Abstract
Groundwater quality should be continuously monitored for irrigation and drinking purpose so that risk from geochemical contaminants can be reduced by appropriate treatment method. Therefore, the focus of the present study was to determine the suitability of groundwater collected from South West Delhi, India, for irrigation and drinking purpose on the basis of various water quality indices. In order to assess the groundwater quality, 50 samples were collected from different sites of selected study area and parameters such as pH, EC (electrical conductivity), total dissolved solids (TDS), salinity, total hardness (TH), total alkalinity (HCO3−), calcium (Ca+2), magnesium (Mg+2), sodium (Na+), potassium (K+), chloride (Cl−), Fluoride (F−), sulfates (SO4−2) and Nitrates (NO3−) were determined. Based on the above parameters, sodium adsorption ratio (SAR), soluble sodium percentage (SSP), residual sodium carbonate (RSC), permeability index (PI), magnesium adsorption ratio (MAR), Kelley's ratio (KR) and Na% were calculated. Water quality index (WQI), which is an important and unique rating to represent the overall water quality in a single term that is useful to determine the suitability of water for human consumption, was also estimated. The present dataset demonstrated the application of water quality indices that would be helpful to policymakers for appropriate management, treatment and sustainable societal development at large.
Highlights
Assessment of groundwater quality by water quality indices for irrigation and drinking in South West Delhi, India
Groundwater quality should be continuously monitored for irrigation and drinking purpose so that risk from geochemical contaminants can be reduced by appropriate treatment method
The focus of the present study was to determine the suitability of groundwater collected from South West Delhi, India, for irrigation and drinking purpose on the basis of various water quality indices
Summary
The South West District, Delhi stretches over an area of 420 square kilometers approximately. It is one of the eleven administrative districts of the National Capital Territory of Delhi in India. The. Subcity of Dwarka serves as the administrative headquarters of South West Delhi. The sampling sites were chosen to cover the entire studied area (Fig. 1)
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