For decades bottled water has been the norm on European tables, although tap water in many, if not most, cities is suitable for drinking.
Generally, 300 400 mg/L hardness is suitable for drinking purpose.
The concentration of fluoride is within the permissible limit and is suitable for drinking.
The battery-powered electromagnetic flowmeter is suitable for drinking water applications, especially where power is unavailable.
Overall, chemistry of the waters in and around Puri city indicates that both surface and groundwater are suitable for drinking except well at P. Ramachandrapur which is exhibiting adverse values and may not be suitable for drinking purpose.
Only, the well at P. Ramachandrapur is showing adverse values and may not be suitable for drinking purpose.
The indices for both methods indicated that the groundwater quality in the study area was suitable for drinking at ratio 83.34 and 66.67%, respectively.
All the groundwater samples except sample number 12 in the study area are within the permissible limit and are suitable for drinking.
After considering the above all parameters and the overall chemistry of the waters in and around Puri city, both surface and groundwater are suitable for drinking.
In the study area, nine samples (1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 18) possess TDS value above the WHO guideline value, which is not suitable for drinking purpose and other eleven samples (2, 3, 4, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20) are suitable for drinking.
