Quality Assessment of open well water of Makhdumpur Block Town

Water samples from ten Open wells of Makhdumpur block town were collected and analysed for different Physiochemical parameters like pH, Conductivity, hardness, alkalinity, dissolved Oxygen (D.O.), Chemical Oxygen Demand (C.O.D.), Biochemical Oxygen Demand (B.O.D.), Chloride, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus and heavy metals. On the basis of these pollution parameters water quality index (WQI) for the quality index rating was carried out to quantify overall open well water quality status of the entire block town. The values of WQI of the different open well water samples have been found in the range of 62.73 to 73.00 revealing that samples collected from open wells near polluted effluent zones is in medium quality range while those open wells locating far from the affected area are of good quality.