Affiliation:
1. Punjab Agricultural University
2. Punjab Remote Sensing Centre
Abstract
Abstract
A study was carried out to assess the groundwater quality of Ferozepur district for drinking purpose. Grid based, 604 groundwater samples were collected from November 2021 to April 2022 and GPS location of each was recorded. The water samples were analysed for pH, EC, TDS, TH, Ca2+, Mg2+, Na+, K+, Cl−, F−, NO3−, SO42−, HCO3−, As, B, Se, Cr, Ni, Pb, Fe, Cu, Zn and Mn. The spatial variability maps for all these parameters were developed using ArcGIS software. Considering these parameters, groundwater quality was evaluated w.r.t drinking purpose. It was observed that parameters TDS, TH, Na+, K+, Mg2+, HCO3−, NO3−, SO42−, F−, B, As and Se were above their respective acceptable limits for drinking purpose. Among different blocks of Ferozepur district, Ghall Khurd was the most affected block with a considerable number of water samples not suitable for drinking purpose and Mamdot was the least affected one. However, the groundwater was not polluted with heavy metals as the heavy metal pollution index was < 25 for 99% of the groundwater samples.
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Research Square Platform LLC
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