Groundwater Quality for Agricultural Purpose

Groundwater Quality for Agricultural Purpose book is very important and need of today's society, farmers, and scientists working in Agricultural field. The subject is related with environmental issues and environmental pollution problems about agricultural water. This book mainly focused on the issues on groundwater quality for agricultural purpose in the baramati tahsil area, India. Book is written in ten chapters. In the first chapter the current situation about global water quality is given. In this chapter data provided about the availability of water and per capita distribution of water on the globe. In the chapter second groundwater scenario of India is specified. Hydrogeological setup of India and groundwater levels in various season is explained. Rainfall variation in various parts of India and total availability of water is given.Chapter three gives information of groundwater quality in Maharashtra. In this chapter climate and rainfall of Maharashtra is specified with categorization of watersheds in various areas of Maharashtra. Groundwater quality of Pune district is given in chapter four. Hydrogeological condition in Pune district is explained in the chapter four. This information will be very useful for readers of this book. Data of water levels of each Tahsil of Pune districts is given in the tabular form. Groundwater scenario of Baramati tahsil is given in chapter five. The location of Baramati Tahsil is shown by map, climate and rainfall of Baramati area is explained. Geomorphology and drainage system of Baramati Tahsil area is given graphically, which is very rare information to readers. Groundwater sampling is done by using scientific method suggested for water sample collection is given in chapter six. Selection of groundwater sampling sites, sampling frequency and sampling methods for water collection for analysis is given. Chapter seven is devoted for water analysis. In this chapter how various physical, chemical, biological parameters detected is specified with detail experimental protocols. In the chapter eight groundwater quality for agricultural purpose in Baramati tahsil area, data is given graphically. The data of four seasons of successive two years are presented here. This graphical presentation gives clear information about the quality of agricultural water in Baramati Tahsil area. In the graphical data physical parameters, chemical parameters, contamination of organic matters, salinity, soluble sodium %, residual sodium carbonate, sodium absorption ration, Kelly's salt ratio and radius rations between various ions are given. Statistical analysis of groundwater parameters for agricultural purpose is given, groundwater quality standards for irrigation purpose and bioremediation for soil is one of the important here.Spatio-temporal variations in groundwater quality for agricultural purpose is contributed in chapter nine. In this chapter spatio-temporal variation in various physical, chemical and biological parameters are prescribed. Effect of various parameters on quality of water and soil is given when its excess quantity and deficiency of particular ions is observed. Chapter ten gives details about report of groundwater quality for agricultural purpose and recommendations for use of water for agricultural purpose. At the end of the book the references are given.