SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF GROUND WATER ANALYSIS IN VANIYAMBADI

Water is vital natural resource which is essential for multiplicity of purposes. Its many uses include drinking and other domestic uses, industrial cooling, power generation, irrigation and waste disposal. In developing country like India, there has been increasing ground water development and utilization. Industrial activities in the last few decades have caused irreparable damage to this resource. Tanning industry is one of the oldest industries in India. The growing demand for leather and leather goods has led to the establishment of large commercial tanneries. The discharge of the tannery effluent which is generally allowed to stagnate on land and dry river beds seeps in to the soil and contaminates the ground water. In such places groundwater has been rendered altogether unfit for drinking and irrigation. The study area Vaniyambadi is one of the town in Vellore district, water samples from wells near by the tanneries and away from the tanneries in the study area were collected and analysed. The purposes of this study is to provide an overview of present groundwater quality and to determine spatial distribution of groundwater quality parameters such as as pH, Total suspended solids ( TSS), Total dissolved solids (TDS), Electrical Conductivity, Chlorides