SBL GSS Division
Remote Sensing and GIS Application
in Hydro geological Mapping and
Water Quality Modeling
By
Venugopalan Nair
Outline
1. Introduction
2. Remote Sensing System
3. Electro Magnetic Spectrum
4. Digital Image Processing
5. Radiometric corrections
6. Geometric corrections
7. Thematic mapping
8. Hydro geological Mapping
9. Water Quality Modeling- A Case Study
Self Introduction
Name: Venugopalan Nair
Education:
M.Sc. (Applied Geology), Barkatullah University, Bhopal, India
M.Tech (Remote Sensing), Bharathidasan University, Trichy, India
M.Tech (Hydrology), IIT, Roorkee, India
Experience: 15 Years + in GIS
National Geophysical Research Institute
GB Pant Institute ofHimalayan Environment and Development
Defense Terrain Research Lab
Central Ground Water Board
RMSI
SBL
Self Introduction
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Venugopalan Nair, Senior Manager, SBL has delivered a lecture on “Remote sensing and GIS
in hydrogeological mapping and water quality modeling” for a training course on sustainable
development and management of ground water resources, conducted by Central Ground
Water Board, Rajiv Gandhi National Ground Water Training and Research Institute, River
Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Ministry of water Resources, Government of India
•
In the lecture, Mr.Nair has explained the basics of remote sensing technology to participants
from agricultural, soil conservation, Cochin University of Science and Technology, and many
other departments constantly works for sustainable development. The presentation
explained how this useful technology and implement in agriculture, land resource utilization,
water conservation and ground water quality modeling. The enthusiastic participants made
many queries in their respective domain and updated themselves about this technology.
Remote Sensing System
Electro Magnetic Spectrum
Energy Interactions
Energy Interactions
Resolutions in Remote Sensing
1. Spatial Resolution
2. Spectral Resolution
3. Radiometric Resolution
4. Temporal Resolution
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Spatial Resolutions
CARTOSAT I MAGE
Spatial Resolution: 2.5m
LISS IV Image
Spatial Resolution 5.8m
Land sat Image
Spatial Resolution 30m
Spectral Resolution
Characteristics of commonly used bands
Radiometric Resolutions
Temporal Resolution
Sample Satellite Image
Satellite Image Procurement
1. Sun Angle
2. Nadir angle
3. STD/Ortho ready
Digital Image Processing
1. Radiometric Corrections
2. Geometric Corrections
3. Image classification
Digital Image Processing
PIXEL
Image Enhancement
GIS Services – Geo Referencing
Using Feature matching
Using DGPS points
Using reference coordinates
/grid
Pan Sharpening/Resolution Merging
Mosaicking
Colour balancing
Tiling
Digital Elevation Models
Digital Elevation Models
Ortho rectification
Classification
1. Supervised classification
2. Unsupervised classification
3. Hybrid classification
Supervised Classification
1. Training site identification
2. Spectral signature collection
3. Statistical analysis
4. Classification Methods
5. Process running
Supervised Classification
Supervised Classification
• Advantages
– Analyst has control over the selected classes
tailored to the purpose
– Has specific classes of known identity
– Does not have to match spectral categories on the
final map with informational categories of interest
– Can detect serious errors in classification if
training areas are misclassified
Supervised Classification
• Disadvantages
– Analyst imposes a classification (may not be
natural)
– Training data are usually tied to informational
categories and not spectral properties
• Remember diversity
– Training data selected may not be representative
– Selection of training data may be time consuming
and expensive
– May not be able to recognize special or unique
categories because they are not known or small
Unsupervised Classification
1. Algorithm based
2. Inbuilt methods
Unsupervised Classification
• Advantages
– Requires no prior knowledge of the region
– Human error is minimized
– Unique classes are recognized as distinct units
• Disadvantages
– Classes do not necessarily match informational
categories of interest
– Limited control of classes and identities
– Spectral properties of classes can change with time
Unsupervised Classification
Feature Extraction
Thematic mapping
Land Use Land Cover Mapping
Activities
 Input image collection
 Geo referencing
 LULC schema preparation
 Image classification
 Topology corrections
 Field verification
 Post field updation
 Final LULC map compilation
PICTORIAL REPRESENTATION OF
GROUND WATER QUALITY
DETERIORATION
STUDY AREA
LOCATION
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Narsan
Laksar
Khanpur
Roorkee
HaridwarBhagwampur
Bahaderabad
77°50'0"E
77°50'0"E
78°0'0"E
78°0'0"E
78°10'0"E
78°10'0"E
29°40'0"N 29°40'0"N
29°50'0"N 29°50'0"N
30°0'0"N 30°0'0"N
30°10'0"N 30°10'0"N
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LOCATI ON MAP
DI STRI CT HARI DWAR
0 2.5 5 7.5 101.25
Km
53 K/1
53 K/2
53J/4
53F/16
53G/13
53 G/14
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Bahaderabad
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77°50'0"E
78°0'0"E
78°0'0"E
78°10'0"E
78°10'0"E
29°40'0"N 29°40'0"N
29°50'0"N 29°50'0"N
30°0'0"N 30°0'0"N
30°10'0"N 30°10'0"N
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GEOLOGI CAL MAP
DI STRI CT HARI DWAR
0 3 6 9 121.5
Km
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Formations
Doon Alluvium
Siwaliks
Bhabar
Tarai
Alluvial Plains
GEOLOGY
SIWALIC FORMATIONS
INDO-GANGETIC ALLUVIUM
BHABAR
TARAI
ALLUVIAL PLAINS
STUDY AREA
HYDRO-GEOLOGY
AQUIFER PARAMETERS RANGE
THICKNESS OF SHALLOW
AQUIFERS
4 TO 100M
DEPTH TO WATER LEVEL 1.5 TO 17.6 M BGL
COEFFICIENT OF PERMEABILITY 2.16 TO 28.8 M/DAY
STORATIVITY 1 X 10-4
TO 3.74 X 10-4
TRANSMISSIVITY 10 TO 2880 M2
/DAY
SPECIFIC YIELD 0.13 TO 0.26
STUDY AREA
HYDRO-GEOLOGY
CROSS SECTION ALONG MANAKPUR -
JWALAPUR
CROSS SECTION ALONG GANESHPUR –
SHIKARPUR
STUDY AREA
IAWQ MODEL THROUGH GIS
× 5
× 4
× 3
× 2
× 1
× 5
× 3
WeightRatings
9
3
6
5
5
6
4
132
AQUIFER WATER QUALITY INDEX
 THE METHOD HAS A LOW COST OF APPLICATION
 APPLIED IN EXTENSIVE REGIONS
 RELATIVELY FEW, EASY TO COLLECT, AND COMMON DATA IS REQUIRED
 SEVERAL PARAMETERS AND THEIR INTERRELATIONSHIP DECREASE THE PROBABILITY OF
IGNORING SOME IMPORTANT PARAMETERS
RESTRICT THE EFFECT OF AN INCIDENTAL ERROR
 ENHANCE THE STATISTICAL ACCURACY OF THE MODEL
OTHER SPECIALIZED METHODS WOULD REQUIRE SPECIFIC PARAMETERS.
