GIS- Based Groundwater assessment for selected wards: A case study of Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) Ashikuzzaman M., Poly S.A., Salan M.S.A., Hasnat A. Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology, Rajshahi, Bangladesh Online published on 24 April, 2019. Abstract This paper outlines three chemical properties namely: pH, Turbidity and Hardness, apart from these a metal concentration like Iron (Fe) is also evaluated. RCC consists of 30 wards, and among them, ten representative wards (3, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 21, 22, 23 and 24) are selected arbitrarily to conduct the research, which represents the overall existing groundwater condition for the selected wards of RCC. The results obtained from the experiments were plotted graphically using Arc-GIS software to make easy visualisation. Guideline reports of World Health Organization (WHO) and Bangladesh Standard (BDS) for drinking water were adopted to compare the examined value of the water quality of the selected wards with the standards. Considering all the selected wards, it was perceived that ward no. 24 is the most internecine where ward no. 22 and 23 are free from all aspects. From this study, it is concluded that this prepared maps can be used as an indicator for safe drinking water source of the specified wards within RCC area. Top Keywords Ground Water, WHO, BDS, Arc-GIS. Top |