Abstract
Noyyal River is historically, ecologically and culturally significant river in Kongu region of western Tamilnadu. More than 100 villages are situated along the banks of the Noyyal River and it’s the was the best site of inhabitation on both the sides of the river up to 3 km from the river before the emergence of the issue of industrial pollution. But now river Noyyal was highly polluted by domestic and industrial growth by discharging of both domestic and industrial are discharged without any treatment. So methodology was proposed to identify the suitable zone for groundwater quality by using land use/land cover data along with groundwater quality in analytic hierarchy process. Suitability of groundwater for drinking was identified in the study area by collecting 63 samples in both postmonsoon and premonsoon as per Indian standards. To evaluate the land use pattern of the study area, land use/land cover map was prepared from satellite images of LISS III by using supervised classification according to National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA) using Erdas imagine 8.4 software. Using ArcGIS software, weighted overlay analyses were carried out to identify the suitable zones for groundwater quality in postmonsoon and premonsoon and finally these two thematic maps were integrated with land use/land cover map to identify the suitable zone for quality of water. The interpretation shows that groundwater in most of the locations were unsuitable for drinking purposes.
Highlights
Groundwater is a vital natural resource and it is used for drinking, irrigation and industrial purposes
Using ArcGIS software, weighted overlay analyses were carried out to identify the suitable zones for groundwater quality in postmonsoon and premonsoon and these two thematic maps were integrated with land use/land cover map to identify the suitable zone for quality of water
The present study is to evaluate the physico-chemical characteristics of groundwater in and around a Noyyal River basin and integrated with land use/land cover data for the assessment and suitability of groundwater for drinking purposes
Summary
Groundwater is a vital natural resource and it is used for drinking, irrigation and industrial purposes. The temporal changes in the origin and constitution of the recharged water, hydrologic and human factors may cause periodic change in groundwater quality. This water pollution affects water quality and threatens human health, economic development, and social prosperity. Noyyal River is one of the tributaries of the river Cauvery, which originates from the hills of Vellingiri, termed as southern Kailayam in Western Ghats and flows towards the southwest of Coimbatore district in Tamil Nadu, and it ends in river Cauvery at Kodumudi in Karur district It flows through Coimbatore, Tiruppur, Erode and Karur districts with its catchments in seven taluks (Coimbatore, Tiruppur, Avinashi, Palladam, Dharapuram, Erode and Karur).
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