Spatial assessment of groundwater quality of Sirsa district in Haryana, India
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2013
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CCSHAU
Abstract
Water quality issue has become more important than the quantity, as the environmental problems are
getting more serious in different parts of the world. A number of environmental factors influence
greatly the groundwater quality of an area. This study is made to evaluate the status of groundwater
quality and its suitability to irrigated agriculture. For this study 646 samples were collected from
existing tubewells and analysed for different chemical composition (pH, EC, Na+, Ca2+, Mg2+, K and
CO3
2-, HCO3
-, Cl-, SO4
2-) and parameters (SAR and RSC) were determined. The results of analysis
were interpreted with AICRP, Manchanda, USSL and Piper criteria for irrigation water suitability. The
results points out that according to AICRP and Manchanda criteria, in Sirsa district, 29.1% of
groundwater was good others have to be applied with proper management strategy. Among blocks
Sirsa block has the highest percentage (51.6 percent) of good water, whereas, Nathusari Chopta block
has the highest percentage (62.3 percent) of the poorest (hgh SAR saline) water. According to USSL,
groundwater quality of the district was went under C4S4, C4S3, C3S2, C3S1, C4S2, C2S1, C3S3,
C1S1 and C2S2 categories. According to Pipper criteria, in Sirsa district, 15.9 percent samples was
under good category (Ca-HCO3, Ca-Mg-Cl and Ca-Na-HCO3) and among blocks of the Sirsa district,
Ellenabad block has the highest percentage (25.7) of good water, whereas, Nathusari Chopta has the
highest percentage (97.6) of the poorest water (Na-Cl).
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AICRP criteria, EC, GIS, Groundwater, Manchand criteria, Piper criteria, RSC, SAR, USSL criteria