Hydrogeochemical Evaluation of Groundwater Quality for Drinking and Irrigation Purposes and Integrated Interpretation with Water Quality Index Studies

Adimalla, Narsimha; Li, Peiyue; Sudarshan, V.

doi:10.1007/s40710-018-0297-4

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“…The water quality datasets that include several parameters can be summarized and expressed in a simple, concise, and consistent number representing the overall water quality. Providing an interpretation and communication of environmental data, a water quality index can be used to reduce the multivariate nature of water quality data . The CCME WQI provided by the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment is used within Canada and other parts of the world to assess water quality conditions relative to the water quality guidelines.…”

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Assessment of Khibiny Alkaline Massif groundwater quality using statistical methods and water quality index

2019

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Groundwater is a major source for the water supply of households in the mining‐intensive area of Khibiny Alkaline Massif, Kola Peninsula, in the Arctic. There are an increasing number of signs of groundwater quality deterioration in the area caused by the presence of elevated aluminum concentrations. Groundwater quality studies using univariate and multivariate statistical methods and the Water Quality Index were conducted to analyze a field dataset including 12 groundwater quality parameters monitored between 1999 and 2012. Descriptive statistics showed that the monitored water did not meet the established drinking water standards for aluminum concentration and pH level. The calculated Spearman correlation coefficient matrix revealed statistically significant associations (α‐level = .05) between Al concentrations and pH values, concentrations of SO42−, NO3−, Cl−, and TDS. Factor analysis using the principal component analysis extraction method (FA/PCA) identified four major influencing factors. Altogether the factors captured 67.53% of the dataset total variance. The outcomes of the hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA) revealed that the 12 monitored groundwater quality parameters can be grouped into three clusters where the concentration of Al and pH level formed a separate cluster. The calculated score values of the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment Water Quality Index indicated a deterioration of groundwater quality over the monitoring period.

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Assessment of Khibiny Alkaline Massif groundwater quality using statistical methods and water quality index

2019

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“…Recent reports advocate that more than 200 million people from the 25 nations in the world are under the threat of the fluorosis problem [5][6][7][8]. Typically, the endemic fluorosis is more severe in parts of China [9][10][11], Turkey [12], Korea [13], Mexico [14], India [8,[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22], Africa [23], Syria, Jordan, Ethiopia, Sudan, Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda [24][25][26][27][28][29].…”

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“…In the Indian scenario, only four states were recognized with endemic fluorosis problem in the early 1930s; now it has reached to 21 states [17,37]. This shows that the problem of fluorosis was very aggravated within a short span of time in the many regions of India, and also it is a most alarming health concern in the country [2,6,15,37,38]. Approximately more than 66 million people in India have been suffering from the deadly disease of fluorosis and all districts of Telangana state in India are reported an unacceptable range of fluoride concentration in drinking water [38,39].…”

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Hydrogeochemistry and fluoride contamination in the hard rock terrain of central Telangana, India: analyses of its spatial distribution and health risk

Adimalla

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2019

SN Appl. Sci.

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Groundwater is the primary source for drinking uses in the hard rock terrain of central Telangana, India, where most of the people rely on it for daily uses. Therefore, this study was carried out to comprehend the fluoride contamination and its associated health risk assessment to local dwellers. For this study, 54 groundwater samples were collected from bore wells and hand pumps in the study region and were analysed for fluoride and other physicochemical parameters. The results indicated by statistical mean values of Na + , Ca 2+ , Mg 2+ and K + are 182.14, 59.79, 23.90 and 3.74 mg/L, respectively, while HCO 3 2− , Cl − , SO 4 2− and NO 3 − are 236.1, 230.8, 167.7 and 81.9 mg/L, respectively. The fluoride concentration ranged from 0.8 to 4.2 mg/L, with a mean of 2.21 mg/L. Eighty-one percent of the groundwater samples exceeded the World Health Organization's water quality limit of 1.5 mg/L for fluoride. Piper trilinear diagram (PTD) signifies that groundwater quality in the study region is characterized by Na +-Cl − , Ca 2+-Mg 2+-Cl − and Na +-HCO 3 −-Cl − hydrochemical water types. Gibbs diagrams indicate that all the major ion chemistry of the groundwater in the study region is controlled by rockwater interactions, while evaporation plays a minor role. The health risk assessment results revealed that the associated hazard quotient (HQ) for the age range of 6 to 12 months within about 100% of the study area exceeded the acceptable HQ limits of 1. Furthermore, the HQ for age categories 6-11 years, 11-16 years and 16-18 years within 96.2, 68.5 and 50%, respectively, of the study locations were larger than 1. Results also indicate that age group 6 to 12 months was most prone to health risks in the study region. Therefore, in the study region, people should be taken necessary actions to abolish the groundwater contamination to protect the local dweller's health.

