Evaluation of Groundwater Quality for Industrial Using GIS in Mountainous Region of Isfahan Province, Koh-Payeh, Isfahan, Iran
Mohammad Shayannejad1, Zahra Ebrahim-Zadeh1,Mohsen Javaheri-Tehrani2, Nastaran Zamani1, Saeid Eslamian1, Maryam Marani-Barzani3, Vijay P. Singh4,Masoud Kazemi5,Kaveh Ostad-Ali-Askari6*, Zahra Majidifar7,Hamid-Reza Shirvani-Dastgerdi6
Citation :Kaveh Ostad-Ali-Askar,et.al., Evaluation of Groundwater Quality for Industrial Using GIS in Mountainous Region of Isfahan Province, Koh-Payeh, Isfahan,Iran International Journal of Constructive Research in Civil Engineering 2017,3(3) : 24-37.
Groundwater quality is gradually deteriorating due to agricultural activities and its evaluation is there for eneeded before use. The aim of this study was to evaluate groundwater quality for use in the foundry industry using water quality data, including PH, EC, TDS, Cl and HCO3, from 26 wells located in Jolgeh and Bon-Rud districts, Iran. Zoning and classification of the area were done, based on groundwater quality, using a GIS software and the existing standards for water use. Results showed that groundwater in the East, North and Southwest of the area was of acceptable quality for use in the foundry industry, but water quality deteriorated from the East to the West of the area. It was found that for foundry industry about 4 percent of area ground water could be used without any limitation, 2 percent with low limitation, 7 percent with moderate limitations, and the rest with high limitation or even unusable. Agricultural activities in the region are having a negative impact on the quality of groundwater.