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    Suitability of groundwater for drinking purposes in Kovilpatti Taluka, Thoothukudi

    district using Water Quality Index and various statistical methods

    R.Venkadalakshmi1, C. Puthiya Sekar2, M.A. Neelakantan1*


    1
    Chemistry Research Centre, National Engineering College, K.R. Nagar, Kovilpatti, 628503, Thoothukudi District,
    Tamil Nadu, India
    2
    Department of Civil Engineering, National Engineering College, K.R.Nagar, Kovilpatti, 628 503, Thoothukudi
    District, Tamil Nadu, India

    Abstract:

    In recent decades the ground water pollution is threaten for human life and in major cities of many
    countries are mainly depends on groundwater for their day to day life for the drinking and other purposes. To a
    continuous investigation of the every water resources are essential for the protection against the water pollution. In
    the present investigation carried out for the suitability of ground water for drinking purposes in Kovilpatti Taluk in
    Thoothukudi district, Tamilnadu. There are 21 ground water samples were collected in pre- and post monsoon
    sessions in study area and the hydrological parameters such as pH, EC,ORP,Cl -,SO42-,Ca2+,Mg2+, HCO3-,Total
    Hardness, Sodium and Potassium were analyzed. Water quality index (WQI) of groundwater based on the data of 21
    samples collected from the study area was assessed using eight parameters viz. pH, Total Dissolved Solids, Sodium,
    Potassium Chloride, Sulphate, Calcium and Magnesium. The Water Quality Index of the study area are showed
    using spatial distribution plots and the various statistical analysis such as piper diagram, correlation analysis were
    used to determine the ground water type and the suitability of ground water for drinking purposes in the study area.
    During pre-monsoon, the WQI value 418 is maximum and the value 48 is minimum in the study area and during
    post-monsoon, 436 is maximum and the value 43 is minimum in the study area. In pre-monsoon, the computed WQI
    shows that 52% of water sample fall in the ‘good’ water category and 23% of the samples falls ‘ very poor” water
    category and this percentage of samples are changes during post-monsoon, 29% of water sample fall in the ‘good’
    water category and 29% of the samples falls ‘very poor” water category and 23% of the samples falls in ‘poor water’
    category because of the insufficient amount of rainfall in this Taluk during the monsoon periods. This is indicate
    that the groundwater of kovilpatti taluka in Thoothukudi district can be used for drinking purposes after the water
    treatment.

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