ADVANTAGES OF AWQI METHOD
DRASTIC MODEL
DISADVANTAGES OF DRASTIC METHOD
SO MANY VARIABLES ARE FACTORED INTO THE FINAL INDEX THAT CRITICAL PARAMETERS IN
GROUND WATER CONTAMINATION MAY BE SUBDUED BY OTHER PARAMETERS THAT HAVE NO
BEARING ON GROUND WATER POLLUTION.
 THE SELECTION OF THE PARAMETERS IS BASED ON QUALITATIVE JUDGMENT AND NOT
QUANTITATIVE STUDIES.
MODALITY OF GROUND WATER SAMPLE COLLECTION
PRE FIELD PREPARATIONS
PURGING OF THE WELLS
SAMPLE COLLECTION
FIELD ANALYSIS
pH
ELECTRICAL CONDUCTANCE
TEMPERATURE
STORAGE
LABORATORY ANALYSIS
GROUND WATER QUALITY
LABORATORY ANALYSIS
CONSTITUENT METHOD
PHYSICAL
pH POTENTIOMETRIC
ELECTRICAL CONDUCTANCE (micro mhos/cm at
250
C)
ELECTROMETRIC
TDS ELECTROMETRIC
MAJOR IONS
Ca2+
TITRIMETRIC
Mg2+
EMPERICAL CALCULATION
N+
PHOTOMETRIC (EMISSION)
K+
PHOTOMETRIC (EMISSION)
Cl-
TITRIMETRIC
SO4
2-
GRAVIMETRIC
HCO3
-
EMPERICAL CALCULATION
CO3
2-
EMPERICAL CALCULATION
Contd…..
GROUND WATER QUALITY
LABORATORY ANALYSIS
CONSTITUENT METHOD
NUTRIENTS
NO3
-
ION SELECTIVE ELECTRODES
PO4
2-
SPECTRO PHOTOMETRIC
(ABSORPTION)
TOC TOC ANALYSER
HEAVY METALS
Cd VOLTAMETRIC
Cu VOLTAMETRIC
Pb VOLTAMETRIC
Zn VOLTAMETRIC
GROUND WATER QUALITY
DISTRIBUTION OF pH AND TDS
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Laksar
Khanpur
Roorkee
HaridwarBhagwampur
Bahaderabad
77°50'0"E
77°50'0"E
78°0'0"E
78°0'0"E
78°10'0"E
78°10'0"E
29°40'0"N 29°40'0"N
29°50'0"N 29°50'0"N
30°0'0"N 30°0'0"N
30°10'0"N 30°10'0"N
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pH Value
High : 8.8
Low : 7.1
POTENTI AL HYDROGEN I ON CONCENTRATI ON (pH) MAP
DI STRI CT HARI DWAR
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Khanpur
Roorkee
HaridwarBhagwampur
Bahaderabad
77°50'0"E
77°50'0"E
78°0'0"E
78°0'0"E
78°10'0"E
78°10'0"E
29°40'0"N 29°40'0"N
29°50'0"N 29°50'0"N
30°0'0"N 30°0'0"N
30°10'0"N 30°10'0"N
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TDS (mg/l)
0- 500
500 - 1,010
TOTAL DI SSOLVED SOLI DS (TDS) MAP
DI STRI CT HARI DWAR
0 5 10 15 202.5
Km
GROUND WATER QUALITY
DISTRIBUTION OF Ca+
AND Mg2+
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Laksar
Khanpur
Roorkee
HaridwarBhagwampur
Bahaderabad
77°50'0"E
77°50'0"E
78°0'0"E
78°0'0"E
78°10'0"E
78°10'0"E
29°40'0"N 29°40'0"N
29°50'0"N 29°50'0"N
30°0'0"N 30°0'0"N
30°10'0"N 30°10'0"N
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Legend
Calcium Concentration (mg/l)
0 - 75
75 - 150
150 - 225
225 - 300
300 - 408
CALCI UM CONCENTRATI ON MAP
DI STRI CT HARI DWAR
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Km
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Khanpur
Roorkee
HaridwarBhagwampur
Bahaderabad
77°50'0"E
77°50'0"E
78°0'0"E
78°0'0"E
78°10'0"E
78°10'0"E
29°40'0"N 29°40'0"N
29°50'0"N 29°50'0"N
30°0'0"N 30°0'0"N
30°10'0"N 30°10'0"N
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Legend
Magnisium Concentration (mg/l)
15- 30
30 - 60
60 - 90
90 - 98
MAGNI SI UM CONCENTRATI ON MAP
DI STRI CT HARI DWAR
0 5 10 15 202.5
Km
GROUND WATER QUALITY
DISTRIBUTION OF Na+
AND K+
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Laksar
Khanpur
Roorkee
HaridwarBhagwampur
Bahaderabad
77°50'0"E
77°50'0"E
78°0'0"E
78°0'0"E
78°10'0"E
78°10'0"E
29°40'0"N 29°40'0"N
29°50'0"N 29°50'0"N
30°0'0"N 30°0'0"N
30°10'0"N 30°10'0"N
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Sodium Concentration (mg/l)
High : 259
Low : 0
SODI UM CONCENTRATI ON MAP
DI STRI CT HARI DWAR
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Khanpur
Roorkee
HaridwarBhagwampur
Bahaderabad
77°50'0"E
77°50'0"E
78°0'0"E
78°0'0"E
78°10'0"E
78°10'0"E
29°40'0"N 29°40'0"N
29°50'0"N 29°50'0"N
30°0'0"N 30°0'0"N
30°10'0"N 30°10'0"N
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Legend
Potassium Concentration (mg/l)
High : 66
Low :0
POTASSI UM CONCENTRATI ON MAP
DI STRI CT HARI DWAR
0 5 10 15 202.5
Km
GROUND WATER QUALITY
DISTRIBUTION OF Cl-
AND SO4
2-
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Narsan
Laksar
Khanpur
Roorkee
HaridwarBhagwampur
Bahaderabad
77°50'0"E
77°50'0"E
