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Monitoring and assessment of groundwater quality in a khondalitic terrain, Andhra Pradesh, India

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The groundwater quality assessment for the drinking and irrigation purpose is carried out in the Kandivalasa River Sub Basin covered with khondalitic suite (Garneti ferrous, Sillimanite, Gneiss) of rocks, near Cheepurupalli town of Vizianagaram district, Andhra Pradesh, India. The analysis for the groundwater quality for drinking has shown the slightly alkaline nature and high values of alkalinity in the study area. A very high concentration of total dissolved solids value is observed at one pocket where there has been contamination by many fertilizer industries located nearby the study area. The groundwater is highly affected by the nitrate. Higher fluoride values are obtained at few pockets. Most of the samples in the study area are categorized as very hard category. According to the Piper trilinear diagram, it can be observed that the carbonate hardness and secondary salinity have occupied at major part of study area. From the analysis of sodium adsorption ratio, salinity hazard, sodium percentage, residual sodium carbonate, and Kelly’s ratio, all the groundwater samples except at few locations fell under the category of good to excellent for irrigation. The prepared integrated groundwater quality maps for the drinking purpose and agricultural purposes are indicating that, by and large, the low-lying areas are having poor groundwater quality than the uplands for drinking as well as agricultural needs which means that the groundwater quality of the basin is following the topography.

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The authors are thankful to the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology, Government of India for sponsoring the research work.

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  1. Deltaic Regional Centre, National Institute of Hydrology, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, 533003, India

    Yellapu Siva Prasad

  2. Centre for Water Resources, Institute of Science and Technology, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

    Bekkam Venkateswara Rao

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Prasad, Y.S., Rao, B.V. Monitoring and assessment of groundwater quality in a khondalitic terrain, Andhra Pradesh, India. Environ Monit Assess 190, 426 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-018-6757-5

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