Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
  • Year: 2024
  • Volume: 23
  • Issue: 1

Assessment of groundwater quality for irrigation suitability in the Navsari taluka

  • Author:
  • Sonal Tripathi1,*, Narendra Singh2, Rajkishore Kumar3, D.M. Chaudhari4, Kshitindra Kumar Singh5
  • Total Page Count: 11
  • Page Number: 33 to 43

1Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Soil Science, N.M. College of Agriculture, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari-396450, Gujarat

2Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Soil Science, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari-396450, Gujarat

3Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Soil Science, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur-813210, Bihar

4Agriculture Officer, Department of Soil Science, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari-396450, Gujarat

5Senior Technical Officer, Water Resource Management, SIR CIMFR (Barwa Road), Dhanbad, Jharkhand

*Corresponding author Email id: sdixit77@nau.in

Online published on 17 March, 2025.

Abstract

The irrigation water quality index (IWQI) in Navsari Taluka has been used as an effort to comprehend the quality of groundwater. Total 75 groundwater samples were taken from18 villages during the premonsoon season (during May 2019) and the post-monsoon season (during November 2019). The IWQI values ranged from 25.29 to 82.27 during the pre-monsoon season, and from 9.98 to 85.45 during the post-monsoon season. Prior to the monsoon, the majority of groundwater for agricultural purposes was classified as moderately or severely restricted. Following the monsoon, however, a large amount of groundwater was improved to a low to moderate degree of limitation. As a result, seasonal changes in groundwater composition have had a significant impact, with irrigation water quality indicators improving during the post-monsoon period compared to the pre-monsoon period.

Keywords

Groundwater, Seasonal variation, IWQI, Navsari, GIS