IJSRSET1624143 | Received : 09 August 2016 | Accepted : 18 August 2016 | July-August 2016 [(2)4: 675-680] © 2016 IJSRSET | Volume 2 | Issue 4 | Print ISSN: 2395-1990 | Online ISSN : 2394-4099 Themed Section: Engineering and Technology 675 Study of Drinking Water Quality Supplied At Major Railway Stations in South Gujarat Jay G. Patel, Kuldip B. Patel, Jignesh M.Vasava, Mihir D. Ganvit , Nirav A. Chaudhari Civil Engineering Department, Government Engineering College, Valsad, Gujarat, India ABSTRACT Water is the necessity of any living species on the earth. We even cannot imagine our life without unavailability of water in our daily routine. Our body contains 70% of water inside it and it plays a crucial role to make our body healthy and workable. But the public places like railway stations, bus stations, public parks, etc. the water facility is not proper and not fit for drinking purpose. A study was carried out to evaluate the quality of drinking water supplied at major railway stations in south Gujarat. Water sample were connected from the tap water sources making at total of 2 sampling points of south Gujarat railway station. There were Bharuch , surat , valsad and vyara railway stations. Two set of sample collected ,which is one during monsoon and other one is after the monsoon where taken from each sampling point. Four physiochemical parameters [pH, colour, turbility, hardeness] and bacteriological parameters where tested for each sample and value compared with WHO guideline for drinking water. Analysis will carried out and suitable measure will take to make drinking water source free from pollution . Keywords: Water Quality, Physicochemical Characteristics; Bacteriological Characteristics. I. INTRODUCTION Our planet Earth is a live planet because of some special ingredients out of which water plays a great role. Water has been considered as the most important and vital resource for the upbringing of the biological sphere as well as the human civilization. The other agents, which are responsible for the biosphere on globe, are Air, Heat, Soil and Sky. All these agents are linked in between themselves to a much greater extent and any irregularities in one of them affects others as well. Along with the progress of our civilization, this resource has begun being polluted and its quality started depleting due to various reasons like the onset of industry, domestic wastes, runoff from urban areas, urban and rural garbage. With the onset and progress of human civilization, it has constantly been observed that the coastal areas as well as the river banks have been the most populated spots on account of the availability of ample water resources for the maintenance of daily life along with farming and other climatic advantages. The cities and towns always have shown a rising trend of population because of the easy earning sources due to the various industries which are set up to meet the increasing demand of the growing civilization. Because of this, day by day the urban areas are being more densely populated and as a result, the surrounding areas of the cities are suffering from various kinds of pollutions like the air pollution, water pollution, soil pollution and many more due to the sewage, garbage, dumps and barnyard manures etc. Railway stations are the main source of drinking water for railway travelers and analysis of water is very important in the evaluating of these supplies. A large number of railway passengers consume this drinking water on railway platform and this contaminated water may be the vehicle of transmission of water born diseases [1]. Drinking water at railway stations is mainly supplied from bore wells. Most of the railway stations in India rarely have the much needed purifying technology [2]. Water quality assessment helps in identification of any contaminants and checks the quality of water. As one of the essential amenities local government authorities provide drinking water to passengers at all the stations. But many times apathy