BibTeX:

@article{IJIRSTV3I6063,
     title={Fluoride Contamination in Groundwater in Some Villages of Banda District, Uttar Pradesh, India},
     author={Surendra Singh},
     journal={International Journal for Innovative Research in Science & Technology},
     volume={3},
     number={6},
     pages={180--183},
     year={},
     url={http://www.ijirst.org/articles/IJIRSTV3I6063.pdf},
     publisher={IJIRST (International Journal for Innovative Research in Science & Technology)},
}

In India most of the people in rural areas depend on groundwater for drinking water. Serious problems are faced in several parts of the world due to the presence of high concentration of fluoride in drinking water which causes dental and skeletal fluorosis to humans. The aim of this present investigation is to study the level of fluoride in the groundwater of some villages in Banda district of Uttar Pradesh state and its comparison with the water of bore wells, hand pump and surface water by collecting ten samples of the water from five different villages during August 2014 to February 2015. The fluoride level in the underground water of villages of Banda district was exceeding the permissible limit (>1.5 mg/L). Fluoride concentrations in the water samples vary between 0.32 mg/L to 3.5 mg/L with highest concentration in Mavai village making these village prone to dental and skeletal fluorosis. It was found that all the five villages of Banda district was under serious fluoride contamination than bore well and hand pump water which causes adverse effect like dental and skeletal fluorosis. Potable water available in schools and in public hand pumps recorded the highest fluoride concentration as compared to minimum in surface indicating need of awareness among masses about ill effects of use of fluoride contaminated water. The spatial distribution pattern of fluoride concentration varies from place to place and most of the fluoride contaminated .Removal of excess fluoride and supply of potable water is urgently required in the rural areas of Banda district.

Fluoride concentration, Groundwater, dental and skeletal fluorosis, Banda, Utter Pradesh