Title :
Water quality assessment and GIS mapping of ground water around KMML industrial area, chavara
Author :
Peter, Steffen ; Sreedevi, C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Civil Eng., Coll. of Eng., Trivandrum, India
Abstract :
Sample water was collected from the open wells around the KMML area. Then the main physiochemical and biological analysis of the parameters like colour, conductivity, salinity, turbidity, pH, BOD, COD, TDS, iron, nitrates, Fecal coliforms etc. were done. After selecting some important water quality parameters, the calculation of Water Quality Index (WQI) was done. Finally, the water quality mapping using GIS was done. All the well water was found unsuitable for domestic purpose as it confirmed by WQI. Hence the use of waters of open wells in and around the industrial area may cause health hazards to nearby inhabitants. So it is necessary to control the contaminant transportation and ground water pollution in and around KMML area.
Keywords :
contamination; geographic information systems; groundwater; health hazards; water pollution; water quality; GIS mapping; KMML industrial area; WQI; biological analysis; contaminant transportation; domestic purpose; ground water pollution; health hazards; nearby inhabitants; open wells; physiochemical analysis; water quality assessment; water quality index; water quality mapping; water quality parameters; Board of Directors; Contamination; Effluents; Indexes; Iron; Water pollution; Water resources; GIS mapping; Ground water pollution; MPNcoli forms; Open wells; Physio-chemical parameters; Water Quality Index;
Conference_Titel :
Green Technologies (ICGT), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Trivandrum
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2635-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICGT.2012.6477958
