana are mainly tapped by dug wells & filter point tube wells. In general it has been found that the ground water from both the shallow and deeper zones are slightly acidic in nature. The ground water quality of the Bhubaneswar city has been studied by analysing water from dug wells and bore wells. In general it has been found that the ground water from both the shallow and deeper zones are slightly acidic in nature. The deeper aquifer though in general contain a little higher concentration of iron than that of permissible limit but the dug well water normally does not show any higher concentration beyond permissible limit except in isolated cases as the dug well water remains in constant contact of atmospheric air which facilitates oxidation and precipitation of iron. The analysis data also indicated that concentration of different chemical constituent and pH vary in pre and post monsoon period.

Ground water development, open / dug wells, shallow and deep bore wells as well as shallow & Filter point tube wells, pH

"STATUS OF GROUND WATER IN BHUBANESWAR CITY, ODISHA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.513-518, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904T69.pdf

"STATUS OF GROUND WATER IN BHUBANESWAR CITY, ODISHA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp513-518, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904T69.pdf