Assessment of Groundwater Quality along the Cooum River, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Quality parameters studied</td><td align="center">Methods used</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">pH</td><td align="center">pH meter</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Electrical conductivity</td><td align="center">Conductivity meter</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Total dissolved solids</td><td align="center">Evaporation method</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Biochemical oxygen demand</td><td align="center">Modified Winkler’s method</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Chemical oxygen demand</td><td align="center">Titrated with an excess of K<sub>2</sub>Cr<sub>2</sub>O<sub>7</sub></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Sodium</td><td align="center">Flame photometry</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Lead</td><td align="center">Atomic absorption spectrometry</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Methods used for analysis of quality parameters for the water samples.

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Table 3: Assessment of Groundwater Quality along the Cooum River, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India 