• Babita B. Kapoor
• Ekrarkhan E. Tadvipathan
• Dr. Farhin Inam

Water quality index has been applying in the present study to assess suitability of groundwater quality for drinking purposes in some rural areas receiving industrial waste water discharges in Nagpur District, Maharashtra State, India. This was carried out by subjecting nine groundwater samples, collected from nine selected site, to comprehensive physico-chemical analysis in pre and post monsoon seasons.Five parameters have been considered for calculating the WQI such as pH, DO, BOD, chloride and total alkalinity. The values obtained from all the studied sampling sites were found to be higher than 100, indicates that the water is unsuitable for drinking and human use in pre and post monsoon seasons.

Water quality index, industrial waste water discharges, physico-chemical analysis

"Application of water quality index to assess suitability of groundwater quality for drinking purposes in Some Rural Areas Receiving Industrial Wastewater Discharges in Nagpur District, Maharashtra State, India", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.20-23, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRBD06005.pdf

"Application of water quality index to assess suitability of groundwater quality for drinking purposes in Some Rural Areas Receiving Industrial Wastewater Discharges in Nagpur District, Maharashtra State, India", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp20-23, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRBD06005.pdf