• Babita Bakhara
• Nandita Mahanta
• H.K. Sahoo

The groundwater plays an important role in agriculture, industry and domestic purposes. Hence, it is very much important to assess the quality groundwater before consumption. The study area selected was Balangir and Puintala blocks of Balangir district, Odisha. Altogether 100 numbers of groundwater samples were collected during pre-monsoon period in 2017 and analysed the various physico-chemical parameters. In the present study, groundwater sampling was carried out with an aim to assess the quality and to compare the water type using Piper and Chadha’s diagram. Majority of the samples were behaved in more or less same way except few samples. Piper diagram suggest that majority of the samples of the study area belonged to Ca–HCO3, mixed Ca–Mg– Cl and Na–Cl. representing alkaline earth exceed alkali metal. In Chadha’s diagram the majority of the samples are plotted in the 5th field, representing Ca–Mg–HCO3 type; Field 6th represents the Ca-Mg-SO4/Cl type of water. Hence the groundwater quality according to Chadha’s diagram is alkaline earth and weak acid anion exceeds both alkali metal and strong acid anion, alkaline earths exceed alkali metals and strong acidic anions exceed weak acidic anions

Hydrogeochemistry, Piper diagram, Chadha’s diagram, Balangir and Puintala Blocks

"Interpretation of Groundwater Chemistry Using Piper and Chadha’s Diagrams: A Comparative Study from Balangir and Puintala Blocks of Balangir District, Odisha, India", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.35-39, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905107.pdf

"Interpretation of Groundwater Chemistry Using Piper and Chadha’s Diagrams: A Comparative Study from Balangir and Puintala Blocks of Balangir District, Odisha, India", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp35-39, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905107.pdf