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Chemical analysis forms the basis of interpretation of the hydro-chemistry in relation to source, geology, climate and use. Water samples were collected from 26 dug wells representing the shallow phreatic aquifer and from 32 deep tube-wells representing the deep aquifers. In general, the salt concentration of the shallow aquifer is lower in the northern and coastal parts of the study area where sand dunes, ridges, natural levees and palaeo-channels serve as repositories. In the deep aquifers, the concentration is generally more towards the sea and the eastern part of the area, where it is contaminated by seawater or there is more stress on the aquifer. Aquifer-wise cross plots of different parameters show a good inter-parameter relationship in most of the cases.
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Naik, P.C. (2018). Water Quality. In: Seawater Intrusion in the Coastal Alluvial Aquifers of the Mahanadi Delta. SpringerBriefs in Water Science and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66511-5_5
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