Evaluation of Groundwater Quality for Drinking and Agricultural Purpose

¹ Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, M. Kumarasamy College of Engineering, Karur, Tamilnadu, India
^2,3,4,5 UG Scholar, Department of Civil Engineering, M. Kumarasamy College of Engineering, Karur, Tamilnadu, India

^* Corresponding author: ramcivilmiet@gmail.com

Abstract

This study examines a variety of chosen groundwater samples from Mohanur, which has issues with its quality for drinking and agricultural use. Reading the study's findings will give you crucial information status of the ground water in Mohanur and can assist in locating the domestic and industrial sources of contamination. This is very helpful in guiding future research to pinpoint and reduce the issue of ground water pollution and helps to take action to address the problem. When a body of water is harmed by anthropogenic toxins, it is often considered to as polluted when it either cannot be used for human purposes, such as drinking water, or when its ability to support its biotic populations significantly changes. Despite their interdependence, surface water and groundwater have frequently been researched and managed as separate resources. In this study, 14 significant parameters were picked to calculate the water quality index. The World Health Organization (WHO) and Indian Council for Medical Research's criteria (ICMR) for the quality of drinking water were used to create the Water Quality Index (WQI). In this study, the weighted arithmetic index approach was employed to calculate WQI.