D.K. Sinha and Navneet Kumar
Abstract
Water quality indices for underground drinking water at Moradabad for eight different sites have been calculated with the help ofVV.H.O. water quality standards and using the data of seventeen water quality physico-chemical parameters estimated following standard procedures and latest techniques of sampling and estimation.The drinking water of IM2 hand pumps at Moradabad is found to be either moderately contaminated or excessively contaminated at almost all the sites during the course of study. However, drinking water is uncontaminated at site no.! &V and fit for human consumption and domestic usage. Some strict and effective measures for underground drinking water quality management are earnestly needed at Moradabdad in the catchment area of study.