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Groundwater quality mapping in urban groundwater using GIS

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Konya City, located in the central part of Turkey, has grown and urbanized rapidly. A large amount of the water requirement of Konya City is supplied from groundwater. The quality of this groundwater was determined by taking samples from 177 of the wells within the study area. The purposes of this investigation were (1) to provide an overview of present groundwater quality and (2) to determine spatial distribution of groundwater quality parameters such as pH, electrical conductivity, Cl − , SO4  − 2, hardness, and NO3  −  concentrations, and (3) to map groundwater quality in the study area by using GIS and Geostatistics techniques. ArcGIS 9.0 and ArcGIS Geostatistical Analyst were used for generation of various thematic maps and ArcGIS Spatial Analyst to produce the final groundwater quality map. An interpolation technique, ordinary kriging, was used to obtain the spatial distribution of groundwater quality parameters. The final map shows that the southwest of the city has optimum groundwater quality, and, in general, the groundwater quality decreases south to north of the city; 5.03% (21.51 km2) of the total study area is classified to be at the optimum groundwater quality level.

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    Bilgehan Nas & Ali Berktay

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Nas, B., Berktay, A. Groundwater quality mapping in urban groundwater using GIS. Environ Monit Assess 160, 215–227 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-008-0689-4

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Keywords

  • GIS
  • Geostatistics
  • Groundwater quality
  • Kriging