Influence on Water Characteristics Away from Various Sources of NIT Kurukshetra Using ArcGIS

In this paper we assess the characteristics of various water sources of the NIT Kurukshetra campus using ArcMap 10.8 Software. Water Quality Index (WQI) is used to evaluate the drinking water quality from different sources on the NIT Kurukshetra Campus using the Weighted Arithmetic Method. A way of rating water quality is the Water Quality Index. It was done to determine the area’s overall groundwater quality significance. It is a useful instrument for determining the quality of groundwater. Electroconductivity, color, odor, taste, pH, Chlorides (Cl), total dissolved solids (TDS), total alkalinity (TA), and total hardness (TH) are used in this study to calculate the quality of water at NIT Kurukshetra Campus. Water quality measurements were gathered at five distinct places on the NIT Kurukshetra Campus. The results revealed that all of the stations have Excellent water quality, according to the values of the WQI although the readings of most of the sources measured are above acceptable and occasionally permissible limits also but the water quality still comes out as excellent. The data from the evaluation was then processed using ArcGIS’ spatial analysis function in which the Kriging technique of Interpolation is used from which various spatial distribution maps for various water source locations were constructed after selecting the appropriate interpolation strategy. Using Image Overlapping, the variation of physicochemical characteristics of some parameters with length is also determined.