Geostatistical Analysis of Groundwater in and Around Kadiri, Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh, India

Dr.G.SudarsanaRaju; Dr.K.Raghu babu; P.T.Ashok kumar Reddy; P.L.Keshava Kiran kumar

Volume : III, Issue : XI, November - 2014

Geostatistical Analysis of Groundwater in and Around Kadiri, Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh, India

Dr. G. Sudarsanaraju, Dr. K. Raghu Babu, P. T. Ashok Kumar Reddy, P. L. Keshava Kiran Kumar

Abstract :

Geostatistical analysis of groundwater were carried out in and around Kadiri,Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh. In the present study 41 hydro chemical data of groundwater samples for both the seasons (pre monsoon and post monsoon) were collected from different locations of the study area. Eight variables Ca, Mg, Na + K, SiO2, HCO3, SO4, Cl and EC were used in the study. Statistical analysis was carried out by using software STATISTICA. Further, multivariate statistical methods were used. Statistical methods can be classified as independent method and dependent method. From the dependent method, it is noted that a variable or set of variables was taken as dependent one and the remaining variables as independent/s (Regression analysis).By this method it is possible to predict the groundwater characters of an area. But in the independent method all variables were analysed as single sets(Cluster analysis, Principal components and Factor methods)Using this technique the deterministic model can be obtained, which evaluates the groundwater quality , and also analyses the underlying parameters of relationships for a group of variables.