Abstract
The present world is facing problems with a wide variety of pollutants. Water pollution is a major global problem. It has been suggested that it is the leading worldwide cause of deaths and diseases and that it accounts for the deaths of more than 14,000 people daily in Lucknow Capital of Uttar Pradesh in India.Nitrate and Nitrite pollution is one of groundwater’s most commonly identified contaminants, an indicator of serious pollution as they are associated with septic waste and agricultural endeavours, leads to numerous health problems to human beings and animals.4 rural areas of Lucknow were selected and 15 samples from each station to check the level of nitrite and nitrate parameters in groundwater. Further our studies reveal that the extent of nitrate and nitrite varied with reference to sampled site and maximum nitrate was found to be 250.224 and maximum nitrite was 1.8998 both are high.
Highlights
Healthy soil, clean water and air are the soul of life
Gomti river in Lucknow city in India, receives huge quantities of untreated waste, from industrial effluents to domestic discharge, the river becomes more of a flowing dumping yard for the 15 smaller and bigger towns in its catchment area which affects badly on human health
Drains are the main source of water pollution especially for rivers flowing within the city carry industrial effluent, domestic waste, sewage, and Medicinal waste results in pouring the water quality[3]
Summary
Clean water and air are the soul of life. Soil, water and air are no longer clean and pure, today pose human health risks. Nitrate(NO3) is the main form in which nitrogen occurs in groundwater, dissolved nitrogen may be present as nitrite (NO2), ammonium (NH ), nitrous oxide (N O) and organic nitrogen[4].Nitrate and Nitrite are the inorganic pollutants which degrades the water quality of drinking water. Nitrate (NO ) is a naturally occurring form of nitrogen (N) which is very mobile in water[8].Nitrate pollution for groundwater supplies is directly related to the amount of fertilizers or other nitrogen inputs to the land, as well as the permeability of the soil. If other pollutants are not present, reverse osmosis systems, anion exchange units, and distillation can reduce nitrate and nitrite levels Objectives of the study were to determine the extent of nitrate and nitrite concentration in ground water of some areas of Lucknow.
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