Evaluation of Groundwater Quality and its Suitability for Agricultural Use in Lingala area of Kadapa District, Andhra Pradesh, South India

L. Chandra Sekhar Reddy, K.V Ramana Reddy, S. M. Deshpande, K. R. Aher

Abstract


This groundwater source can be used to irrigate all types of soils. From Wilcox plot, it is observed that groundwater of the study area is excellent to good and good to permissible quality for irrigation utilizes. Based on Wilcox plot, out of 22 groundwater samples, six samples fall in the zone of excellent to good category and sixteen samples fall in good to permissible category. Overall the analytical data of the groundwater in the study area indicates that groundwater is suitable for irrigational purpose.

Keywords


Groundwater quality; Irrigation; Hydrochemistry; SAR; %Na; RSC; KR; RSBC; PI; MAR; Lingala

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