Water Quality Analysis from Different Sources and Estimation of Water Loss Due to Tap Fixture

Abstract

The much do you really know about the water you drink every day? Where does it come from? Is it safe to drink? Is a home water treatment system necessary? How can drinking water be protected? Water is second to oxygen as being essential for life. People can survive days, weeks, or even longer without food, but only about four days without water. Urban growth and rapid increase in population have induced tremendous pressure on natural resources. On the other hand concern about the degradation of water quality is now widespread among the public as the water is of utmost physiological importance in the human body. About 80% of the diseases of the world population and more than one-third of the deaths in the developing countries are due to contamination of water Trace elements are essential for human health. However excess concentration of these elements cause health disorder. Man can control some undesirable chemical constituents in water before it enters the ground. But once the water enters the ground man’s control over the chemical quality of percolating water is very limited. Ground water composition in a region depends on the natural (such as wet and dry deposition of atmospheric salts, evaporation, soil-rock- water interactions) and anthropogenic processes, which can alter or modify the natural system of hydrological cycle has stated that the type and extent of chemical contamination of the ground water largely depend on the geochemistry of the soil, through which the water flows prior to reaching the aquifers.