78°0'0"E
78°0'0"E
78°10'0"E
78°10'0"E
29°40'0"N 29°40'0"N
29°50'0"N 29°50'0"N
30°0'0"N 30°0'0"N
30°10'0"N 30°10'0"N
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Legend
Chloride Concentration (mg/l)
High : 87.0844
Low : 2.11874
CHLORI DE CONCENTRATI ON MAP
DI STRI CT HARI DWAR
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Km
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Narsan
Laksar
Khanpur
Roorkee
HaridwarBhagwampur
Bahaderabad
77°50'0"E
77°50'0"E
78°0'0"E
78°0'0"E
78°10'0"E
78°10'0"E
29°40'0"N 29°40'0"N
29°50'0"N 29°50'0"N
30°0'0"N 30°0'0"N
30°10'0"N 30°10'0"N
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Legend
Sulphate Concentration (mg/l)
0 - 200
200 - 400
SULPHATE CONCENTRATI ON MAP
DI STRI CT HARI DWAR
0 5 10 15 202.5
Km
GROUND WATER QUALITY
DISTRIBUTION OF TA AND NO3
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Narsan
Laksar
Khanpur
Roorkee
HaridwarBhagwampur
Bahaderabad
77°50'0"E
77°50'0"E
78°0'0"E
78°0'0"E
78°10'0"E
78°10'0"E
29°40'0"N 29°40'0"N
29°50'0"N 29°50'0"N
30°0'0"N 30°0'0"N
30°10'0"N 30°10'0"N
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Legend
Total Alkalinity (mg/l)
0 - 200
200 - 400
400 - 600
TOTAL ALKALI NI TY MAP
DI STRI CT HARI DWAR
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Khanpur
Roorkee
HaridwarBhagwampur
Bahaderabad
77°50'0"E
77°50'0"E
78°0'0"E
78°0'0"E
78°10'0"E
78°10'0"E
29°40'0"N 29°40'0"N
29°50'0"N 29°50'0"N
30°0'0"N 30°0'0"N
30°10'0"N 30°10'0"N
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Legend
Nitrate Concentration (mg/l)
0- 45
45 - 90
90 - 135
135 - 180
180 - 225
225 - 230
NI TRATE CONCENTRATI ON MAP
DI STRI CT HARI DWAR
0 5 10 15 202.5
Km
GROUND WATER QUALITY
DISTRIBUTION OF Cd AND Pb
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Narsan
Laksar
Khanpur
Roorkee
HaridwarBhagwampur
Bahaderabad
77°50'0"E
77°50'0"E
78°0'0"E
78°0'0"E
78°10'0"E
78°10'0"E
29°40'0"N 29°40'0"N
29°50'0"N 29°50'0"N
30°0'0"N 30°0'0"N
30°10'0"N 30°10'0"N
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Cadmium Concentration (mg/l)
High : 0.00775389
Low : 0
CADMI UM CONCENTRATI ON MAP
DI STRI CT HARI DWAR
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Narsan
Laksar
Khanpur
Roorkee
HaridwarBhagwampur
Bahaderabad
77°50'0"E
77°50'0"E
78°0'0"E
78°0'0"E
78°10'0"E
78°10'0"E
29°40'0"N 29°40'0"N
29°50'0"N 29°50'0"N
30°0'0"N 30°0'0"N
30°10'0"N 30°10'0"N
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Lead Concentration (mg/l)
High : 0.027918
Low : 0.00100244
LEAD CONCENTRATI ON MAP
DI STRI CT HARI DWAR
0 5 10 15 202.5
Km
GROUND WATER QUALITY
DISTRIBUTION OF Cu AND Zn
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Laksar
Khanpur
Roorkee
HaridwarBhagwampur
Bahaderabad
77°50'0"E
77°50'0"E
78°0'0"E
78°0'0"E
78°10'0"E
78°10'0"E
29°40'0"N 29°40'0"N
29°50'0"N 29°50'0"N
30°0'0"N 30°0'0"N
30°10'0"N 30°10'0"N
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Copper Concentration (mg/l)
High : 0.0607936
Low : 0.00101479
COPPER CONCENTRATI ON MAP
DI STRI CT HARI DWAR
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Narsan
Laksar
Khanpur
Roorkee
HaridwarBhagwampur
Bahaderabad
77°50'0"E
77°50'0"E
78°0'0"E
78°0'0"E
78°10'0"E
78°10'0"E
29°40'0"N 29°40'0"N
29°50'0"N 29°50'0"N
30°0'0"N 30°0'0"N
30°10'0"N 30°10'0"N
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Zinc Concentration (mg/l)
High : 3.43757
Low : 0.00583
ZI NC CONCENTRATI ON MAP
DI STRI CT HARI DWAR
0 5 10 15 202.5
Km
GROUND WATER QUALITY
PIPPER DIAGRAM
GROUND WATER QUALITY
STATISTICAL SUMMARY
CONSTITUENT MIN MAX MEAN SD BIS DESIRABLE
LIMITS
PHYSICAL
pH 7.1 8.8 7.7 0.35 6.5-8.5
ELECTRICAL CONDUCTANCE
(micro mhos/cm at 250
C)
234 1562 673.8 282.26 -
TDS (mg/l) 154 1020 448.8 184.7 500
MAJOR IONS
Ca2+
(mg/l) 61.6 408 178.5 74.21 75
Mg2+
(mg/l) 15 99.1 43.59 17.94 -
N+
(mg/l) ND 259.6 30.87 59.45 -
K+
(mg/l) ND 66.8 7.33 17.35 -
Cl-
(mg/l) 1 144.9 22.69 29.88 250
SO4
2-
(mg/l) 64 358 188.8 62.26 200
HCO3
-
(mg/l) 103 602 277 84.88 200
CO3
2-
(mg/l) 0.21 10.71 1.77 1.51 -
CONTD…..
