Research Article iMedPub Journals Journal of Organic & Inorganic Chemistry 2015 http://www.imedpub.com ISSN 2472-1123 Vol. 1 No. 1:1 DOI: 10.21767/2472-1123.100001 Rock-Water Interaction and Chemical Quality Basavarajappa HT, Manjunatha MC and Analysis of Groundwater in Hard Rock Terrain Pushpavathi KN of Chamrajanagara District, Karnataka, India Department of Studies in Earth Science, Using Geoinformatics Centre for Advanced Studies in Precambrian Geology, University of Mysore, Mysore, India Abstract Groundwater is one of the main natural resources having its application in various Corresponding author: Basavarajappa HT fields which affects its quantity. Groundwater pollution occurs when used water is returned to the hydrological cycle. The present study aims to assess the spatial variations of groundwater quality parameters in Southern tip of Karnataka using
[email protected] Geoinformatics technique. Efforts have been made to evaluate a total number of 46 representative groundwater samples (C1 to C46) from different parts of the Department of Studies in Earth study area during pre-monsoon period (April-May 2005) to assess its parameters Science, Centre for Advanced Studies in - 3- 3- - 2+ 2+ + 2- + Precambrian Geology, University of Mysore, such as F , NO , CO , Cl , Ca , Mg , Na , SO4 , Fe, K , pH and EC. Groundwater quality is found to be more controlled by rock-water interaction and residence Manasagangothri, Mysore-570 006, India. time of water in aquifers and affected more by anthropogenic factors at many locations. Each Land Use/Land Cover (LU/LC) patterns and major lineaments are Tel: +91-9910726770 mapped and digitized using SoI topomap of 1:50,000 scale and IRS-1D, PAN+LISS- III satellite data through GIS software’s.