. What is water table? State some characteristics of drinking water.

Best Answer

Water table is the depth in the earth at which we find all the spaces between the pores of the soil particles saturated with water.

 Characteristics of drinking water are:

(i) It should be clear and transparent.

(ii) It should be free from bad odour.

(iii) It should be free from chemical substances and microbes.

(iv)It should contain sufficient amount of dissolved oxygen.