A survey study on water quality of different household in the industrial area of Mymensingh and Gazipur

Abstract

Water is a vital element of life for the survival of living being. Drinking water contamination has become a hazard among the inhabitants of industrial areas. Lack of safe drinking water leads to a bad impact on the inhabitants of the industrial area. The study comprises complete assessment of water quality, water collection problem and degradation of water quality and level as because of presence of huge amount of industries in the industrial area of Mymansingh and Gazipur. From the study I found that 44.4% people are not aware about the safety of drinking water from the source and 61.5% respondent said that there is also a lack of water in the dry season as because of huge amount of ground water collection from the industries. Furthermore, 82.5% respondent said that, industries does not have any fixed location of waste disposal therefore they through or dump the waste products in open space or in drain and for this reason the environment and water quality degrades.