Groundwater not assembly high quality commonplace in a minimum of Odisha 26 cities
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BHUBANESWAR: Groundwater high quality of a minimum of 26 main cities and cities together with Bhubaneswar doesn’t meet consuming water specs at many high quality monitoring stations, an Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) evaluation has revealed.
A comparability of floor water high quality with consuming water specs, carried out by OSPCB throughout 90 places in 30 districts throughout April-May and October-November final yr, reveals parameters like pH, complete hardness, calcium, magnesium, chloride, nitrate, iron, ammoncal nitrogen, lead, fluoride in high quality monitoring stations of a minimum of 26 main cities and cities don’t conform to the prescribed limits.
These cities and cities are Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Berhampur, Sambalpur, Puri, Dhenkanal, Sukinda, Jharsuguda, Keonjhar, Koraput, Malkangiri, Angul, Paradip, Bhawanipatna, Paralakhemundi, Boudh, Balasore, Bhadrak, Bargarh, Deogarh, Nabarangpur, Nayagarh, Nuapada, Phulbani, Rayagada and Sonepur.Two stations at Kusumi block and Sukribating basti of Mayurbhanj additionally fail to fulfill the bottom water specification in sure parameters.
The OSPCB in its letter to the Water Resources division final month knowledgeable that acceptable and permissible restrict for consuming water has been prescribed beneath IS: 10500-2012 with subsequent amendments. As per this high quality commonplace, the utmost lead content material allowed is 0.01 miligrams per litre (mg/L) and there’s no rest for it.
However, in Bhubaneswar the lead content material, that may be dangerous to human well being even at low publicity ranges, is discovered to be 0.018 mg/L in Khandagiri, 0.015 mg/L in Old Town-Samantarapur space, 0.11 mg/L in Kalpana-Laxmisagar space, 0.11 mg/L in Chandrasekharpur space.The lead content material in Capital Hospital space and Secretariat-Governor House space stood at 0.008 mg/L and 0.006 mg/L respectively.
The lead content material can also be not discovered to be assembly the fastened parameter at monitoring stations in Angul, Balasore, Bhadrak, Bargarh, Cuttack, Deogarh, Berhampur, Paradip, Sukinda, Jharsuguda, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Nabarangpur, Nayagarh, Nuapada, Phulbani, Rayagada, Sambalpur and Sonepur.
Similarly, the pH degree of consuming water measuring how acidic or primary water needs to be is within the vary of 6.5 and eight.5. However, it has been discovered to be under 6.5 in Khandagiri, Kalpana-Laxmisagar and Chandrasekharpur space of the state capital throughout April final yr. However, there was an enchancment in it through the pattern evaluation in October.
Apart from Bhubaneswar, pH degree been discovered not conforming to the requirements in a few of the stations in Dhenkanal, Sukinda, Jharsuguda, Keonjhar, Koraput, Malkangiri and Nabarangpur. The fluoride content material has been discovered to not be assembly the requirements at Kuanrpur in Balasore. The acceptable and permissible restrict is 1 to 1.5 mg/L.
Similarly, iron content material has additionally been discovered not assembly the requirements at a few of the monitoring stations in Jharsuguda, Kalahandi, Phulbani, Puri and Rayagada.The OSPCB officers stated the groundwater sources that don’t affirm to the requirements normally have to be closed. However, within the absence of any various supply, the water must be handled correctly for consumption.The statistics has been shared with the Water Resources division for mandatory motion, stated one of many Board official.
BHUBANESWAR: Groundwater high quality of a minimum of 26 main cities and cities together with Bhubaneswar doesn’t meet consuming water specs at many high quality monitoring stations, an Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) evaluation has revealed.
A comparability of floor water high quality with consuming water specs, carried out by OSPCB throughout 90 places in 30 districts throughout April-May and October-November final yr, reveals parameters like pH, complete hardness, calcium, magnesium, chloride, nitrate, iron, ammoncal nitrogen, lead, fluoride in high quality monitoring stations of a minimum of 26 main cities and cities don’t conform to the prescribed limits.
These cities and cities are Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Berhampur, Sambalpur, Puri, Dhenkanal, Sukinda, Jharsuguda, Keonjhar, Koraput, Malkangiri, Angul, Paradip, Bhawanipatna, Paralakhemundi, Boudh, Balasore, Bhadrak, Bargarh, Deogarh, Nabarangpur, Nayagarh, Nuapada, Phulbani, Rayagada and Sonepur.Two stations at Kusumi block and Sukribating basti of Mayurbhanj additionally fail to fulfill the bottom water specification in sure parameters.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
The OSPCB in its letter to the Water Resources division final month knowledgeable that acceptable and permissible restrict for consuming water has been prescribed beneath IS: 10500-2012 with subsequent amendments. As per this high quality commonplace, the utmost lead content material allowed is 0.01 miligrams per litre (mg/L) and there’s no rest for it.
However, in Bhubaneswar the lead content material, that may be dangerous to human well being even at low publicity ranges, is discovered to be 0.018 mg/L in Khandagiri, 0.015 mg/L in Old Town-Samantarapur space, 0.11 mg/L in Kalpana-Laxmisagar space, 0.11 mg/L in Chandrasekharpur space.The lead content material in Capital Hospital space and Secretariat-Governor House space stood at 0.008 mg/L and 0.006 mg/L respectively.
The lead content material can also be not discovered to be assembly the fastened parameter at monitoring stations in Angul, Balasore, Bhadrak, Bargarh, Cuttack, Deogarh, Berhampur, Paradip, Sukinda, Jharsuguda, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Nabarangpur, Nayagarh, Nuapada, Phulbani, Rayagada, Sambalpur and Sonepur.
Similarly, the pH degree of consuming water measuring how acidic or primary water needs to be is within the vary of 6.5 and eight.5. However, it has been discovered to be under 6.5 in Khandagiri, Kalpana-Laxmisagar and Chandrasekharpur space of the state capital throughout April final yr. However, there was an enchancment in it through the pattern evaluation in October.
Apart from Bhubaneswar, pH degree been discovered not conforming to the requirements in a few of the stations in Dhenkanal, Sukinda, Jharsuguda, Keonjhar, Koraput, Malkangiri and Nabarangpur. The fluoride content material has been discovered to not be assembly the requirements at Kuanrpur in Balasore. The acceptable and permissible restrict is 1 to 1.5 mg/L.
Similarly, iron content material has additionally been discovered not assembly the requirements at a few of the monitoring stations in Jharsuguda, Kalahandi, Phulbani, Puri and Rayagada.The OSPCB officers stated the groundwater sources that don’t affirm to the requirements normally have to be closed. However, within the absence of any various supply, the water must be handled correctly for consumption.The statistics has been shared with the Water Resources division for mandatory motion, stated one of many Board official.
