A Groundwater Quality Assessment for Irrigation in Katthiwada Area, Alirajpur District, Madhya Pradesh

Abstract

An elaborate account of groundwater quality estimation for irrigation in Katthiwada area Alirajpur district Madhya Pradesh is presented in this paper. The selected 20 groundwater samples from open-dug wells have been subjected to chemical analysis by  standard techniques of graphic representation in tabular form. The analysis of dug wells samples for determination of Physico chemical parameters indicates that all groundwater samples are colourless, odourless, and tasteless with pH (7.0 -8.7), Electrical  conductivity (238-1555), Total dissolved solids (450 -1180) mg/l. The chemical parameters involve the determination of the ionic  concentration of cations - Calcium ( 0.89 to 3.04 mg/l ), Magnesium (0.49 to 3.12 mg/l ), potassium ( 0.01 to 0.13 mg/l ) and  sodium ( 0.95 to 10.35 mg/l ) and anion - nitrate ( 0.56 to 1.45), Hco3 (1.19 to 3.85 mg/l), chloride ( 0.31 to 5.10 ) and sulphate  ( 0.02 to 2.68 mg/l ). The quality of groundwater for irrigational purposes depends on different chemical parameters such as  sodium persent; Kelley’s Ratio, Sodium Adsorption Ratio, Residual Sodium Carbonate, and Magnesium-Hazard. U. S. Salinity  diagram shows that 19 samples belong to the C2 S1 type (medium salinity – low sodium water), 1 sample represents to C3 S1  type (high salinity – low sodium water) and 1 sample falls into C3 S2. Wilcox diagram shows that 16 samples of the groundwater  fall under the excellent to good category, and 4 samples represent the good to permissible categories. The groundwater of the Katthiwada area is suitable for irrigation use.