GROUND WATER QUALITY
CONSTITUENT MIN MAX MEAN SD BIS
DESIRABLE
LIMITS
NUTRIENTS
NO3
-
(mg/l) 1.6 230 34.95 38.09 45
PO4
2-
(mg/l) Trace
TOC (mg/l) Trace
HEAVY METALS
Cd (mg/l) ND 0.008 0.005 0.001 0.01
Cu (mg/l) ND 0.061 0.009 0.0117 0.05
Pb (mg/l) 0.001 0.028 0.004 0.0056 0.05
Zn (mg/l) 0.001 3.442 0.295 0.61 5
STATISTICAL SUMMARY
GROUND WATER QUALITY
INDEX OF AQUIFER WATER QUALITY
 DEVELOPED BY A.J.MELLOUL AND M COLLIN IN 1988.
 IT WILL GIVE AN IDEA OF OVERALL GROUND WATER QUALITY STATUS .
 IT IS AN EMPIRICAL INDEX SIMULTANEOUSLY USING A NUMBER OF PARAMETERS.
 IT ALSO USES RATING AND WEIGHING SYSTEM.
 IT CAN BE ESTIMATED IN GIS ENVIRONMENT.
GROUND WATER QUALITY
• SELECTION OF PARAMETERS IAWQ
THOSE CHEMICAL PARAMETERS FOR WHICH MORE THAN 10 % OF THE
SAMPLES SHOWING HIGHER CONCENTRATION THAN THE DESIRED LIMITS ARE
CONSIDERED.
Parameter
s
% of samples exceeding BIS desirable limits BIS desirable limits
TDS 27 500
Ca2+
57 75
TA 66 200
SO4
2-
32 200
NO3
-
15 45
EVEN THOUGH HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATIONS ARE WITHIN DESIRED LIMITS, LEAD
AND CADMIUM ARE CONSIDERED FOR INDEXING BECAUSE THESE ARE HIGHLY TOXIC
TO HUMAN AND OTHER FAUNA AND FLORA
GROUND WATER QUALITY
PROCEDURE FOR ESTIMATION OF IAWQ
WEIGHTING COEFFICIENTS IS CALCULATED BASED ON IMPACT OF EACH
PARAMETERS ON HUMAN HEALTH AND ITS GROUND WATER POLLUTION
POTENTIAL
GROUP PARAMETERS WEIGHT
I Cd 5
Pb 5
II NO3
-
4
III TDS 3
IV Ca2+
1
TA 1
SO4
2-
1
GROUND WATER QUALITY
PROCEDURE FOR ESTIMATION OF IAWQ
1. STANDARDISATION OF FIELD DATA
Xij = Pij/Dij where
Xij = STANDARDISED FIELD DATA
Pij = FIELD DATA
Dij = DESIRED BIS LIMIT
• RATING OF STANDARDISED DATA
Yi HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH Xij
1. FOR GOOD WATER QUALITY Xij IS EQUAL TO 0.1 THE CORRESPONDING INDEX
RATING IS 1
• FOR ACCEPTABLE WATER QUALITY Xij IS 1 THE CORRESPONDING INDEX RATING IS
GROUND WATER QUALITY
PROCEDURE FOR ESTIMATION OF IAWQ
C. FOR UNACCEPTABLE GROUND WATER QUALITY Xij EQUAL OR MORE THAN 3.5
CORRESPONDING INDEX RATING IS 10
NOW AS X1 = 0.1, Y1 = 1
X2 = 1, Y2 = 5
X3 = 3.5, Y3 = 10
Yij = f (Xij) CAN BE A PARABOLIC FUNCTION
THIS CAN BE CONVERTED TO A POLYNOMIAL
Yi = -0.712 * Xi
2
+ 5.228 * Xi + 0.484
GROUND WATER QUALITY
PROCEDURE FOR ESTIMATION OF IAWQ
3. THE FINAL IAWQ IS CALCULATED USING THE FORMULA
IAWQ = C / n
∑ =
n
i
YriWri1
)]*(
C CONSTANT (10)
n NO. OF PARAMETERS (7)
Wri Wi / Wmax
Yri Yi / Ymax
Wi WEIGHTING COEFFICIENT
Wmax MAXIMUM WEIGHTING COEFFICIENT(5)
Yi RATES AS CALCULATED FROM EQUATION
Ymax MAXIMUM RATE (10)
GROUND WATER QUALITY
FINAL IAWQ
CALCULATED IAWQ THROUGH GIS "
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Roorkee
HaridwarBhagwampur
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77°50'0"E
78°0'0"E
78°0'0"E
78°10'0"E
78°10'0"E
29°40'0"N 29°40'0"N
29°50'0"N 29°50'0"N
30°0'0"N 30°0'0"N
30°10'0"N 30°10'0"N
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IAWQ
High : 2.42364
Low : 0.739088
I NDEX OF AQUI FER WATER QUALI TY (I AWQ) MAP
DI STRI CT HARI DWAR
0 5 10 15 202.5
Km
GROUND WATER QUALITY
CONCLUSION
IN GENERAL, GROUND WATER QUALITY IS FIT FOR DRINKING AND AGRICULTURAL
PRACTICES.
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS RESULTS REVEALS THAT GROUND WATERS OF THE STUDY AREA IS
SLIGHTLY ALKALINE.
URBAN AREA OF THE STUDY AREA SHOWS HIGH TDS.
AMONG THE CATIONS CALCIUM AND MAGNESIUM ARE THE DOMINANT ONES, SODIUM
AND POTASSIUM ARE HAVING LOW VALUES IN MOST OF THE AREA.
SULPHATES ARE THE DOMINANT ANIONS. HIGH CHLORIDES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH
INTENSIVE CULTIVATION.
TOTAL ALKALINITY IS DOMINANT IN MAJORITY OF THE AREA.
HIGH VALUES OF NITRATES ARE DUE TO DECOMPOSITION OF URBAN WASTE.
HEAVY METALS ARE WELL WITHIN THE DESIRABLE LIMITS. HIGH VALUES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH
URBAN AND INDUSTRIALIZED AREAS.
GIS IS AN APT TOOL IN ASSESSMENT OF GROUND WATER VULNERABILITY TO POLLUTION.
WATER QUALITY IS NOT REFLECTED THE WAY VULNERABILITY TO POLLUTION.
