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Use of fuzzy synthetic evaluation for assessment of groundwater quality for drinking usage: a case study of Southern Haryana, India

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A method based on concept of fuzzy set theory has been used for decision-making for the assessment of physico-chemical quality of groundwater for drinking purposes. Conventional methods for water quality assessment do not consider the uncertainties involved either in measurement of water quality parameters or in the limits provided by the regulatory bodies. Fuzzy synthetic evaluation model gives the certainty levels for the quality class of the water based on the prescribed limit of various regulatory bodies and opinion of the experts from the field of drinking water quality. In this paper, application of fuzzy rule based optimization model is illustrated with twenty groundwater samples from Sohna town of Gurgaon district of Southern Haryana, India. These samples were analysed for 15 different physico-chemical parameters, out of them nine important parameters were used for the quality assessment using fuzzy synthetic evaluation approach. From this study, it has been concluded that all the water samples are in acceptable category whose certainty level ranges from 44 to 100%. Water from these sources can be used for the drinking purposes if alternate water source is not available without any health concern on the basis of physico-chemical characteristics.

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Authors are thankful to University Grants Commission, Government of India, New Delhi for financial support by funding this Project to Dr. V. K. Garg under Sanction number F.3/99/2001(SR-II).

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  1. Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, 125001, Haryana, India

    Bhupinder Singh, Sandeep Jain & V. K. Garg

  2. Environmental Studies Section (HPD), Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, 400085, India

    Sudhir Dahiya

  3. Health Safety and Environment Group, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, 400085, India

    H. S. Kushwaha

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Singh, B., Dahiya, S., Jain, S. et al. Use of fuzzy synthetic evaluation for assessment of groundwater quality for drinking usage: a case study of Southern Haryana, India. Environ Geol 54, 249–255 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00254-007-0812-9

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