Appraisal of Geochemical Parameters in the Arid Regions of Krishna River Basin in Sangli District of Maharashtra

Abstract

Several physical and chemical causes are active in changing the composition of the groundwater percolating through the soil and rocks. The watershed development is proven technology for harvesting good quality water. Thus, in this investigation a study was carried out to analyze the impact of watershed interventions, 48 water samples each has been studied for pre-monsoon and post- monsoon condition. The statistical summary of 19 hydro-geochemical parameters has been presented through this research investigation. The values of skewness for pH, Fe and F are negatively skewed which means that the graph of these parameters will be elongated more on the left side i.e. values are more concentrated towards the higher values. The values of kurtosis for NO₃/N, F and Na% are negative which means these values have less variation among themselves as compared to other parameters.