Seasonal
variations in physico-chemical characteristics of
pond
and ground water of Tiruchirapalli, India
B.
Balaji Prasath, R. Nandakumar, S. Dinesh Kumar, S. Ananth, A. Shenbaga Devi,
T. Jayalakshmi,
P. Raju, M. Thiyagarajan and P. Santhanam*
Department
of Marine Science, School of Marine Sciences, Bharathidasan University,
Tiruchirapalli-620 024, India
*Corresponding
Author email : sanplankton@yahoo.co.in
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Publication
Data
Paper received:
19 May 2011
Revised received:
28 September 2011
Re-revised received:
29 December 2011
Accepted:
17 March 2012
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Abstract
The
aim of this study was to assess the open pond and groundwater quality of
Tiruchirapalli city of Tamil Nadu, India. The groundwater quality viz.,
pH, electrical conductivity, total hardness, calcium ion, magnesium ion,
chloride, carbonate, bicarbonate, inorganic nitrate, nitrite, phosphate,
ammonia and reactive silicate were analysed with respect to various seasons
and recorded in the range of 7.1 to 8.1, 97.67 to 533.67 mhos cm-1, 7.07 to 186 mg l-1, 4.67 and 112.0 mg l-1, 2.40 to 92.80 mg l-1, 15.23 to 661.73 mg l-1, 60 to 480 mg l-1, 22.7 to 544.9 mg l-1, 15.33 to 68.00 mg l-1, 0.001 to 0.480 mg l-1, 0.01 to 0.42 mg l-1, 0.02 to 0.75 mg l-1 and 1.1 to 2.96 mg l-1?respectively. The present
findings concluded that the quality of ground waters can be considered
suitable for human consumption. But the pond water available in and around
Tiruchirappalli city was not fit for human usage, agricultural or industrial
purposes.
Key words
Pond
water, Ground water, Ions, Inorganic nutrients, Water quality
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