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Vol. 12, Issue 6 (2023)

Assessment of irrigation water quality in Pune region

Author(s):
VN Ghorpade, SU Dehmukh, AB Jadhav and DD Sawale
Abstract:
The experiment was conducted to “assess the quality of irrigation water in Pune region” from 2019-2021 under Soil Lab Analyst Scheme, Division of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, College of Agriculture, Pune. Total fifty two irrigation water samples were collected from different sources viz., bore well (29), well (13), lift on canal/river (7) and farm pond (3) and assessed the quality. These samples were analysed for EC, SAR (sodium adsorption rato), RSC (Residual Sodium Carbonate), Mg: Ca ratio, Kelly’s ratio and permeability index for its suitability of irrigation.
It was observed that 9 (31.02%), 2 (15.38%) and 1(33.34%) samples were found in unsuitable category for electrical conductivity of bore well water, well water and farm pond respectively. However remaining samples were found in low to moderate category. In case of SAR all the samples collected from different sources were found in the low category except 3 (10.34%) samples from bore well recorded more than 26 SAR. However 20 to 28 percent samples were found unsuitable for RSC in case of bore well water, well water and farm pond respectively. Similar trend was also reported for Mg: Ca ratio for bore well water, well water and farm pond by reporting almost 44.82 to 57.14 % samples were in unsuitable category. Kelly’s ratio (indicates dispersion/ aggregation index) was almost less than 1 for all the irrigation water sources except bore well. Internal movement of irrigation water was interpreted by using permeability index. Among different sources 6.90 to 42.85 % samples were in unsuitable category from bore well, well, river/canal lift irrigation water. It could be concluded from the analytical data of irrigation water collected from bore well and well was found unsuitable for irrigation on fine textured soil than river/canal lift irrigation water.
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How to cite this article:
VN Ghorpade, SU Dehmukh, AB Jadhav, DD Sawale. Assessment of irrigation water quality in Pune region. Pharma Innovation 2023;12(6):467-469.

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