Journal of Environmental Biology

Physico-chemical characteristics of water samples of Bantwal Taluk,  south-western Karnataka, India

 

­P.G. Smitha¹, K. Byrappa*² and S.N. Ramaswamy³

*byrappak@yahoo.com

¹Department of Studies in Environmental Science, ²Department of Studies in Geology, ³Department of

Studies in Botany, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore-570 006, India

(Received: September 09, 2005 ; Revised received: March 08, 2006 ; Accepted: April 28, 2006)

Abstract: Quality of water is an important criterion for evaluating the suitability of water for irrigation and drinking. In the present study, the analysis of water samples from different sources like open wells, bore wells, farm ponds and streams/rivers of twenty villages of Bantwal taluk of Dakshina Kannada district, South-western Karnataka has been carried out. The physico-chemical characteristics of this water showed that it is suitable for irrigation and agricultural purposes.

Key words:   Water quality, RSBC, RSC, Salinity, SAR

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