Assessing the surface and bottom river water quality for irrigation: a study of Damodar River, India

Hoque, Md. Mofizul; Islam, Aznarul; Sarkar, Biplab; Saha, Ujwal Deep

doi:10.1007/s42108-022-00206-z

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“…The DRB is one of the most important river basins in India in terms of natural resources and lies in the states of Jharkhand (73.7%) and West Bengal (26.3%) 43 . This funnel-shaped river basin has great importance to the socio-economic lives of millions of people as it contains numerous mineral resources, industries, mining activities, and agrarian practices 41 , 44 , 45 . On the other hand, it has also an agonizing side marked by colossal floods in the DRB 46 , 47 along with man-induced environmental degradation 48 .…”

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“…On the other hand, it has also an agonizing side marked by colossal floods in the DRB 46 , 47 along with man-induced environmental degradation 48 . It spreads an area of approximately 23370.98 km 2 and extends from 84°30′ E to 88°15′ E longitude and 22°15′ to 24°30′ N latitude 41 , 43 . Moreover, the geographical extension of the selected char area lies between 23°33′ 41″ to 23°31′ 15″ N latitude and 87°10′ 45″ to 87°14′ 22″ E longitude.…”

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“…Based on the census of India 49 , about 17.25 million people live with a 738 km 2 population density in the basin area. Major cities like Dhanbad, Bokaro, Durgapur, Asansol, and Bardhaman are located in the DRB 41 . Intensive agriculture is practiced in the basin area including its chars .…”

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“…mining, industrial, and agricultural operations) and natural processes (rock weathering, mineralization, and atmospheric deposition) induce HM concentration in the basin areas including agricultural fields 17 . Moreover, a huge amount of HM is discharged into the rivers owing to the exponential growth of population, industrialization, urbanization, land use land cover change, and modern agricultural practices (irrigation and use of fertilizer and pesticide) 17 , 41 . These activities in the DRB lead to the accumulation of HM in the river resulting in water pollution and deterioration of the riverine ecology 17 .…”

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Assessment of soil heavy metal pollution and associated ecological risk of agriculture dominated mid-channel bars in a subtropical river basin

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The elevated concentrations of heavy metals in soil considerably threaten ecological and human health. To this end, the present study assesses metals pollution and its threat to ecology from the mid-channel bar’s (char) agricultural soil in the Damodar River basin, India. For this, the contamination factor (CF), enrichment factor (EF), geoaccumulation index (Igeo), pollution index, and ecological risk index (RI) were measured on 60 soil samples at 30 stations (2 from each station, i.e., surface and sub-surface) in different parts of the mid-channel bar. The CF and EF indicate that both levels of char soil have low contamination and hence portray a higher potential for future enrichment by heavy metals. Moreover, Igeo portrays that soil samples are uncontaminated to moderately contaminated. Further, pollution indices indicate that all the samples (both levels) are unpolluted with a mean of 0.062 for surface soils and 0.048 for sub-surface soils. Both levels of the char have a low potentiality for ecological risk with an average RI of 0.20 for the surface soils and 0.19 for the sub-surface soils. Moreover, Technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS) indicates that the sub-surface soils have lower pollution than the surface soils. The geostatistical modeling reveals that the simple kriging technique was estimated as the most appropriate interpolation model. The present investigation exhibits that reduced heavy metal pollution is due to the sandy nature of soils and frequent flooding. However, the limited pollution is revealed due to the intensive agricultural practices on riverine chars. Therefore, this would be helpful to regional planners, agricultural engineers, and stakeholders in a basin area.

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“…[1] explored the surface water quality of the Churni river for irrigation use. Hoque et al [25] observed the deteriorating irrigation water quality of the Damodar River due to the continuous mixing of urban and industrial effluents.…”

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Surface Water and Groundwater Suitability for Irrigation Based on Hydrochemical Analysis in the Lower Mayurakshi River Basin, India

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The present work investigates the hydrochemical properties of the surface and groundwater of the Mayurakshi River Basin (India) for assessing their irrigation suitability with respect to irrigation hazards. The study involves 72 water samples classified as 48 surface water samples (pre-monsoon: 24; post-monsoon: 24) and 24 groundwater samples (pre-monsoon:12; post-monsoon: 12). Regarding the specific irrigation hazard, percent of sodium and soluble sodium percentage have demonstrated the groundwater vulnerability to sodium while the surface water is observed to be free from this kind of hazard. Similar findings have also been retained for magnesium hazard and the potential salinity hazard. Moreover, regarding the seasonality of the hazards, the post-monsoon season has depicted a higher level of irrigation hazards compared to the pre-monsoon season. The study found that the general evolution of groundwater hydrochemistry and the suitability of water for irrigation are principally governed by carbonate weathering, sand mining, stone crushing, and the development of brick kiln industries. Our methodology can be a good example for similar contexts, especially in developing and tropical countries.

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Spatio-temporal dynamics of ecological, bacteriological, and overall water quality of the Damodar River, India

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2024

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Assessing the surface and bottom river water quality for irrigation: a study of Damodar River, India

Cited by 6 publications

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Assessment of soil heavy metal pollution and associated ecological risk of agriculture dominated mid-channel bars in a subtropical river basin

Assessment of soil heavy metal pollution and associated ecological risk of agriculture dominated mid-channel bars in a subtropical river basin

Surface Water and Groundwater Suitability for Irrigation Based on Hydrochemical Analysis in the Lower Mayurakshi River Basin, India

Spatio-temporal dynamics of ecological, bacteriological, and overall water quality of the Damodar River, India

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