Abstract
A study was carried out to elucidate the effects of Mehmood Booti dumping site in Lahore on the
quality of groundwater in conterminous areas and recommend improvement measures. For this
purpose, five tube wells were selected for collection of water samples. One of these was located within
the premises of Mahmood Booti dumping site while another tubewell at a distance of 8km near Mall
Road was selected as the control point to compare the test results. Three samples from each sampling
point were collected before monsoon and three after monsoon with a total of thirty (30) samples for
statistical significance. To find out the effect of leachate on groundwater quality, five parameters i.e.
turbidity, pH, hardness, total dissolved solids and fecal coliform were tested. Mean value of test
results was compared with the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for drinking water. It
was indicated by the test results that physico-chemical quality of all sources (tubewells) was
satisfactory. The test results indicated that 20% of water samples collected from the tube wells before
monsoon contained fecal contaminant and that percentage rose to 60% after monsoon. The analysis of
results showed that Mehmood Booti dumping site has no significant effect on the selected water
quality parameters.
S.Haydar, H. Haider, A. J. Bari, A. Faragh. (2012) Effect of Mehmood Booti Dumping Site in Lahore on Ground Water Quality, Pakistan Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Volume 10, Issue 1.
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