AQUIFER RESISTIVITY AND LAND USE ARE BETTER PARAMETERS TO VALIDATE THE VULNERABILITY
INDICES IN SUCH CASES.
CONCLUSION
Carnival Infopark - Phase II
Kakkanad, Cochin,
India – 682030

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    SBL GSS Division RemoteSensing and GIS Application in Hydro geological Mapping and Water Quality Modeling By Venugopalan Nair
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    Outline 1. Introduction 2. RemoteSensing System 3. Electro Magnetic Spectrum 4. Digital Image Processing 5. Radiometric corrections 6. Geometric corrections 7. Thematic mapping 8. Hydro geological Mapping 9. Water Quality Modeling- A Case Study
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    Self Introduction Name: VenugopalanNair Education: M.Sc. (Applied Geology), Barkatullah University, Bhopal, India M.Tech (Remote Sensing), Bharathidasan University, Trichy, India M.Tech (Hydrology), IIT, Roorkee, India Experience: 15 Years + in GIS National Geophysical Research Institute GB Pant Institute ofHimalayan Environment and Development Defense Terrain Research Lab Central Ground Water Board RMSI SBL
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    Self Introduction • Venugopalan Nair,Senior Manager, SBL has delivered a lecture on “Remote sensing and GIS in hydrogeological mapping and water quality modeling” for a training course on sustainable development and management of ground water resources, conducted by Central Ground Water Board, Rajiv Gandhi National Ground Water Training and Research Institute, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Ministry of water Resources, Government of India • In the lecture, Mr.Nair has explained the basics of remote sensing technology to participants from agricultural, soil conservation, Cochin University of Science and Technology, and many other departments constantly works for sustainable development. The presentation explained how this useful technology and implement in agriculture, land resource utilization, water conservation and ground water quality modeling. The enthusiastic participants made many queries in their respective domain and updated themselves about this technology.
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    Resolutions in RemoteSensing 1. Spatial Resolution 2. Spectral Resolution 3. Radiometric Resolution 4. Temporal Resolution Resolutions in RResolutions in Remote Sensihjhjkhkngdfwefrefrte3trer3434ererwem ote Sensing
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    Spatial Resolutions CARTOSAT IMAGE Spatial Resolution: 2.5m LISS IV Image Spatial Resolution 5.8m Land sat Image Spatial Resolution 30m
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    Satellite Image Procurement 1.Sun Angle 2. Nadir angle 3. STD/Ortho ready
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    Digital Image Processing 1.Radiometric Corrections 2. Geometric Corrections 3. Image classification
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    GIS Services –Geo Referencing Using Feature matching Using DGPS points Using reference coordinates /grid
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    Classification 1. Supervised classification 2.Unsupervised classification 3. Hybrid classification
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    Supervised Classification 1. Trainingsite identification 2. Spectral signature collection 3. Statistical analysis 4. Classification Methods 5. Process running
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    Supervised Classification • Advantages –Analyst has control over the selected classes tailored to the purpose – Has specific classes of known identity – Does not have to match spectral categories on the final map with informational categories of interest – Can detect serious errors in classification if training areas are misclassified
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    Supervised Classification • Disadvantages –Analyst imposes a classification (may not be natural) – Training data are usually tied to informational categories and not spectral properties • Remember diversity – Training data selected may not be representative – Selection of training data may be time consuming and expensive – May not be able to recognize special or unique categories because they are not known or small
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    Unsupervised Classification • Advantages –Requires no prior knowledge of the region – Human error is minimized – Unique classes are recognized as distinct units • Disadvantages – Classes do not necessarily match informational categories of interest – Limited control of classes and identities – Spectral properties of classes can change with time
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    Land Use LandCover Mapping Activities  Input image collection  Geo referencing  LULC schema preparation  Image classification  Topology corrections  Field verification  Post field updation  Final LULC map compilation
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    PICTORIAL REPRESENTATION OF GROUNDWATER QUALITY DETERIORATION
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    STUDY AREA LOCATION " " " " " " " Narsan Laksar Khanpur Roorkee HaridwarBhagwampur Bahaderabad 77°50'0"E 77°50'0"E 78°0'0"E 78°0'0"E 78°10'0"E 78°10'0"E 29°40'0"N 29°40'0"N 29°50'0"N29°50'0"N 30°0'0"N 30°0'0"N 30°10'0"N 30°10'0"N º LOCATI ON MAP DI STRI CT HARI DWAR 0 2.5 5 7.5 101.25 Km 53 K/1 53 K/2 53J/4 53F/16 53G/13 53 G/14
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    " " " " " " " Narsan Laksar Khanpur Roorkee HaridwarBhagwampur Bahaderabad 77°50'0"E 77°50'0"E 78°0'0"E 78°0'0"E 78°10'0"E 78°10'0"E 29°40'0"N 29°40'0"N 29°50'0"N 29°50'0"N 30°0'0"N30°0'0"N 30°10'0"N 30°10'0"N º GEOLOGI CAL MAP DI STRI CT HARI DWAR 0 3 6 9 121.5 Km Legend Formations Doon Alluvium Siwaliks Bhabar Tarai Alluvial Plains GEOLOGY SIWALIC FORMATIONS INDO-GANGETIC ALLUVIUM BHABAR TARAI ALLUVIAL PLAINS STUDY AREA
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    HYDRO-GEOLOGY AQUIFER PARAMETERS RANGE THICKNESSOF SHALLOW AQUIFERS 4 TO 100M DEPTH TO WATER LEVEL 1.5 TO 17.6 M BGL COEFFICIENT OF PERMEABILITY 2.16 TO 28.8 M/DAY STORATIVITY 1 X 10-4 TO 3.74 X 10-4 TRANSMISSIVITY 10 TO 2880 M2 /DAY SPECIFIC YIELD 0.13 TO 0.26 STUDY AREA
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    HYDRO-GEOLOGY CROSS SECTION ALONGMANAKPUR - JWALAPUR CROSS SECTION ALONG GANESHPUR – SHIKARPUR STUDY AREA
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    IAWQ MODEL THROUGHGIS × 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1 × 5 × 3 WeightRatings 9 3 6 5 5 6 4 132
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    AQUIFER WATER QUALITYINDEX  THE METHOD HAS A LOW COST OF APPLICATION  APPLIED IN EXTENSIVE REGIONS  RELATIVELY FEW, EASY TO COLLECT, AND COMMON DATA IS REQUIRED  SEVERAL PARAMETERS AND THEIR INTERRELATIONSHIP DECREASE THE PROBABILITY OF IGNORING SOME IMPORTANT PARAMETERS RESTRICT THE EFFECT OF AN INCIDENTAL ERROR  ENHANCE THE STATISTICAL ACCURACY OF THE MODEL OTHER SPECIALIZED METHODS WOULD REQUIRE SPECIFIC PARAMETERS. ADVANTAGES OF AWQI METHOD
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    DRASTIC MODEL DISADVANTAGES OFDRASTIC METHOD SO MANY VARIABLES ARE FACTORED INTO THE FINAL INDEX THAT CRITICAL PARAMETERS IN GROUND WATER CONTAMINATION MAY BE SUBDUED BY OTHER PARAMETERS THAT HAVE NO BEARING ON GROUND WATER POLLUTION.  THE SELECTION OF THE PARAMETERS IS BASED ON QUALITATIVE JUDGMENT AND NOT QUANTITATIVE STUDIES.
