| Water has played very important role in the growth and development of human civilization.It has a significant role in sustenance of plant, animal and human beings. The quality of water gets affected either by geogenic that is from the aquifer through which it flows or by anthropogenic contaminants which includes disposal of waste. By these contaminants not only the surface water is polluted but also the groundwater gets contaminated. Therefore, monitoring of quality of water being used for drinking as well as irrigation is a major concern.
In this paper an attempt has been made for the first time to assess the suitability of ground water of a part of Reasi District for drinking purpose, based on the water samples analysed for all the major cations and anions. The statistical assessment, analysis of variance, Pearson’s correlation analysis, dominancy of elements and Hill Piper Plot were the other methods used to understand the hydro-geo-chemistry, dominance and correlation among the major elements. Comparison of the concentration of chemical constituents with the standards of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) 1991 and their statistical assessment shows that the water quality of the study area is fit for drinking and other domestic uses. |