Assessment of Ground Water Quality Along the Coastal Areas of Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh, India

Author(s):  
Sudhakara Rao Ippili ◽  
K. Suresh Kumar ◽  
N. Srinivas ◽  
Akbar Ziauddin
Author(s):  
P. Prakash ◽  
A. Kumar Das ◽  
C. V. S. Sandilya

The state of Andhra Pradesh, India falls in water stress<sup>4</sup> area. The primary objective of this study is to examine the spatial distribution of different chemical elements with respect to its contamination level. About 70 % of drinking water needs in rural areas and 40 % drinking water needs in urban areas are met from groundwater resources. In the last decades, rapid population growth coupled with agricultural expansion due to subsidized power to agriculture has significantly increased demand on groundwater resources. Combined to this, the effect of Global warming has put stress on ground water which is resulting in declines in water levels and deterioration of ground water quality. This may be evidenced by the fact that the phreatic aquifer which was in use two decades ago, is existing no more now in some of the parts of the study area and the water is being drawn from deeper aquifers beyond phreatic aquifers. The study has been carried out for which one or more elements are contaminated and to study its spatial distribution.


2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 62-64
Author(s):  
Shaheda Niloufer ◽  
◽  
A.V. V. S. Swamy A.V. V. S. Swamy ◽  
K. Syamala Devi K. Syamala Devi

2006 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 191-193
Author(s):  
G.D. RANI ◽  
M. SUMAN ◽  
C.N. RAO ◽  
P.R. RANI ◽  
V.G. PRASHANTH

2007 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sama Suresh ◽  
Nirugatti Dinakar ◽  
T. N. V. K. V. Prasad ◽  
P. C. Nagajyothi ◽  
Thoti Damodharam ◽  
...  

The iarea iof iAmaravati, ia inew icapital iof ithe iState of iAndhra iPradesh, iis ilocated iin ithe iGuntur idistrict, iwhere ithe igroundwater ihas ibeen ia ipotentialiresource ito imeet iseveral ineeds idue ito ifrequentifailures iof imonsoon, iand iits iquality ihas ibeen ideteriorated iunder ithe idifferent ienvironmental iconditions. iThe iAmaravati icovers ian iarea iof iabout i217 km2 iand iis idistributed iin i28 ivillages iin ithree imandals iviz., iMangalagiri, iThullur iand iTadepalle. iAgriculture iis ithe imain ioccupation iof ithe ipeople. iThe iclimate iof ithe iarea iis idry-humid, iwith iaverage iannual itemperatures iof i18o i to i48oC. iThe iaverage iannual irainfall iis iabout i1,357 imm. i iField iinvestigations iwere iconducted iin ithe imonth iof iDecember i2015. iThe idata ion irainfall, itopographic iconditions, isoil icover, igeomorphological ifeatures, igeological, istructural iand ihydrogeological iconditions, idrainage iand iland iuse ipractices iwas icollected. iGroundwater isamples icollected ifrom ithe ifield iwere ianalyzed ifor imajor iion ichemistry, iviz. ipH, itotal idissolved isolids i(TDS), itotal ialkalinity i(TA), itotal ihardness i(TH), icalcium i(Ca), imagnesium i(Mg), isodium i(Na), ipotassium i(K), ibicarbonate i(HCO3 ), ichloride i(Cl), isulphate i(SO4), initrate i(NO3 ) iand ifluoride i(F). iKeeping ithe iincrease iof iwater iconsumption iwith irespect ito ithe irapid igrowth ipopulation iin ithe inear ifuture iof ithe icapital iarea, iit iis iessential ito iassess ithe icontaminates icaused iby ipoor iquality iof igroundwater iwith irespect ito idrinking ipurpose iand iindustrial idevelopments. iIn iorder ito iprovide ithis ibase-line iinformation ifor ithe ipurpose iof ithe idecision-making iby ipolicy-makers iand iwater-managers.


2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Usman ◽  
Mian Bilal Khalid ◽  
Hafsa Yasin ◽  
Abdul Nasir, ◽  
Ch Arslan

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