GIS-based assessment of groundwater vulnerability to heavy metal contamination via water quality pollution indices in urban Aligarh, India

Author:

Badar Mohd Saalim1ORCID,Ali Shahrukh1,Daniyal 2,Akram Md Wasim3,Faheem Kashif4,Khan Saif Ullah1,Farooqi Izharul Haq1

Affiliation:

1. a Department of Civil Engineering, Zakir Husain College of Engineering and Technology, Aligarh Muslim University-202002, Aligarh, India

2. b Department of Mechanical Engineering, Zakir Husain College of Engineering and Technology, Aligarh Muslim University-202002, Aligarh, India

3. c Department of Geography, Aligarh Muslim University-202002, Aligarh, India

4. d Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia

Abstract

Abstract The study presents an assessment of groundwater vulnerability due to heavy-metal contamination using Heavy Metal Pollution and Contamination Index of Urban Aligarh. Globally, hazardous compounds in industrially contaminated sites are pressing and high-priority issue. A detailed risk assessment was carried out to determine the potential health hazards linked to locations that were recently polluted. A total of 17 groundwater samples were taken from hand-pump and 20 industrial drainage samples were collected from selected areas of Aligarh. The concentration of heavy-metals in the collected samples analyzed were shown on maps using ArcGIS software and interpreted for Heavy Metal Pollution Index (HPIx) and Contamination Index (CDx). These analyzed values were subsequently compared with the permissible limits established by the agencies like EPA, WHO, and BIS. The mean concentration of heavy-metals in groundwater of different locations was observed as follows particular sequence: Ni (1.40), Cu (0.58), Zn (0.06), Fe (0.08), Mn (0.04), Cr (0.001), Pb (0.00025) mg/l. Additionally in industrial effluent, Cr (18.3), Ni (13.34), Mn (1.16), Cu (1.99), Pb (1.2), Fe (6.3), Zn (0.51) mg/l. According to HPIx, the analysis reveals 64.7%, of visited areas belonged to have safe groundwater. Conversely, a smaller proportion, 35.3%, was found falling into heavy metal-polluted group.

Publisher

IWA Publishing

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