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This study was conducted for the investigation the status of drinking water of various towns of Karachi city from various sources including municipal water supply. The present study conducted to evaluate the suitability of surface water/ tap water provided by the KW&SB water quality for drinking purpose with respect to the levels of heavy metals Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Fe, Zn, Pb, Mn, The city has been divided in 18 towns and samples of the drinking water were collected from each town at the consumer end. Quality of drinking water was examined by Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer as per method described in APHA (1998) and it was found that municipal water is almost contaminated with the organisms of public health importance in a higher than any permitted standards. This is an acute problem in Karachi city. Where free style of disposal of toxic industrial waste water/effluents into the natural water bodies contaminate the surface and ground water.
A. A. Langah. (2006) HEAVY METAL ANALYSIS OF DRINKING WATER IN KORANGI, LANDHI AND MALIR TOWNS OF KARACHI, , Volume 3, Issue 3.
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