43-Summer Internship Report on Water And Soil Analysis in the Part of Kaniha Block District Angul, Odisha.

Abstract

The water and soil analysis in Kaniha block, district Angul, Odisha is an important aspect in understanding the behavior of soil and water and what can they be used for. The two essential properties of soil are soil texture and soil structure. Apart from being a natural filter, it enables plants and wildlife to grow. Ash pond area around Kaniha, district Angul, Odisha have been studied. This study gives us a valuable information on the general properties of soil such as soil texture, and water quality parameters like pH, electrical conduotivity, TDS, Bicarbonate, Sulfate, Nitrate, chloride etc. of the study area. Three locations were decided for soil sampling. For the water analysis seventeen locations were decided. The soil samples were analyzed in the Soil and Water laboratory of National institute of hydrology, Roorkee for soil texture. The result of the particle size distribution along different depth at particular location shows that there was much variation in the grain size. Loam and Silty clay loam, clay loam and clay are the major soil texture of the study area. Water samples were analyzed at the water quality lab. NIH, Roorkee for pH, electrical conductivity and total dissolved solids. pH of river varied from 7.64 to 8.21. In case of pond the value of pH varied from 7.03 to 7.84. The p11 of groundwater varied from 7.18 to 7.4 and pH of ash pond varied from 7.66 to 8. The electrical conductivity (EC) of river's sample falls from 130.8μmho/cm to 341μmho/cm. EC of pond's sample varied between 139.3μmho/cm and 88811mh0/cm In case of ground water it varied from 307p.mho/cm to I 042μmho/cm. The overall total dissolved solids in water of study area varied from 71mg/I to 1369mg/I.The range of Fluoride in water of study area varied from 0.05mg/I to 5.46mg/I. it is concluded that value of fluoride has more than acceptable range. Overall the range of the Chloride in water of the study area tend to falls between 4.02mg/I to 265.94mg/I. Sulfate of all the water samples that were collected from the study area have ranged from 3.16mg/I to 106.07mg/I. The range of the Bicarbonate of all the water samples varied from 42mg/I to 610mg/I. It was concluded that that the water standard of study area is good according to BIS (IS: 10500-1991), except some parameters such as Fluoride, Nitrate, and Sulfate etc. the type of soil in the study, area supports crop cultivation and facilitates groundwater recharge. Groundwater of the study area is suitable for drinking purpose, except for few locations and it is also suitable for the irrigation. The study can be helpful in improving the management of land use cover and method of irrigation. The results from this study can be further used in modeling studies such as estimation of ground water recharge.