| Parameters | Range | Classification | % of sample | |
| Pre-monsoon | Post-monsoon | |||
| TDS (David and De Wiest,1966) | <500 | Desirable for drinking | 70% | 59% |
| 500 - 1000 | Permissible for drinking | 29% | 40% | |
| 1000 - 3000 | Useful for agriculture | 1.00% | 1.00% | |
| >3000 | Unfit for drinking and irrigation | |||
| TDS (Freeze and Cherry, 1979) | <1000 | Fresh water | 99% | 99% |
| 1000 - 10,000 | Brackish water | 1% | 1% | |
| 10,000 - 100,000 | Saline water | |||
| >100,000 | Brine water | |||
| Hardness (Sawyer and Mc. Cartly, 1967) | <75 | Soft | ||
| 75 - 150 | Slightly hard | 1% | 1% | |
| 150 - 300 | Moderately hard | 30% | 17% | |
| >300 | Very hard | 69% | 82% | |
| Chloride (Stuyfzand,1989) | <0.141 | Extremely fresh | ||
| 0.141 - 0.846 | Very fresh | |||
| 0.846 - 4.231 | Fresh | 64% | 53% | |
| 4.231 - 8.462 | Fresh brackish | 32% | 40% | |
| 8.462 - 28.206 | Brackish | 4% | 7% | |
| 28.206 - 282.064 | Brackish salt | |||
| 282.064 - 564.127 | Salt | |||
| >564.127 | Hyperhaline | |||
| WQI | <50 | Excellent water | 0% | 0% |
| 50 - 100 | Good water | 50% | 54% | |
| 100 - 200 | Poor water | 34% | 24% | |
| 200 - 300 | Very poor water | 9% | 12% | |
| >300 | Water unsuitable for drinking purposes | 7% | 10% | |
| Where, TDS, hardness, and WQI in mg/l and chloride in meq/l. | ||||