QUESTION
Potability of borewell water in Melvishram, Vellore district, TN - Please advise a treatment solution

I'm Muzammil, my Village situated in Vellore Dist,  Melvisharm, just near Palar river TN. Our bore well water is making strain mark in SS water tape and SS utencil  now we are consuming and drinking the same water and I test the water and found the following results and i need your valuable advice whether to consume or not.

  • Apprearance(before and after filteration): Clear
  • Colour: Colourless
  • pH : 7.20
  • Conductivity : 1496
  • Total Dissolved Solids: 1016 mg/l
  • Total Suspended Solid: 22
  • Turbidity as NTU: 6.4 NT
  • P.Alkalinity: Nil
  • M.Alkalinity: 366
  • Total Hardness As CaCO3: 400
  • Calcium Hardness as CaCO3: 266
  • Megnesium Hardness as CaCo3: 134
  • Chlorides as CI: 280
  • Sulphate as So4: 138
  • Silica as SiO2: 36
  • Total Iron: Nil

Kindly advice me whether to intake the water or the best water treatment solution that I should do to enhance its quality & ensure potability.

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19 April 2010