Spatial Identification of Agricultural Water Quality in Dhanbad District, Jharkhand State

Saranaathan SE and Loveson VJ

Abstract

This paper mainly deals with the integrated chemical parameters and Geographical Information System (GIS) to delineate agricultural water quality prospective zones in Dhanbad district. The various thematic maps to identified agricultural water quality were generated in GIS domain on the basis of TDS, SAR, EC, and RC. Multi-criterion technique is used to explore a number of decision possibilities and identified suitability according to the assigned weight and scores of each unit. The final derived map of the area shows various zones of agricultural water quality prospectics viz. Good (38.7%), Medium (53%) and Bad (8.3%).