Hydrochemical concept of groundwater in and around Atmakuru area, Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh, India

Groundwater is used for domestic, industrial water supply and for irrigation all over the world. Although threefourth of earth is being surrounded by sea only a little portion of it can be used for drinking purpose. To classify the ground water ability for different purposes various graphical plots like Piper tri-linear and Durov have been drawn. On the basis of piper diagram illustrated that the alkaline earth metals (Ca2+ + Mg2+) significantly exceed the alkalis (Na+ + K+) and strong acids exceeds weak acids. The dominant cation found in groundwater is Mg2+ and the dominant anion is Cl- type. The groundwater quality of Atmakuru is influenced by various natural and anthropogenic factors.

Author(s): Narsimha. A1, Sudarshan. V1, Srinivasulu. P2, Venkateswarlu. P1 and Rajeswara Reddy. B1

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