Salve, P R and Gobre, T and Krupadam, R J and Shastry, Sunita and Bansiwal, Amit and Wate, S R (2011) Chemical Characterization of rainwater at Akkalkuwa, India. Mausam, 62 (3). pp. 425-432. ISSN 0252-9416

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Abstract

The chemical composition of rainwater changes from place to place and region to region under the influence of several major factors, viz., topography, its distance from sea and overall rainfall pattern. The present study investigated the chemical composition of precipitation at Akkalkuwa, district Nandurbar, in the State Maharashtra during southwest monsoon. The rainwater samples were collected on event basis during June-September 2008 and were analyzed for pH, major anions (F, Cl, NO3, SO4) and cations (Ca, Mg, Na, K, NH4). The pH varied from 6.0 and 6.8 with an average of 6.29 ± 0.23 indicating alkaline nature and dominance of Ca in precipitation. The relative magnitude of major ions in precipitation follows the pattern as Ca>Cl>Na>SO4>NO3>HCO3>NH4>Mg>K>F>H. The Neutralization factor (NF) was found to be NFCa = 0.95, NFNH4 = 0.31, NFMg = 0.27 and NFK = 0.08 indicating below cloud process in which crustal components are responsible for neutralization of anions. Significant correlation of NH4 with SO4 and NO3 was observed with correlation coefficient of r = 0.79 and 0.75, respectively.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Acid-Neutralization Potential, Major Ions Composition
Subjects:	Water Quality Water Pollution
Divisions:	UNSPECIFIED
Depositing User:	Dr P R Salve
Date Deposited:	31 Jan 2017 06:07
Last Modified:	31 Jan 2017 06:07
URI:	http://neeri.csircentral.net/id/eprint/679

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