Evaluation of Groundwater Quality Using CCME Water Quality Index in the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant Area, Ishwardi, Pabna, Bangladesh

Abstract

Water Quality Index (WQI) is one of the most powerful and effective tools for analyzing overall characteristics of water quality any reservoirs, its way to transfer information on water quality trends to policy makers and the general public is with Indices. Our objective was to evaluate ground water quality in the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) area, Pabna, Bangladesh using a Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) WQI. WQI represent a clear scenario about the usability of the water for different purposes. Water quality indices are useful for concise information in order to achieve a national perspective. Attempts have been made to review the WQI criteria for the appropriateness of drinking water sources. Till now any methodology is not developed for evaluation of water quality index purposes in Bangladesh. At the very recent a few researcher try to use WQI method for giving WQ rating in Bangladesh. But, has no specific guideline for indexing water resources. This study to explore a potential WQ indexing method which applies easily and measure overall WQ for managing purposes. Besides, the present article also highlights and draws attention towards the development of a new and globally accepted "Water Quality Index" in a simplified format, which may be used at large and could represent the reliable picture of water quality. In the present paper, water quality index (WQI) was estimated for the groundwater of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant area within the study period. The study also identifies the critical pollutants affecting the groundwater quality during the study period. The indices have been computed for the winter season at 17 locations, namely GW1, GW2, GW3 etc. It was found that the water quality ranged from poor to marginal category at all locations. Alkalinity, Conductivity, BOD, DO, Iron, Arsenic, Lead, Nitrite and fecal coliforms were found to be critical parameters.

A novel approach for estimating and predicting uncertainty in water quality index model using machine learning approaches

“…The water quality index (WQI) model is a widely used tool for evaluating water quality (WQ). This simple yet powerful tool facilitates the transformation of large quantities of often-complex intercorrelated WQ data into a single numerical value (Uddin et al, 2017;2022a;2023). Its popularity has grown steadily in recent years as a result of its simple architecture, ease of application and straightforward result interpretation.…”

Groundwater Vulnerability Assessment from a Drinking Water Perspective: Case Study in a Tropical Groundwater Basin in Eastern India

“…Using the observed water quality data, the water quality index (WQI) was calculated and mapped over the study area. A water quality index provides a convenient means of summarizing complex water quality data and facilitating its communication to a general audience (Venkatramanan et al 2016;Galal Uddin et al 2017). The correlation between the WQI map and the groundwater vulnerability map can be determined to validate the model (Karan et al 2018).…”

Spatial variability in the distribution of trace metals in groundwater around the Rooppur nuclear power plant in Ishwardi, Bangladesh

“…Water resources cover the essential part of the earth surface, even though clean water reserve may be very little in terms of amount within the globe (Javed et al, 2017;Ponsadailakshmi et al, 2018). Groundwater is the major source of fresh water for drinking, irrigation, industrial and other economic sectors (Kumari et al, 2014;Gorai and Kumar, 2013;Uddin et al, 2017;Mehrjardi et al, 2008;Rani and Chaudhary, 2015;Magesh and Chandrasekar, 2011;Bhuiyan et al, 2016). Fresh water availability decreases day by day in the world due to contamination, specifically in developing countries.…”

“…A number of researchers and scientists reported that the groundwater quality status in Bangladesh is in critical stage. Day by day groundwater and surface water reserves are being depleted due to numerous natural and anthropogenic causes (Uddin et al, 2017).…”

“…Typically, that may create various health and safety complications for human health (Arslan and Turan, 2015). Not only anthropogenic influence but also other natural factors are responsible for converting physico-chemical characteristics of water (Uddin et al, 2017;Kumari et al, 2014).…”