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    MODALITY OF GROUNDWATER SAMPLE COLLECTION PRE FIELD PREPARATIONS PURGING OF THE WELLS SAMPLE COLLECTION FIELD ANALYSIS pH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTANCE TEMPERATURE STORAGE LABORATORY ANALYSIS GROUND WATER QUALITY
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    LABORATORY ANALYSIS CONSTITUENT METHOD PHYSICAL pHPOTENTIOMETRIC ELECTRICAL CONDUCTANCE (micro mhos/cm at 250 C) ELECTROMETRIC TDS ELECTROMETRIC MAJOR IONS Ca2+ TITRIMETRIC Mg2+ EMPERICAL CALCULATION N+ PHOTOMETRIC (EMISSION) K+ PHOTOMETRIC (EMISSION) Cl- TITRIMETRIC SO4 2- GRAVIMETRIC HCO3 - EMPERICAL CALCULATION CO3 2- EMPERICAL CALCULATION Contd….. GROUND WATER QUALITY
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    LABORATORY ANALYSIS CONSTITUENT METHOD NUTRIENTS NO3 - IONSELECTIVE ELECTRODES PO4 2- SPECTRO PHOTOMETRIC (ABSORPTION) TOC TOC ANALYSER HEAVY METALS Cd VOLTAMETRIC Cu VOLTAMETRIC Pb VOLTAMETRIC Zn VOLTAMETRIC GROUND WATER QUALITY
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    DISTRIBUTION OF pHAND TDS " " " " " " " Narsan Laksar Khanpur Roorkee HaridwarBhagwampur Bahaderabad 77°50'0"E 77°50'0"E 78°0'0"E 78°0'0"E 78°10'0"E 78°10'0"E 29°40'0"N 29°40'0"N 29°50'0"N 29°50'0"N 30°0'0"N 30°0'0"N 30°10'0"N 30°10'0"N º Legend pH Value High : 8.8 Low : 7.1 POTENTI AL HYDROGEN I ON CONCENTRATI ON (pH) MAP DI STRI CT HARI DWAR 0 5 10 15 202.5 Km " " " " " " " Narsan Laksar Khanpur Roorkee HaridwarBhagwampur Bahaderabad 77°50'0"E 77°50'0"E 78°0'0"E 78°0'0"E 78°10'0"E 78°10'0"E 29°40'0"N 29°40'0"N 29°50'0"N 29°50'0"N 30°0'0"N 30°0'0"N 30°10'0"N 30°10'0"N º Legend TDS (mg/l) 0- 500 500 - 1,010 TOTAL DI SSOLVED SOLI DS (TDS) MAP DI STRI CT HARI DWAR 0 5 10 15 202.5 Km GROUND WATER QUALITY
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    DISTRIBUTION OF Ca+ ANDMg2+ " " " " " " " Narsan Laksar Khanpur Roorkee HaridwarBhagwampur Bahaderabad 77°50'0"E 77°50'0"E 78°0'0"E 78°0'0"E 78°10'0"E 78°10'0"E 29°40'0"N 29°40'0"N 29°50'0"N 29°50'0"N 30°0'0"N 30°0'0"N 30°10'0"N 30°10'0"N º Legend Calcium Concentration (mg/l) 0 - 75 75 - 150 150 - 225 225 - 300 300 - 408 CALCI UM CONCENTRATI ON MAP DI STRI CT HARI DWAR 0 5 10 15 202.5 Km " " " " " " " Narsan Laksar Khanpur Roorkee HaridwarBhagwampur Bahaderabad 77°50'0"E 77°50'0"E 78°0'0"E 78°0'0"E 78°10'0"E 78°10'0"E 29°40'0"N 29°40'0"N 29°50'0"N 29°50'0"N 30°0'0"N 30°0'0"N 30°10'0"N 30°10'0"N º Legend Magnisium Concentration (mg/l) 15- 30 30 - 60 60 - 90 90 - 98 MAGNI SI UM CONCENTRATI ON MAP DI STRI CT HARI DWAR 0 5 10 15 202.5 Km GROUND WATER QUALITY
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    DISTRIBUTION OF Na+ ANDK+ " " " " " " " Narsan Laksar Khanpur Roorkee HaridwarBhagwampur Bahaderabad 77°50'0"E 77°50'0"E 78°0'0"E 78°0'0"E 78°10'0"E 78°10'0"E 29°40'0"N 29°40'0"N 29°50'0"N 29°50'0"N 30°0'0"N 30°0'0"N 30°10'0"N 30°10'0"N º Legend Sodium Concentration (mg/l) High : 259 Low : 0 SODI UM CONCENTRATI ON MAP DI STRI CT HARI DWAR 0 5 10 15 202.5 Km " " " " " " " Narsan Laksar Khanpur Roorkee HaridwarBhagwampur Bahaderabad 77°50'0"E 77°50'0"E 78°0'0"E 78°0'0"E 78°10'0"E 78°10'0"E 29°40'0"N 29°40'0"N 29°50'0"N 29°50'0"N 30°0'0"N 30°0'0"N 30°10'0"N 30°10'0"N º Legend Potassium Concentration (mg/l) High : 66 Low :0 POTASSI UM CONCENTRATI ON MAP DI STRI CT HARI DWAR 0 5 10 15 202.5 Km GROUND WATER QUALITY
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    DISTRIBUTION OF Cl- ANDSO4 2- " " " " " " " Narsan Laksar Khanpur Roorkee HaridwarBhagwampur Bahaderabad 77°50'0"E 77°50'0"E 78°0'0"E 78°0'0"E 78°10'0"E 78°10'0"E 29°40'0"N 29°40'0"N 29°50'0"N 29°50'0"N 30°0'0"N 30°0'0"N 30°10'0"N 30°10'0"N º Legend Chloride Concentration (mg/l) High : 87.0844 Low : 2.11874 CHLORI DE CONCENTRATI ON MAP DI STRI CT HARI DWAR 0 5 10 15 202.5 Km " " " " " " " Narsan Laksar Khanpur Roorkee HaridwarBhagwampur Bahaderabad 77°50'0"E 77°50'0"E 78°0'0"E 78°0'0"E 78°10'0"E 78°10'0"E 29°40'0"N 29°40'0"N 29°50'0"N 29°50'0"N 30°0'0"N 30°0'0"N 30°10'0"N 30°10'0"N º Legend Sulphate Concentration (mg/l) 0 - 200 200 - 400 SULPHATE CONCENTRATI ON MAP DI STRI CT HARI DWAR 0 5 10 15 202.5 Km GROUND WATER QUALITY
