• Rudrakanta Majhee
• Nandita Mahanta

A total of 99 numbers of groundwater samples were collected from Keonjhargarh and Patana Blocks of Keonjhar District of Odisha, India to assess its suitability for irrigation purposes. The various physicochemical parameters were determined and irrigational parameters like %Na, SAR, RSC, MR, PI, PS and KR were calculated. It was found that the majority of water samples were suitable for irrigation purposes. The Wilcox diagram was plotted to determine the irrigational suitability of groundwater and the result shows that majority samples fall on “excellent to good” and “good to permissible” field. Similarly, the U.S. Salinity Diagram suggests that most of the samples fall on the region C2-S1 and C3-S1 indicating medium to high salinity with low sodium hazard.

Irrigational water quality, Salinity hazard, Kelly’s ratio, Wilcox diagram, Keonjhar District

"PRE-MONSOON GROUNDWATER QUALITY FOR IRRIGATION PURPOSES IN KEONJHARGARH AND PATANA BLOCKS OF KEONJHAR DISTRICT, ODISHA, INDIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.406-411, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905G56.pdf

"PRE-MONSOON GROUNDWATER QUALITY FOR IRRIGATION PURPOSES IN KEONJHARGARH AND PATANA BLOCKS OF KEONJHAR 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. pp406-411, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905G56.pdf