Assessment of Groundwater Quality for Domestic Consumption and Irrigation in Kannur Taluk, Kannur, Kerala

S Sujishma; S R Sreerama Naik  lowast; Jyoti Kushwaha; G Jayapal; Gegan

doi:10.53989/bu.ga.v11i2.22.7

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DOI: 10.53989/bu.ga.v11i2.22.7

Year: 2022, Volume: 11, Issue: 2, Pages: 44-51

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Assessment of Groundwater Quality for Domestic Consumption and Irrigation in Kannur Taluk, Kannur, Kerala

S Sujishma¹, S R Sreerama Naik^1∗, Jyoti Kushwaha², G Jayapal¹, Gegan ¹

¹ Department of Geography, Kannur University, Kannur, Kerala, India
² Department of Environmental Sciences, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi, Delhi

*Corresponding author email: [email protected]

Received Date:11 September 2022, Accepted Date:28 November 2022

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Abstract

The water quality means the physical, chemical, and biological properties of water according to usage requirements. The availability of water is greatly influenced by its quality, which also frequently dictates the available possibilities. This study assesses the Groundwater quality for domestic consumption and irrigation of the Kannur Taluk. The calculation for the study was done based on the BI Standard using thirteen parameters. The methods used for the study were the Relative Weight method and quality rating using WRIS data. The data was interpolated in ArcGIS to find the intensity of the chosen parameters.

Keywords

Water Quality, Ground Water, Water Quality Index

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