Quality of drinking water from ponds in villages of Kolleru lake region

  • 31/12/2000

  • Indian Journal of Environmental Health

Kolleru Lake is the largest natural freshwater lake in the districts of East and West Godavari of Andhra Pradesh. The major population centres in the Kolleru Lake region are the 148 villages of which 50 bed villages and 98 belt villages. All bed and belt villages in lake region have atleast one drinking water pond. Drinking water ponds are filled with lake water during monsoon season and directly supplied to the public throughout the year. The water samples were collected from village drinking water ponds in a year by covering three seasons and analysis of different physico-chemical parameters to assess the quality of drinking water.