Environ Monit Assess (2011) 173:995–996 DOI 10.1007/s10661-010-1446-z
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Erratum to: Hydrochemistry and evaluation of groundwater suitability for irrigation and drinking purposes in the Markandeya River basin, Belgaum District, Karnataka State, India P. Ravikumar · R. K. Somashekar · Mhasizonuo Angami
Published online: 28 April 2010 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010
Erratum to: Environ Monit Assess DOI 10.1007/s10661-010-1399-2 The original version of this article unfortunately contained a mistake in Table 1 and Eqs. 1 and 5. The corrected Table 1 and equations are given below: cations − anions × 100 E= cations + anions SSP =
Na+ Na+ + Ca2+ + Mg2+
× 100
The online version of the original article can be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10661-010-1399-2. P. Ravikumar (B) · R. K. Somashekar · M. Angami Department of Environmental Science, Bangalore University, Bangalore, 560 056, India e-mail:
[email protected]
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Table 1 Physico-chemical and irrigation quality parameters with BIS standards Sl. no
Category of parameters
Characteristics
Analytical method
Unit
BIS Max. permissible limit (1998)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 23
General
pH Redox potential (Eh) EC TDS Total alkalinity (as CaCO3 ) Temperature Total hardness (as CaCO3 ) Calcium hardness (as CaCO3 ) Color Turbidity Calcium (as Ca2+ ) Magnesium (as Mg2+ ) Sodium (as Na+ ) Potassium (as K2+ ) Bicarbonates (as HCO− 3) ) Carbonates (as CO2− 3 Chlorides Nitrates (as NO− 3) Fluoride (as F− ) Phosphates (as PO3− 4 ) ) Sulfates (as SO2− 4 Boron (B)
Electrode Electrode Conductivity-TDS meter Conductivity-TDS meter Titrimetric Electrode EDTA titrimetric EDTA titrimetric Colorimetric Colorimetric EDTA titrimetric EDTA titrimetric Flame photometric
6.5–8.5 NA 3,000 2,000 600 NA 600 200 25 10 200 100 200 10 NA NA 1,000 45 1.5 0.3 400 –
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35
Hardness (as CaCO3 ) Salinity SAR RSC RSBC % Na PI KI PS MH MR (Mg/Ca) CAI-1 and CAI-2
By calculation using equations
– mV μS/cm mg/L mg/L ◦C mg/L mg/L Hazens NTU mg/L mg/L mg/L mg/L mg/L mg/L mg/L mg/L mg/L mg/L mg/L mg/L or μg/L mg/L ‰ – meq/L meq/L % % – meg/L % – –
36 37
SSP ESR
Major cations
Major anions
Irrigation water quality
NA not available
Titrimetric Titrimetric Argentometric ISE (ion selective electrode) Stannous chloride Barium chloride Curcumin method
% –