Quality Assessment of Groundwater of Barind Area, Bangladesh using Integrated Hydrochemical Method
M. H. Ali *
Agricultural Engineering Division, Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA), BAU Campus, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh.
M. H. Zaman
Agricultural Engineering Division, Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA), BAU Campus, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh.
M. A. Islam
Agricultural Engineering Division, Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA), BAU Campus, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh.
P. Biswas
Agricultural Engineering Division, Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA), BAU Campus, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh.
N. N. Karim
Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council, Farmgate, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
M. A. Kader
Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council, Farmgate, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The study was conducted for assessing water quality for drinking and irrigation purposes of groundwater sources. Total 50 water samples were collected from different locations of Nachol and Niamatpurupazilla of Chapainawabgonj and Naogaon district in January 2019 and January 2020. Water quality parameters like pH, electrical conductivity (Ec), iron (Fe), manganese (Mn), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), zinc (Zn), copper (Cu), sodium (Na), potassium (K), total hardness (TH), alkalinity, sulphate (SO4), nitrate (NO3), nitrite (NO2), ammonia (NH4), phosphate (PO4), chloride (Cl), dissolved oxygen (DO), and total dissolved solids (TDS) were analyzed in the laboratory. All the analyzed parameters were compared with national and international drinking and irrigation water quality standards to understand the overall groundwater quality status of the study area. The study showed that the water samples of almost all the locations were suitable for consumption and irrigation.
Keywords: Water quality, water quality index, chemical parameters, irrigation