A Groundwater Quality Assessment for Irrigation in Katthiwada Area, Alirajpur District, Madhya Pradesh

Abstract

An elaborate account of groundwater quality estimation for irrigation in Katthiwada area Alirajpur d istrict Madhya Pradesh is presented in this paper. The selected 20 groundwater samples from open -dug wells have been subjected to chemical analysis by standard techniques of graphic representation in tabular form. The analysis of dug wells samples for dete rmination of Physico - chemical parameters indicates that all groundwater samples are colourless, odourless, and tasteless with pH (7.0 -8.7), Electrical conductivity (238-1555), Total dissolved solids (450 -1180) mg/l. The chemical parameters involve the determination of the ionic concentration of cations - Calcium ( 0.89 to 3.04 mg/l ), Magnesium (0.49 to 3.12 mg/l ), potassium ( 0.01 to 0.13 mg/l ) and sodium ( 0.95 to 10.35 mg/l ) and anion - nitrate ( 0.56 to 1.45), Hco3 (1.19 to 3.85 mg/l), chloride ( 0.31 to 5.10 ) and sulphate ( 0.02 to 2.68 mg/l ). The quality of groundwater for irrigational purposes depends on different che mical parameters such as sodium persent; Kelley’s Ratio, Sodium Adsorption Ratio, Residual Sodium Carbonate, and Magnesium -Hazard. U. S. Salinity diagram shows that 19 samples belong to the C2 S1 type (medium salinity – low sodium water), 1 sample represents to C3 S1 type (high salin ity – low sodium water) and 1 sample falls into C3 S2. Wilcox diagram shows that 16 samples of the groundw ater fall under the excellent to good category, and 4 samples represent the good to permissible categorie s. The groundwater of the Katthiwada area is suitable for irrigation use.