Evaluation of physico-chemical characteristics of groundwater of Sindhuvalli Village, Mysore District
EVALUATION OF PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF GROUNDWATER OF SINDHUVALLI VILLAGE - MYSORE DISTRICT A dissertation report submitted to Dept. Environmental science, Yuvaraja’s college (autonomous) MAEED M. ZAHIR - EMMANUEL .C - FIDAAD JALEEL Class 2012 - VI Sem - Bachelor of Science (CEnEr) DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE YUVARAJA’S COLLEGE UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE April 2012 - - - - INTRODUCTION Groundwater is a precious and the most widely distributed resource of the earth and unlike any other mineral resource, it gets annual replenishment from the meteoric precipitation. The worlds total water resources are estimated at 1.37 x 10 8 Million hectares (ha-m). Of these global water resources about 97.2% is salt water mainly in oceans, and only 2.8% is available as Fresh water. Out of the 2.8%, 2.2% is available as surface water and 0.6% as groundwater. Even out of this 2.2% of surface water, 2.15% is fresh water in glaciers and ice caps an