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“…Excessive agricultural practice has put continuous pressure on the groundwater resources in this region, and therefore, potential negative impacts of agricultural activities such as salinization and sodification need to be assessed in order to prevent water and soil quality deterioration. In India, various researchers have stated groundwater pollution by nitrate due to agrarian practices, soil contamination by the indiscriminate use of agrochemicals (pesticides and fertilizers) and irrigation water quality [1,2,4,33,35,38,61,65]. Uncontrolled groundwater mining, leaching of agrochemicals to the aquifers and ill agricultural practices have resulted in the pollution of the groundwater [27,61].…”

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Integrated GIS-based modelling approach for irrigation water quality suitability zonation in parts of Satluj River Basin, Bist Doab region, North India

2019

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The groundwater is the main source for irrigation and other purposes in the alluvial plains of Punjab. The poor irrigational water quality affects the soil quality which interrupts the growth of plants impacting the agricultural production and can cause risk to human health, and thus, it is important to evaluate the water quality for irrigation uses in the agrarian regions. An integrated GIS-based modelling approach along with conventional water quality indices such as sodium adsorption ratio, per cent sodium, residual sodium carbonate, residual sodium bicarbonate, magnesium hazard, permeability index, potential salinity, Kelly's ratio, electrical conductivity, total hardness, pH and total dissolved solids was used to delineate the irrigation water quality suitability zones in parts of agricultural prolific Satluj River Basin. Analytical results revealed that groundwater of the study area is very hard and slightly alkaline in nature and the relative abundance order of major ions is Mg 2+ > Na + + K + > Ca 2+ and HCO 3 − + CO 3 2− > Cl − > SO 4 2− , respectively, for cations and anions. The weighted overlay technique was applied to generate the irrigation water quality zonation map, and results revealed that nearly 3.2% (117 sq. km) of the total area was not suitable for the irrigation water quality, whereas 85.2% (3076 sq. km) and 11.6% (421 sq. km) area fall under moderately suitable and suitable classes, respectively. The elevated level of some ions found in the shallower zone as compared to the deeper zones indicates that in addition to the geogenic factors (weathering and dissolution of aquifer materials) anthropogenic inputs such as ill agricultural practices, leaching from septic tanks and municipal waste are adversely affecting the groundwater system in the region. The results of US Salinity Laboratory's diagram showed that 42% groundwater samples fall in C3S1 (high salinity with low sodium hazard) category indicating the unsuitability for irrigation purpose due to high salinity hazard and cannot be used in soils with restricted drainage. The results of Piper and Durov diagrams revealed that Ca 2+-Mg 2+-HCO 3 − is the dominant hydrochemical facies with Mg 2+-HCO 3 − water type in the groundwater of the study area and hydrochemistry is controlled by both natural and anthropogenic factors. The bottom-up approach and involvement of locals can boost the management of water resources in the study area.

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Hydrogeochemical Evaluation of Groundwater Quality for Drinking and Irrigation Purposes and Integrated Interpretation with Water Quality Index Studies

Cited by 313 publications

References 31 publications

Assessment of Khibiny Alkaline Massif groundwater quality using statistical methods and water quality index

Assessment of Khibiny Alkaline Massif groundwater quality using statistical methods and water quality index

Hydrogeochemistry and fluoride contamination in the hard rock terrain of central Telangana, India: analyses of its spatial distribution and health risk

Integrated GIS-based modelling approach for irrigation water quality suitability zonation in parts of Satluj River Basin, Bist Doab region, North India

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