Checking the quality of drinking water in UC Rasheed Wagan, Sindh, Pakistan

Drinking water is very important for life. But in the whole world drinking water is not good now for drinking purpose. That’s why this research was done to anlyse the suitability of UC Rasheed Wagan in Larkana. For this purpose 20 samples were taken from different locations and testing was done at the laboratory in technical college Larkana. The water quality parameters such as Ca, Mg, TH, TDS, EC, NO 2 , NO 3 , pH, Color and odor was tested for each samples. All standard methods were followed for assessment of water quality. The results revealed that concentration of various physicochemical in Groundwater of UC Rasheed wagan was beyond allowable limit. Only pH was within the limits. Overall, 65% of samples exhibited concentration of Chloride beyond the WHO limit. TH, TDS, EC, Ca, Mg, NO 2 , NO 3 , and Zn exceeded in 67%, 88%, 88%, 56%, 29%, 25%, and 18% of groundwater samples. Taste was alos bitter in more 67% of water samples. Overall, the water in UC Rasheed wagan is contaminated to be drunk