QUANTITATIVE STUDIES ON PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF GROUND WATER OF KANPUR (UP).

Water is elixir of life. Ground water is the waterpresent beneath earth's surface in soil pore spaces and in the fractures of rockformations. Wateristheprincipalneedoflifeonearth, andisanessentialcomponentforallformsoflives,from micro-organism to man. The unplanned urbanization and industrialization has resultedin over use of environment in particular of water resource. It is a known fact that when pure water is polluted its normalfunctioning and properties are affected. The present research paper deals with the study of physico-chemical properties of Potable ground water of Kanpur district in Utter Pradesh (India).