Hydrochemical appraisal of groundwater quality for drinking and irrigation: a case study in parts of southwest coast of Tamil Nadu, India
| Autor: | Nithya. C. Nair, D. Hudson Oliver, Arunbose Subash, Rajkumar Stanly, Srinivas Yasala, Karthikeyan Emperumal |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Irrigation
0208 environmental biotechnology Aquifer 02 engineering and technology 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences Southwest coast lcsh:Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes Sodium adsorption ratio Hydrogeochemistry 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Water Science and Technology Hydrology lcsh:TD201-500 geography Hydrogeology geography.geographical_feature_category Vertical electrical sounding 020801 environmental engineering Water quality index Geophysical method Environmental science Water quality Groundwater Low sodium |
| Zdroj: | Applied Water Science, Vol 11, Iss 3, Pp 1-20 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2190-5495 2190-5487 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s13201-021-01381-w |
| Popis: | The quality of groundwater standards in Muttom–Mandaikkadu coastal stretch is the focus of the present study, whose coastal aquifers are particularly at risk due to intrusion of marine water. Thirty groundwater samples were scrutinized for the assessment of physical and chemical parameters during January and June. Hydrochemical characteristics were spatially depicted to understand the spatial variations such as (pH, EC, TDS, Na+, K+, Ca2+ and Mg2+, SO42−, HCO3−, and Cl−). Drinking water quality index based on those 11 parameters and irrigation water quality index based on EC, Na%, sodium adsorption ratio and permeability index was used to assess the water quality for drinking and irrigation, respectively. These results demonstrate that dominant hydrochemical facies for groundwater in both months are Na-K-Cl-SO4 type and Ca-Mg-Cl-SO4 type. The USSL diagram endorses that most of the water samples belong to low-medium salinity with low sodium hazards. Cl−/HCO3− ratio indicates that the majority of the samples show low to moderate seawater intrusion in the study area. Additionally, six vertical electrical sounding measuring points (Schlumberger array) were carried out in order to determine the number of the underlying layers, aquifer depths and their thicknesses as well as its influence by the marine water. The geophysical self-potential measurements suggest that the groundwater in the Manavalakurichi area is prone to contamination by seawater intrusion, confirmed by the use of Schlumberger vertical electrical sounding. For better understanding, the subsurface layers were shown in a 2D model using the constructed geoelectrical cross section. |
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