Assessment of Seven Conventional Natural Drinking Water Sources in the Periphery of Chamba Town of Himachal Pradesh in India

IF 0.4 Q4 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution Pub Date : 2023-01-23 DOI:10.3233/ajw230013

T. Singh, H. Pal

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Chamba town of Himachal Pradesh in India is renowned for its conventional natural underground drains, springs and well water sources known as Panihar, Nara and Boury in the local dialect. These are the major traditional freshwater sources for human consumption in the valley. Water is one of the most essential natural sources required for the survival of human beings. But the quality of water in these natural sources is deteriorating day by day due to the universal impact of climate change and the increasing pollutant load of unplanned human activities. The deterioration of natural water sources is a major concern to human well-being all around the world. Therefore, a study was designed for the assessment of the quality of drinking water from randomly selected seven major traditional water sources in the periphery of historic Chamba town. This paper consists of the historic importance of these water sources, the perception and perspectives of their users along with qualitative analysis of total dissolved solids, total hardness and metal salts. The qualitative and physiochemical analysis confirms that the quality of water in all these sources is still within the safe limits of drinking water with limited variation in range but requires special attention for their safe guard.

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印度喜马偕尔邦昌巴镇周边7个常规天然饮用水源评价

印度喜马偕尔邦的昌巴镇以其传统的天然地下排水沟、泉水和井水而闻名，当地方言称其为Panihar、Nara和Boury。这些是河谷地区供人类消费的主要传统淡水来源。水是人类赖以生存的最基本的自然资源之一。但是，由于气候变化的普遍影响和无计划的人类活动造成的污染物负荷的增加，这些天然水源的水质正在日益恶化。自然水源的恶化是全世界人类福祉的一个重大关切。为此，本研究在昌巴古镇周边随机选取7个主要传统水源进行饮用水水质评价。本文包括这些水源的历史重要性，用户的看法和观点，以及总溶解固体，总硬度和金属盐的定性分析。定性和理化分析证实，所有这些水源的水质仍在饮用水的安全范围内，范围变化有限，但需要特别注意其安全防护。

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Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES-

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期刊介绍： Asia, as a whole region, faces severe stress on water availability, primarily due to high population density. Many regions of the continent face severe problems of water pollution on local as well as regional scale and these have to be tackled with a pan-Asian approach. However, the available literature on the subject is generally based on research done in Europe and North America. Therefore, there is an urgent and strong need for an Asian journal with its focus on the region and wherein the region specific problems are addressed in an intelligent manner. In Asia, besides water, there are several other issues related to environment, such as; global warming and its impact; intense land/use and shifting pattern of agriculture; issues related to fertilizer applications and pesticide residues in soil and water; and solid and liquid waste management particularly in industrial and urban areas. Asia is also a region with intense mining activities whereby serious environmental problems related to land/use, loss of top soil, water pollution and acid mine drainage are faced by various communities. Essentially, Asians are confronted with environmental problems on many fronts. Many pressing issues in the region interlink various aspects of environmental problems faced by population in this densely habited region in the world. Pollution is one such serious issue for many countries since there are many transnational water bodies that spread the pollutants across the entire region. Water, environment and pollution together constitute a three axial problem that all concerned people in the region would like to focus on.