TY - JFULL AU - D. Sivakumar PY - 2014/4/ TI - Groundwater Quality Assessment around Nagalkeni Tannery Industrial Belt T2 - International Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering SP - 323 EP - 329 VL - 8 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/9998069 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 87, 2014 N2 - The groundwater quality was assessed nearby places of Nagalkeni, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The selected physico-chemical parameters were pH, EC, TDS, total hardness (TH), anions like Ca, Mg, Na and K, and cations like SO4, NO3, Cl2, HCO3, and CO3, and Cr(VI). In order to suit the groundwater for drinking and irrigation purposes, compared the value of selected parameters with the value of selected parameters from BIS drinking water quality standard and irrigation water quality indices. The physico-chemical study of the groundwater systems of selected sites of nearby places of Nagalkeni showed that the groundwater is nearly acidic and mostly oxidizing in nature and hence, water is not suitable for drinking purpose directly. The results of the irrigation indices indicated that the groundwater samples in the study area found to be brackish water, results, groundwater from the study area is also not suitable for irrigation purpose directly, but the groundwater may be used after implementing some suitable treatment techniques. ER -