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Urbanization persuadedgeochemical impact assessment of groundwater quality for Kattankulathur block, Tamil Nadu, Southern India
Sachikanta Nanda1, Kamal Kumar Barik1, R Annadurai2, Mahalingam S3.
1Research scholars, Department of Civil Engineering SRM University, India
2Profffessor, Department of Civil Engineering SRM University, India
3Research scholars, Department of Geology, AC Tech. campus, Guindy, India
2Profffessor, Department of Civil Engineering SRM University, India
3Research scholars, Department of Geology, AC Tech. campus, Guindy, India
Sachikanta Nanda et al /Int.J. TechnoChem Res. 2021,7(1),pp 01-12.
Abstract
Quality of groundwater guarantees the healthiness, prosperity and development of
the civilization. The exiting humanoid demands clean water for daily consumption as drinking,
different domestic usages and for agricultural activities. It is a known fact that groundwater is
the only source of freshwater in highly urbanized regime. The over inhabitants and non-judicial
development of groundwater along with the dumping of untreated urban solid waste is a
potential source of threat for groundwater contamination. For the current study the
Kattankulathur Block of Kanchipuram district of Tamil Nadu has been undertaken to
understand the urbanization trend and its impact on groundwater. The block is having a
geographical area of 378.536 sq. km with variant educational and industrial sectors and besides
with Thirurpour blocks which is having more than 60% of textile industries. The present
urbanized area is of an extent of 55.44sq.km.(2014) which is more than two fold compared to
the 1995 which was 22.509.km for this block. Present study targets at examining different
factors of water quality around different parts of the Kattankulathur Block. The spatial
distribution of water quality contours has been plotted using ArcView. The study shows though
the groundwater potential is decreasing in alarming rate, the potentiality of groundwater in
terms of drinking water quality
the civilization. The exiting humanoid demands clean water for daily consumption as drinking,
different domestic usages and for agricultural activities. It is a known fact that groundwater is
the only source of freshwater in highly urbanized regime. The over inhabitants and non-judicial
development of groundwater along with the dumping of untreated urban solid waste is a
potential source of threat for groundwater contamination. For the current study the
Kattankulathur Block of Kanchipuram district of Tamil Nadu has been undertaken to
understand the urbanization trend and its impact on groundwater. The block is having a
geographical area of 378.536 sq. km with variant educational and industrial sectors and besides
with Thirurpour blocks which is having more than 60% of textile industries. The present
urbanized area is of an extent of 55.44sq.km.(2014) which is more than two fold compared to
the 1995 which was 22.509.km for this block. Present study targets at examining different
factors of water quality around different parts of the Kattankulathur Block. The spatial
distribution of water quality contours has been plotted using ArcView. The study shows though
the groundwater potential is decreasing in alarming rate, the potentiality of groundwater in
terms of drinking water quality
Keywords
Groundwater, Water Quality Parameters, Spatial Distribution, Urbanization
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