摘要：In this work an attempt has been made to access the groundwater quality in the MasudaTehsil situated south-west of Ajmer city covering an area of 87,898 hectare and havingthe population of 1,87,295 in the year 2001. It consists of 147 villages, nearby all facingan acute shortage of water and, thus, creating a tremendous pressure on the fragilewater resources due to high population growth and over consumption, finally leading todeterioration of the quality and quantity of water. The present investigation was carriedout by collecting the groundwater samples during the pre-monsoon 2006 from 25different sites in the Masuda Tehsil. The physicochemical parameters which wereanalysed are pH, electrical conductivity, TDS, total hardness, calcium hardness,magnesium hardness, total alkalinity, sodium, potassium, fluoride, sulphate and nitrate.The value obtained were compared with standards prescribed by WHO and BIS. Theanalysis revealed high content of TDS, fluoride, nitrate, bicarbonate, etc. along withhigh variability, which is a matter of great concern, thus, leading to adverse effects onthe people residing in the study area. As it is never late to realize that water is the mostcritical factor, so we need to take proper remedial measures to maintain its quality andconserve it as we do not have it on any other planet except earth making it the onlyplace where man can survive.