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    DISTRIBUTION OF TAAND NO3 - " " " " " " " Narsan Laksar Khanpur Roorkee HaridwarBhagwampur Bahaderabad 77°50'0"E 77°50'0"E 78°0'0"E 78°0'0"E 78°10'0"E 78°10'0"E 29°40'0"N 29°40'0"N 29°50'0"N 29°50'0"N 30°0'0"N 30°0'0"N 30°10'0"N 30°10'0"N º Legend Total Alkalinity (mg/l) 0 - 200 200 - 400 400 - 600 TOTAL ALKALI NI TY MAP DI STRI CT HARI DWAR 0 5 10 15 202.5 Km " " " " " " " Narsan Laksar Khanpur Roorkee HaridwarBhagwampur Bahaderabad 77°50'0"E 77°50'0"E 78°0'0"E 78°0'0"E 78°10'0"E 78°10'0"E 29°40'0"N 29°40'0"N 29°50'0"N 29°50'0"N 30°0'0"N 30°0'0"N 30°10'0"N 30°10'0"N º Legend Nitrate Concentration (mg/l) 0- 45 45 - 90 90 - 135 135 - 180 180 - 225 225 - 230 NI TRATE CONCENTRATI ON MAP DI STRI CT HARI DWAR 0 5 10 15 202.5 Km GROUND WATER QUALITY
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    DISTRIBUTION OF CdAND Pb " " " " " " " Narsan Laksar Khanpur Roorkee HaridwarBhagwampur Bahaderabad 77°50'0"E 77°50'0"E 78°0'0"E 78°0'0"E 78°10'0"E 78°10'0"E 29°40'0"N 29°40'0"N 29°50'0"N 29°50'0"N 30°0'0"N 30°0'0"N 30°10'0"N 30°10'0"N º Legend Cadmium Concentration (mg/l) High : 0.00775389 Low : 0 CADMI UM CONCENTRATI ON MAP DI STRI CT HARI DWAR 0 5 10 15 202.5 Km " " " " " " " Narsan Laksar Khanpur Roorkee HaridwarBhagwampur Bahaderabad 77°50'0"E 77°50'0"E 78°0'0"E 78°0'0"E 78°10'0"E 78°10'0"E 29°40'0"N 29°40'0"N 29°50'0"N 29°50'0"N 30°0'0"N 30°0'0"N 30°10'0"N 30°10'0"N º Legend Lead Concentration (mg/l) High : 0.027918 Low : 0.00100244 LEAD CONCENTRATI ON MAP DI STRI CT HARI DWAR 0 5 10 15 202.5 Km GROUND WATER QUALITY
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    DISTRIBUTION OF CuAND Zn " " " " " " " Narsan Laksar Khanpur Roorkee HaridwarBhagwampur Bahaderabad 77°50'0"E 77°50'0"E 78°0'0"E 78°0'0"E 78°10'0"E 78°10'0"E 29°40'0"N 29°40'0"N 29°50'0"N 29°50'0"N 30°0'0"N 30°0'0"N 30°10'0"N 30°10'0"N º Legend Copper Concentration (mg/l) High : 0.0607936 Low : 0.00101479 COPPER CONCENTRATI ON MAP DI STRI CT HARI DWAR 0 5 10 15 202.5 Km " " " " " " " Narsan Laksar Khanpur Roorkee HaridwarBhagwampur Bahaderabad 77°50'0"E 77°50'0"E 78°0'0"E 78°0'0"E 78°10'0"E 78°10'0"E 29°40'0"N 29°40'0"N 29°50'0"N 29°50'0"N 30°0'0"N 30°0'0"N 30°10'0"N 30°10'0"N º Legend Zinc Concentration (mg/l) High : 3.43757 Low : 0.00583 ZI NC CONCENTRATI ON MAP DI STRI CT HARI DWAR 0 5 10 15 202.5 Km GROUND WATER QUALITY
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    STATISTICAL SUMMARY CONSTITUENT MINMAX MEAN SD BIS DESIRABLE LIMITS PHYSICAL pH 7.1 8.8 7.7 0.35 6.5-8.5 ELECTRICAL CONDUCTANCE (micro mhos/cm at 250 C) 234 1562 673.8 282.26 - TDS (mg/l) 154 1020 448.8 184.7 500 MAJOR IONS Ca2+ (mg/l) 61.6 408 178.5 74.21 75 Mg2+ (mg/l) 15 99.1 43.59 17.94 - N+ (mg/l) ND 259.6 30.87 59.45 - K+ (mg/l) ND 66.8 7.33 17.35 - Cl- (mg/l) 1 144.9 22.69 29.88 250 SO4 2- (mg/l) 64 358 188.8 62.26 200 HCO3 - (mg/l) 103 602 277 84.88 200 CO3 2- (mg/l) 0.21 10.71 1.77 1.51 - CONTD….. GROUND WATER QUALITY
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    CONSTITUENT MIN MAXMEAN SD BIS DESIRABLE LIMITS NUTRIENTS NO3 - (mg/l) 1.6 230 34.95 38.09 45 PO4 2- (mg/l) Trace TOC (mg/l) Trace HEAVY METALS Cd (mg/l) ND 0.008 0.005 0.001 0.01 Cu (mg/l) ND 0.061 0.009 0.0117 0.05 Pb (mg/l) 0.001 0.028 0.004 0.0056 0.05 Zn (mg/l) 0.001 3.442 0.295 0.61 5 STATISTICAL SUMMARY GROUND WATER QUALITY
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    INDEX OF AQUIFERWATER QUALITY  DEVELOPED BY A.J.MELLOUL AND M COLLIN IN 1988.  IT WILL GIVE AN IDEA OF OVERALL GROUND WATER QUALITY STATUS .  IT IS AN EMPIRICAL INDEX SIMULTANEOUSLY USING A NUMBER OF PARAMETERS.  IT ALSO USES RATING AND WEIGHING SYSTEM.  IT CAN BE ESTIMATED IN GIS ENVIRONMENT. GROUND WATER QUALITY
