[Retracted] Investigation of Groundwater Hydro-Geochemistry, Excellence, and Anthropoid Wellbeing Hazard in Dry Zones Using the Chemometric Method

Table 1

Drinking water standard for ground water hydro-chemical parameters.

Parameters	Samples			WHO standards (2017)	BIS standards		The no. of samples as per WHO limits	The no. of samples within BIS parameters		Weightage for water quality index (WI) Wi = 1
	Minimum	Maximum	Average		Acceptable	Permissible		Acceptable limit	Permissible limit
pH	6.48	8.75		6.2–8.2	6.6–8.6	6.6–8.6	98	50	50	0.09412
Electrical conductivity	0.19	8.12		—	—	—	—	—	—	—
TH	138.32	4912.24		700–1100	550	2100	25	25	25	0.00165
TDS	128	734		—	250	650	—	18	48	0.00401
TA	78	1648		110	250	650	3	29	40	0.00401
Ca^2+	9.8	135.3		80	80	250	45	45	55	0.01273
Mg^2+	1.02	318.42		55	35	120	34	28	40	0.02767
Na^+	15.16	2951.56		260	250	420	43	40	45	0.00412
CO3^-	0	0		—	80	210	—	50	55	0.01234
NO3^-	164.82	891.24		—	35	35	—	0	0	0.03148
K^+	20.16	2281.96		210	260	1200	23	23	40	0.00412
F^-	0	14.18		1.8	1.2	1.6	46	37	48	0.8673
HCO3^-	1.35	197.28		55	50	50	24	24	25	0.01883
Cl^−	0	29.11		-	—	—	—	—	—
SO4^2-	13.15	1334.36		55	—	—	22	—	—