24Jun 2018

HYDROCHEMICAL APPRAISAL OF GROUND WATER QUALITY AND ITS WATER QUALITY INDEX: A CASE STUDY IN MATHURA DISTRICT, INDIA.

  • Department of geology, Aligarh Muslim university, Aligarh 202 002, India.
  • Department of Remote Sensing and GIS Applications, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202 002, India.
  • Ch. Brahm Prakash Government Engineering College.
Crossref Cited-by Linking logo

  • Abstract
  • References
  • Cite This Article as
  • Corresponding Author

This study focuses on groundwater quality analysis using analytical and geographical information system (GIS) for prospecting suitable groundwater sites in Mathura district for drinking and irrigation purposes. Physio-chemical parameters of major ions for the 65 locations of water samples collected from March 2016 through September 2016 have been experimentally determined and evaluated by comparing their values with World Health Organization (WHO), Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and Water Quality Association (WQA). Results show that Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), Total Hardness(TH), Mg2+ and Cl- are found to be higher than (>50%) the permissible limit when compared with the guidelines of the WHO, BIS and WQA. The piper trilinear diagram shows the majority of the groundwater samples are Na-K type. The spatial distribution of various physio-chemical parameters were also plotted in the GIS environment to determine suitable groundwater prospecting sites for drinking and irrigation. The resultant integrated water quality map shows that except for some parts of the north-west Mathura and Southern region, water quality in the Mathura district is largely unsuitable for drinking and irrigation purpose. Water quality index shows that the maximum area of the Mathura district is unsuitable for drinking.

  1. AHER, K. R., & DESHPANDE, S. M. (2015):. Hydrogeochemical characteristics and Assessment of water quality in Dheku basin, Aurangabad, India, 17(1), 41?49.
  2. APHA 2005., Standard methods for the examination of Water and Wastewater, 21st edition, APHA, AWWA & WPCF, Washington, D.C.
  3. BIS 2012., Indian standard specifications for drinking water, B.S. 10500.
  4. BHUTIANI R, KULKARNI DB, KHANNA DR, GAUTAM A (2016) : Water quality, pollution source apportionment and health risk assessment of heavy metals in groundwater of an industrial area in North India. Exposure and Health 8(1):3?18. ?doi:?1007/s12403-015-0178-2
  5. BACK, W. and HANSHAW, B.(1965): Chemical Geohydrology Advances in Hydroscience (Back W. Hanshaw Beds)Academic Press, USA.
  6. CHAKRABORTI, D., DAS, B., RAHMAN, M. M., CHOWDHURY, U. K., BISWAS, B., GOSWAMI, A. B.,.. & HOSSAIN, A. (2009): Status of groundwater arsenic contamination in the state of West Bengal, India: A 20‐year study report.?Molecular nutrition & food research,?53(5), 542-55
  7. DISTRICT, M.&PRADESH,U.(2006):{final report on a Geoenvironmental appraisal of. Mathura district).
  8. EL-SALAM, M. M. A., & ABU-ZUID, G. I. (2015): Impact of landfill leachate on the groundwater quality: A case study in Egypt.Journal of advanced research,?6(4), 579-
  9. (UPGWD, 2017)groundwater stress?city Agra(an overview of urban aquifers and gw crises)http://upgwd.gov.in/mediagallery/ground%20water%20stress%20%e2%80%93%20city%20agra.pdf
  10. HEM, J.D. (1991): Study and interpretation of the chemical characteristics of natural water: USGS Professional Paper Book 2254. Scientific Publishers, Jodhpur
  11. KARANTH K. R. (1987): Groundwater assessment, development and management. Tata ?McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 720.
  12. Li, P. (2016):Groundwater quality in western China: challenges and paths forward for groundwater quality research in western China.
  13. LOGESHKUMARAN, A., MAGESH, N. S., GODSON, P. S., & CHANDRASEKAR, N. (2015): Hydro-geochemistry and application of water quality index (WQI) for groundwater quality assessment, Anna Nagar, part of Chennai City, Tamil Nadu, India.?Applied Water Science,?5(4), 335-343.
  14. MACDONALD, A. M., BONSOR, H. C., AHMED, K. M., BURGESS, W. G.,BASHARAT, M., CALOW, R. C., ... & LARK, R. M. (2016): Groundwater quality and depletion in the Indo-Gangetic Basin mapped from in situ observations.Nature?? Geoscience,?9(10), 762-766.
  15. MOHAN, R., SINGH, A.K., TRIPATHI, J.K. and CHAUDHARY, G.C. (2000): Hydrochemistry and quality assessment of groundwater in Naini industrial area, District Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. Geol. Soc. India, v.55, pp.77-89
  16. PIPER, A.M.(1953): A graphic procedure for the geo-chemical interpretation of water analysis, USGS Groundwater Note No .12.
  17. P. Bhartiya (2006):?FINAL REPORT ON GEOENVIRONMENTAL APPRAISAL OF MATHURA DISTRICT, UTTAR PRADESH? GSI.
  18. WHO 2006., Guidelines for drinking water quality, v1 WHO, Geneva.

[Salman ahmed, shadab khurshid, ali p. Yunus and sanjay kumar koli. (2018); HYDROCHEMICAL APPRAISAL OF GROUND WATER QUALITY AND ITS WATER QUALITY INDEX: A CASE STUDY IN MATHURA DISTRICT, INDIA. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 6 (Jun). 1130-1145] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

SALMAN AHMED
department of geology, aligarh muslim university, aligarh 202 002, india

DOI:

Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/7319      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/7319

Download Full Paper

Download PDF No. of Downloads: 80 | No. of Views: 244