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Comparative Study of Surface Water Quality in Coastal District Bagerhat, Bangladesh

By: Md Iqbal Hossain, A H M. Selim Reza, S. M. Shafiuzzaman, Md. Sultan-Ul-Islam

Key Words: Surface water, Water quality and physicochemical parameters

IES-Vol10-No1-p78-97, February 2023.

Abstract

The study area lies in the lower delta plain of southern Bangladesh adjoined to the Bay of Bengal where seawater intrusion is a normal phenomenon. In the pre-monsoon period when the normal flow of rivers or canals is usually stopped, the regular tidal saltwater can easily enter the canals and rivers. Occasionally, the tidal salt water is intruded into Ghers and ponds for human immoral purposes and logged into long time. The present study focuses the quality of surface (Ghers, Ponds and Canal) water in the study area. In addition twenty eight (28) surface water samples were collected from different location and analyzed for various parameters. To attempt this goal, samples were analyzed for various physicochemical parameters such as Temperature, pH, EC, TDS , Na+, Ca2+, Mg2+, K+, Cl–, CO32-, HCO3– , SO42- and NO3–.  The abundance of major cations in the surface water are Na+ > Ca2+ > K+ > Mg2+ while that of anions are Cl– > SO42- > HCO3– > NO3–. The Piper diagram indicates that all samples are Na-Cl type. The Wilcox diagram notice that all the Gher samples are unsuitable in bath seasons except one, the pond samples are permissible to doubtful in pre-monsoon and excellent to good in post-monsoon and canal water samples are unsuitable in pre-monsoon and excellent to doubtful in post-monsoon.  According to USSL diagram, most of the sample exhibits very high and high salinity hazard (C4S4 and C3S4) in Gher and canal water during both seasons while high salinity hazard found (C3S4) during the pre-monsoon period and medium salinity hazard in pond water during the pre-monsoon period. Due to the high levels of sodium and chloride concentration and high SAR, ESP, %Na, PI values proved that the most of the surface water are unsuitable for drinking and irrigation purposes. The results of the study show the surface water quality very alarming and management strategies are very necessary.

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Md Iqbal Hossain, A H M. Selim Reza, S. M. Shafiuzzaman, Md. Sultan-Ul-Islam

Comparative Study of Surface Water Quality in Coastal District Bagerhat, Bangladesh

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