The present work was carried out to assess a water quality index (WQI) of the Loktak Lake, an important wetland which has been under pressure due to the increasing anthropogenic activities. Physicochemical parameters like temperature (Tem), potential hydrogen (pH), electrical conductivity (EC), turbidity (T), dissolved oxygen (DO), total hardness (TH), calcium (Ca), chloride (Cl), fluoride (F), sulphate (SO 2À 4 ), magnesium (Mg), phosphate (PO 3À 4 ), sodium (Na), potassium (K), nitrite (NO 2 ), nitrate (NO 3 ), total dissolved solids (TDS), total carbon (TC), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), and chemical oxygen demand (COD) were analyzed using standard procedures. The values obtained were compared with the guidelines for drinking purpose suggested by the World Health Organization and Bureau of Indian Standard. The result shows the higher concentration of nitrite in all the location which is beyond the permissible limit. Eleven parameters were selected to derive the WQI for the estimation of water potential for five sampling sites. A relative weight was assigned to each parameter range from 1.46 to 4.09 based on its importance. The WQI values range from 64 to 77 indicating that the Loktak Lake water is not fit for drinking, including both human and animals, even though the people living inside the Lake are using it for drinking purposes. The implementation of WQI is necessary for proper management of the Loktak Lake and it will be a very helpful tool for the public and decision makers to evaluate the water quality of the Loktak Lake for sustainable management.

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Quality of groundwater is an important factor, for sustainable agricultural, industrial and domestic usages. Ramanathapuram is one of the coastal rural taluk which has high tourism activities and more issues on sea water intrusion in the past three decades. Since it has high rate of urbanization leads poor water quality in the urban areas. The study involves assessing the status of ground water quality the study has been designed to assess the ground water status and to prepare the spatial distribution map for water quality parameters such as pH, EC, TDS, calcium, magnesium, total hardness and chloride at Arc GIS environment. The data were used in the attribute table for preparing spatial distribution maps through IDW (Inverse Distance Weighting) interpolation techniques. It is observed that keelakarai town panchayat area has severely affected area in respective with ground water quality. Spatial distribution maps of each parameter were discussed in the full length paper. Also study has suggested suitable management planning strategies to improve the quality of ground water.

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