A comparative assessment on ground water quality of rural and city locations of Salem district, Tamil Nadu, India

Tharanitharan Venkatesan* and

Abstract

Ground water quality was evaluated using the physico-chemical parameters in the city and rural locations of Salem district, Tamil Nadu, India after North-East monsoon. Water samples were collected from ten city and seven rural locations of Salem district. In this study, different parameters like pH, temperature, TDS, alkalinity, hardness, Fe, dissolve oxygen, chloride, sulphate, BOD were analysed. The conducted study suggested that water quality management practices must be carried out regularly to conserve the water resources.