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Groundwater quality delineation based on fuzzy comprehensive assessment method (FCAM): a case study

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Groundwater is the primary source for drinking purposes in all over the world. The present study is carried out to evaluate the groundwater suitability for drinking purposes. For this purposes, thirty groundwater samples were collected from active boreholes in the investigated region and analyzed for concentrations of various physico-chemical parameters. Chadha diagram was used to better understand the hydro-geochemistry, while fuzzy comprehensive assessment method (FCAM) was introduced to delineate the overall groundwater quality for drinking purposes. Groundwater is slightly alkaline in nature in this study region, and the dominant hydrochemical facie is HCO3−-Na+ which is a reflection of the predominant rock-water interaction in the region. Results of FCAM demonstrated that 73% of groundwater samples were most suitable for drinking purposes and remaining 27% were poor in quality which were unsuitable for drinking purposes in the investigated region.

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Thanks are due to Editor-in-Chief and anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments helped us in bringing the manuscript to its present form.

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The author received financial support from the Department of Science and Technology (DST)-Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) Government of India, New Delhi, and the Research Funds for Start-Up Research Grant (Young Scientists) project (SR/FTP/ES-13/2013).

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  1. School of Water and Environment, Chang’an University, No. 126 Yanta Road, Xi’an, 710054, Shaanxi, China

    Narsimha Adimalla

  2. Key Laboratory of Subsurface Hydrology and Ecological Effects in Arid Region of the Ministry of Education, Chang’an University, No. 126 Yanta Road, Xi’an, 710054, Shaanxi, China

    Narsimha Adimalla

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Adimalla, N. Groundwater quality delineation based on fuzzy comprehensive assessment method (FCAM): a case study. Arab J Geosci 13, 1256 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-020-06265-y

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