Application of Water Quality Index for Groundwater Quality Assessment and its Perspective among the Urban Dwellers of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

Hanik Lakhe1,2, Priya Silwal2,3, Anusha Chalise2, Sudeep Duwal2,4, Shreeben Shakya2, Rajaram Prajapati2,5 and Bijay Man Shakya2, (1)Khwopa College, Bhaktapur, Nepal, (2)Smartphones For Water Nepal, Lalitpur, Nepal, (3)Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia, (4)Tribhuvan University, Central Department of Environmental Science, Kathmandu, Nepal, (5)University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States