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    • SELECTION OFPARAMETERS IAWQ THOSE CHEMICAL PARAMETERS FOR WHICH MORE THAN 10 % OF THE SAMPLES SHOWING HIGHER CONCENTRATION THAN THE DESIRED LIMITS ARE CONSIDERED. Parameter s % of samples exceeding BIS desirable limits BIS desirable limits TDS 27 500 Ca2+ 57 75 TA 66 200 SO4 2- 32 200 NO3 - 15 45 EVEN THOUGH HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATIONS ARE WITHIN DESIRED LIMITS, LEAD AND CADMIUM ARE CONSIDERED FOR INDEXING BECAUSE THESE ARE HIGHLY TOXIC TO HUMAN AND OTHER FAUNA AND FLORA GROUND WATER QUALITY
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    PROCEDURE FOR ESTIMATIONOF IAWQ WEIGHTING COEFFICIENTS IS CALCULATED BASED ON IMPACT OF EACH PARAMETERS ON HUMAN HEALTH AND ITS GROUND WATER POLLUTION POTENTIAL GROUP PARAMETERS WEIGHT I Cd 5 Pb 5 II NO3 - 4 III TDS 3 IV Ca2+ 1 TA 1 SO4 2- 1 GROUND WATER QUALITY
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    PROCEDURE FOR ESTIMATIONOF IAWQ 1. STANDARDISATION OF FIELD DATA Xij = Pij/Dij where Xij = STANDARDISED FIELD DATA Pij = FIELD DATA Dij = DESIRED BIS LIMIT • RATING OF STANDARDISED DATA Yi HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO EACH Xij 1. FOR GOOD WATER QUALITY Xij IS EQUAL TO 0.1 THE CORRESPONDING INDEX RATING IS 1 • FOR ACCEPTABLE WATER QUALITY Xij IS 1 THE CORRESPONDING INDEX RATING IS GROUND WATER QUALITY
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    PROCEDURE FOR ESTIMATIONOF IAWQ C. FOR UNACCEPTABLE GROUND WATER QUALITY Xij EQUAL OR MORE THAN 3.5 CORRESPONDING INDEX RATING IS 10 NOW AS X1 = 0.1, Y1 = 1 X2 = 1, Y2 = 5 X3 = 3.5, Y3 = 10 Yij = f (Xij) CAN BE A PARABOLIC FUNCTION THIS CAN BE CONVERTED TO A POLYNOMIAL Yi = -0.712 * Xi 2 + 5.228 * Xi + 0.484 GROUND WATER QUALITY
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    PROCEDURE FOR ESTIMATIONOF IAWQ 3. THE FINAL IAWQ IS CALCULATED USING THE FORMULA IAWQ = C / n ∑ = n i YriWri1 )]*( C CONSTANT (10) n NO. OF PARAMETERS (7) Wri Wi / Wmax Yri Yi / Ymax Wi WEIGHTING COEFFICIENT Wmax MAXIMUM WEIGHTING COEFFICIENT(5) Yi RATES AS CALCULATED FROM EQUATION Ymax MAXIMUM RATE (10) GROUND WATER QUALITY
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    FINAL IAWQ CALCULATED IAWQTHROUGH GIS " " " " " " " Narsan Laksar Khanpur Roorkee HaridwarBhagwampur Bahaderabad 77°50'0"E 77°50'0"E 78°0'0"E 78°0'0"E 78°10'0"E 78°10'0"E 29°40'0"N 29°40'0"N 29°50'0"N 29°50'0"N 30°0'0"N 30°0'0"N 30°10'0"N 30°10'0"N º Legend IAWQ High : 2.42364 Low : 0.739088 I NDEX OF AQUI FER WATER QUALI TY (I AWQ) MAP DI STRI CT HARI DWAR 0 5 10 15 202.5 Km GROUND WATER QUALITY
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    CONCLUSION IN GENERAL, GROUNDWATER QUALITY IS FIT FOR DRINKING AND AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES. CHEMICAL ANALYSIS RESULTS REVEALS THAT GROUND WATERS OF THE STUDY AREA IS SLIGHTLY ALKALINE. URBAN AREA OF THE STUDY AREA SHOWS HIGH TDS. AMONG THE CATIONS CALCIUM AND MAGNESIUM ARE THE DOMINANT ONES, SODIUM AND POTASSIUM ARE HAVING LOW VALUES IN MOST OF THE AREA. SULPHATES ARE THE DOMINANT ANIONS. HIGH CHLORIDES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH INTENSIVE CULTIVATION. TOTAL ALKALINITY IS DOMINANT IN MAJORITY OF THE AREA. HIGH VALUES OF NITRATES ARE DUE TO DECOMPOSITION OF URBAN WASTE.
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    HEAVY METALS AREWELL WITHIN THE DESIRABLE LIMITS. HIGH VALUES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH URBAN AND INDUSTRIALIZED AREAS. GIS IS AN APT TOOL IN ASSESSMENT OF GROUND WATER VULNERABILITY TO POLLUTION. WATER QUALITY IS NOT REFLECTED THE WAY VULNERABILITY TO POLLUTION. AQUIFER RESISTIVITY AND LAND USE ARE BETTER PARAMETERS TO VALIDATE THE VULNERABILITY INDICES IN SUCH CASES. CONCLUSION
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    Carnival Infopark -Phase II Kakkanad, Cochin, India – 682030