摘要：This paper presents quality of water samples from bored tube wells at different sites along the Budhi Gandakbelt from Akharaghat to Musahari in Muzaffarpur district of Bihar state during monsoon season of 2011. Theparameters such as pH, conductivity, TDS, DO, total hardness, alkalinity, sodium, potassium, calcium,magnesium and chloride as well as heavy metals such as Cu, Zn, Fe and As have been studied. TDS ofalmost all samples exceeded the maximum permissible limit of WHO. Iron was also found much above themaximum permissible limit in nearly all the samples. The water samples along Budhi Gandak belt understudy have arsenic contamination in some samples which even much exceeded the maximum permissiblelimit at certain sites. The arsenic contamination in the groundwater of this area is serious concern for humanhealth.
