Abstract: The water quality assessment was conducted in Tiruchirappalli in
southern India. The study region under consideration is located in the Indian
southern state Tamilnadu, intersecting in the geological co-ordinates
10°48'9''N 78°42'43''E. It was doubted that the water resources in that
location might be polluted due to the impact of distillery industry effluents
located in the mentioned region thus causing stinky environment. So there was a
necessity to test the ground and surface water pollutants. Clean plastic
bottles were used to collect samples in various locations around the distillery
unit. These samples were taken in three trials with fortnightly frequency. The
collected samples were analyzed for their chemical parameters like hardness,
pH, chlorides, sulphates, alkalinity, total dissolved solids, nickel, chromium,
dissolved oxygen, biological oxygen demand and chemical oxygen demand. Surface
water samples are analyzed for parameters like BOD, COD, TDS, copper, zinc,
lead, cadmium, nickel and manganese. These parameters are helping to indicate
the level of quality of ground and surface water for drinking and other
domestic purposes. The parameters then were checked in par with the World
Health Organization standards. As a result it is observed that some parameters
such as hardness of ground water were 10 times as that of the pure drinking
water with desirable limits.
