ANALYSIS OF UNDERGROUND WATER CONTAMINATION DUE TO SURFACE WATER POLLUTION OF BUDDHA NULLAH, LUDHIANA

Abstract

Water pollution is one of the few major problems faced by industrial world. It is caused due to introduction of harmful biological, physical and chemical substances to the water. These can be released either by industrial sources and domestic sources. Agricultural runoff is also one of a major source of water pollution discharge of untreated sewage water to review of a major reason of water pollution of major rivers. Apart from this leaking of industrial waste like heavy metal, leaking from solid landfill sites is also responsible for groundwater pollution. Effect of water pollution is sewer. Apart from harmful effect on aquatic life, it has huge impact on human too. Drinking Polluted water causes disease like Typhoid, Cholera, heavy metal tonicity like Minamata diseases, Arsenic poising. Ground water is the water located beneath the earth‘s surface in soil pares and in rock formation. The depth at which water is found in sufficient quantity is called water label. Ground water is recharged through surface water by infiltration of water forms rivers, ponds, rainfall etc.