Seasonal variation of groundwater quality in a part of Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India

• Published in: Environmental earth sciences Vol. 49; no. 3; pp. 413 - 429
• Main Author: Subba Rao, N
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin Berlin/Heidelberg : Springer-Verlag 01.01.2006; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Agricultural area; Anthropogenic factors; Arid climates; Drinking water; Earth sciences; Earth, ocean, space; Engineering and environment geology. Geothermics; Evaporation; Exact sciences and technology; Geochemistry; Groundwater; Groundwater irrigation; Groundwater quality; Guntur district; Hydrogeology; Hydrology. Hydrogeology; Irrigation water; Leaching; Management plan; Mineralogy; Monsoons; Pollution, environment geology; Precambrian; Seasonal variations; Semiarid climates; Silicates; Sustainable development; Water analysis; Water geochemistry; Water pollution; Water quality; Water quality standards; Water sampling; Wind; India; Eastern Ghats; Andhra Pradesh India; Ghats; India, Andhra Pradesh, Guntur; India, Andhra Pradesh; gneisses; schists; Andhra Pradesh; ground water; charnockite; Precambrian; agriculture; irrigation; aquifers; hydrochemistry; pH; Guntur district; Groundwater quality; drinking water; salinity; granite gneiss; salt; igneous rocks; climate; leaching; Agricultural area; chemically precipitated rocks; metamorphic rocks; carbonates; evaporites; India; sedimentary rocks; water quality; Asia; Management plan; plutonic rocks; water resource management; drainage; evaporation; monsoons; seasonal variations

The area in Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India, is selected to discuss the impact of seasonal variation of groundwater quality on irrigation and human health, where the agriculture is the main livelihood of rural people and the groundwater is the main source for irrigation and drinking. Granite...