HYDROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF GROUND WATER SAMPLES OF COASTAL REGION OF SRIKAKULAM DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA
Sathish Mohan Botsa
, Punnana Ramu Naidu
, Gadi satyanarayana
, Manjeera Devaraju
and Pondala Seetharam.
- School of Chemistry, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India.
- Dept of Engineering chemistry, SITAM engineering college, Vizianagaram, India.
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In this study, ground water quality data for 12 physical and chemical parameters collected from 11 monitoring stations were analyzed. Water quality modelling software Aquachem, surfer and ArcGIS9.1 was used to analyse data set. The results revealed highly variable hydrochemistry. The groundwater recorded a wide range in TDS. For the major anions, the chloride is found to be most predominating. The major elements data were plotted on Piper?s diagram for working of hydrochemicalfacies. The pH part of the Durov diagram reveals that groundwater in study area is alkaline and electrical conductivity of most of samples lies in the range of drinking water standards. From the SAR and conductivity plot it was found that most of groundwater cannot be used on soil without restricted drainage and special management for salinity control.
[Sathish Mohan Botsa, Punnana Ramu Naidu, Gadi satyanarayana, Manjeera Devaraju and Pondala Seetharam. (2016); HYDROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF GROUND WATER SAMPLES OF COASTAL REGION OF SRIKAKULAM DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA Int. J. of Adv. Res. 4 (Dec). 1166-1173] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
