Water Quality Index of Groundwaters near Industrial Areas of Balrampur, U.P.

The paper deals with groundwater quality in nearby industrial areas of Balrampur city. The area has one of the largest sugar factories of India, i.e., B.C.M. Ltd. including one distillery unit and one power plant. Beside this, approximately 72 small and large scale industries are also present here. The groundwater samples were collected from three different sites having different depths. The physicochemical parameters like pH, TDS, dissolved oxygen, total hardness, calcium, magnesium, sulphate, nitrate and chloride were analysed and compared based on water quality index (WQI). This determines the water quality for various purposes like irrigation and potable purpose. The result indicates poor status of water. Comparative study of the three different sites indicates that the groundwater nearly industrial areas of Balrampur city is not suitable for human and cattle cunsumption.