Shallow Groundwater Quality Assessment and Its Suitability Analysis for Drinking and Irrigation Purposes

• Published in: Water
• Main Authors: Muhammad Yousuf Jat Baloch, Wenjing Zhang, Juanfen Chai, Shuxin Li, Muwaffaq Alqurashi, Gohar Rehman, Aqil Tariq, Shakeel Ahmed Talpur, Javed Iqbal, Mamoona Munir, Enas E. Hussein
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2021
• Subjects: hydrogeochemical facies; water–rock interaction; groundwater; water quality index (WQI); multivariate analysis; health risk rate (HRR); Hydraulic engineering; TC1-978; Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes; TD201-500; Wilcox; Carbonic acid
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/w13233361; https://doaj.org/article/cae33537f7c841d8af1008b019349697

For shallow groundwater, hydrogeochemical processes and quality assessment must be addressed because shallow groundwater is freely available in many parts of the globe. Due to recent anthropogenic activities and environmental changes in Sakrand, Sindh, Pakistan, the groundwater is extremely vulnerab...