Abstract
Thisstudy was conducted to estimate thegroundwateraswellas agriculture soilquality, nutrientstatusandphysico-chemicalcharacteristicsof Gambat, District Khairpur, Pakistan. Assortedparametersliketemperature,pH, EC, TDS, Cl-, SO42-, HCO3-,sodium,potassium, calcium, magnesium, SAR values as well as the Piper and Stiff diagrams wer e d et er m i n ed t o confera cl ear pictureofqualityparametersin gr oun d water an d a gr i cu l t ur e s oi l ofthe area.Thepresentinvestigations concludethatthemaximum parametersarenotatthelevelof pollutionexcept major metal ions Na+ and Ca2+. The higher concentration of Ca2+ and Na+ could be due to the deposits of the salts of these elements into soil, which may had leached into ground water. The Piper diagram suggest that composition of water is (Na++K+)-(Ca2++Mg2+)-HCO3--(Cl-+SO42-)-type. The areal distribution of stiff diagram constructed for groundwater samples showed ionic balances, indicating the major ion analyses are of good quality. Therefore,bothgroundwater and soil samples observed are satisfactory fortheirutilization invariouspurposes such asdomestic, agricultural, industrial,etc.
Tajnees Pirzada, Mir Munsif Ali Talpur, Yasmeen Faiz Qazi, Shahid Naseem. (2013) Physico-Chemical Analysis ofGroundwater and Agriculture Soil of Gambat, Khairpur District, Pakistan, Pakistan Journal of Analytical & Environmental Chemistry, Volume 14, Issue 2.
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