Abstract
AbstractThe present study deals with the comparative quality of potable waters of different sources at Bhagalpur, India, which is located on the south bank of river Ganga at 87°02′ N latitude and 25°15′ E longitude. Surface water (river Ganga) receives a number of drains and domestic wastewater outlets. The municipal surface water gets severely contaminated by rusted, damaged parallel pipelines and the groundwater through seepage from septic tanks, drains and a deep sewerage system. The contaminants from these sources have deteriorated the quality of potable water by increasing the concentration of turbidity (40 NTU), nitrate‐N (42.5 ppm), total bacterial density (21.649 × 107/l) and MPN coliform (12,900/100 ml). The higher concentration of nitrate‐N, chloride and the presence of E. coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Proteus vulgaris, Salmonella typhii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa indicated the faecal contamination.
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