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Ratan Chand Sharma ¹, Meena Kumari ¹, Shivani Dogra ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Chemistry, Post Graduate Government College, Hamirpur-177 001, H. P., IN

Abstract

The present study is intended to analyse the water quality of different water sources of Hamirpur, Una, Bilaspur and Shimla districts of Himachal Pradesh. The physico-chemical characteristics like pH, turbidity, calcium, magnesium, total dissolved solids, total hardness, iron total residual chlorine and total alkalinity were studied and found to be deviating from the standard values. The pH, turbidity and calcium were found to be more in the study area. The physico-chemical parameters were taken for calculation of water quality index. The quality of water at some places was found to be good except for some sampling stations where quality index of water was very low.

Keywords

Outer Himalayas, Water sources, Water Quality Index.

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Ratan Chand Sharma ¹, Shivani Dogra ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Chemistry, Post Graduate Government College, Hamirpur-177 001, H. P., IN

Abstract

Lower Shivalik hills are the part of Himalayas extending in the areas of lower Himachal Pradesh. These hills cover an area of about 55,673 sq. km with four districts of Himachal Pradesh. Forty soil samples were collected both from hilly and plain soils covering about 14,799 km. The chemical characteristics such as pH, organic matter, potassium and zinc, copper, iron and manganese were analysed. The soil in the hill regions shows greater pH changes than in plains. Micronutrients and organic carbon contents were higher in plains thus the soil was more appropriate for cash crops.

Keywords

Lower Himalayas, Soil Analysis, Chacterization of Soil, Micronutrients.

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