Comparison between tap water and kitchen waste water of selected sites of NIT Rourkela

Abstract

Because of growing concern that constituents of drinking water may have adverse health effect, consumption of tap water has decreased. The main objective of this work is to determine and compare the concentrations of acidity, alkalinity, pH, turbidity,total Solids,chloride,DO,BOD,Ca, Mg, Cu and Fe. The average values of pH, Turbidity, DO, BOD, Total Hardness, Alkalinity, Acidity, Total solids, Chloride, Concentration of Ca, Mg, Fe and Cu are ranges between 5 to 6.62, 1 to 3 NTU, 1.19 to 8.16 mg/l, 2 to 63.5 mg/l, 26 to 472 mg/l, 10.77 to 11.22 p.p.m, 21 to 430 p.p.m, 13.6 to 162.5 mg/l, 8.7 to 15.84 mg/l, 6.38 to 8.87 mg/l, 0.8 to 2.03 mg/l, 0.263 to 0.29 mg/l, respectively.