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The present paper deals with the physico -chemical analysis of ground water quality near a municipal solid waste dumping site at Muthi, Jammu. The impact of MSW dumping on ground water quality varies in different seasons and at different distances from the waste dumping sites .The depth of ground water also indicates the level of ground water contamination. Ground water analysis was carried for a period of seven months during (June to Dec. 2007) and thirteen parameters viz., pH, Turbidity, EC, TDS, DO, Free CO2 , HCO3, Total hardness,Ca++, Mg2+ ,  NO3-, SO42-, Cl-   were analysed  for present studies. Results revealed that in some samples  pH, turbidity, DO , HCO3, total hardness, Ca++, Mg2+,  NO3- were not within the standards prescribed by WHO, 1993 and BIS, 1992.  

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Physico-chemical dumping Site contamination groundwater quality

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Gupta, S. C., & Jaswal, S. (2011). Impact of municipal solid waste (MSW) dumping on ground water quality at Muthi Jammu -A Case Study. Environment Conservation Journal, 12(3), 33–40. https://doi.org/10.36953/ECJ.2011.120307
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