Hydrochemical studies and effect of irrigation on groundwater quality in tondiar basin tamil nadu

Abstract

Groundwater is the largest source of fresh water available in the earth newlineIt is a vital renewable resource that supplies water for domestic purpose apart newlinefor other purposes in many parts of the world Quality of groundwater that is newlineput into various uses is as important as the quality of available resource The newlinechange in the quality of water is predominantly controlled by chemical newlineprocesses Several studies on the chemical nature of groundwater sources of newlinechemicals and aquifer pollution have been carried out throughout the world newlineEven though there are several studies in general on groundwater quality no newlineattempt has been made to study the hydrochemical studies of a river basin in newlinerelation to irrigated agricultural practice Hence, a study on hydrochemical newlineand solute concentrations beneath an irrigated land was carried out in the newlineTondiar River Basin Tamil Nadu Southern India newline newline