QUESTION
Borewell water found to be unfit for drinking after analysis - Help needed, Mailardevpally Village, Rajendra Nagar, Hyderabad

Dear Sir

My home is located at Mailardevpally Village, Rajendra Nagar, Hyderabad. Our house was under construction and we dug a borewell 3 years back for water requirements of construction. Now our house is ready and we have shifted to this new house.

There is no tap water supply from the government till now in this area. So we have to use the same borewell water for all our daily needs. In October 2011 we got our borewell water tested from 'Vision Lab' and they say that this water is not suitable for drinking.

I seek advice and suggestions from the experts for the following questions:

    1) Can we use this water for dish washing?
    2) Can we use this water for cooking?
    3) Can we use this water for bathing?
    4) Can we use this water for washing clothes?

One of my friends told me to use RO water filtration.

What is RO? How much this will cost? Water is required for 6 persons on a daily basis.
Kindly help me to resolve my water problem.

I have also copied the analysis report here for your reference.

Place: Mailardevpally, Rajendar Nagar, Hyderabad.    Date: 20/10/2011
Test results as per IS: 10500; Sampling & analysis were done as per standard methods prescribed by BIS.

 

 

Physical Examination

Unit

Values

      pH          

-

6.92

Electrical Conductivity

uS/cm

3124

Total Dissolved Solids 

mg/L

2016

       Turbidity              

NTU

1.60

  Color       

-

Color less

 

 

Chemical Examination

Unit

Values

Total Hardness as CaCo3

mg/L

812

Alkalinity - Phenolphthalein

mg/L

Nil

Alkalinity - Methyl Orange

mg/L

600

Calcium as Ca

mg/L

264

Magnesium as Mg

mg/L

36.5

Non - Carbonate Hardness

mg/L

212

Chloride as Cl

mg/L

369.2

Sodium as Na

mg/L

338.8

Potassium as K

mg/L

6.3

Sulphate as So4

mg/L

406.1

Nitrate as No3

mg/L

11.3

Silca as Sio2

mg/L

7.6

Iron as Fe

mg/L

0.18

Flouride as F

mg/L

1.60

 

 

Microbiological Analysis

Unit

Values

Total Plate Count

/mL

24

Coliform Bacteria

/100 mL

Nil

E.Coli

/100 mL

Absent

 

Thanking you,
Rizwan

by
29 February 2012