| Ground water has been used as safe source of source of drinking water as surface water does not possess certain properties. Many anthropogenic activities for socio-economic growth such as urbanization, industrialization and defective land use management practices specially in rural area may deteriorate the quality of ground water. According to World Health Organization report about 80% of all the diseases in human being are caused due to drinking of water contaminated by bacteria of faecal origin. Purpose of the study for measuring bacterial contamination of faecal origin was to educate and aware the rural people about the bacteria of faecal origin. For this ground water samples were collected from well, bore well and hand pumps from ten different sampling stations of three different subareas of nearby villages of Ujjain. For the assessment of bacterial contamination of faecal origin H2S strip test of Manja, et.al., 1982 was used. Result clearly indicated that maximum contamination was reported in well samples (90%). Only 20% bore well samples showed contamination. Hand pump samples were found to be free from bacterial contamination. |