Assessment of Groundwater Quality in Bafra Plain for Irrigation

Abstract

In this study, groundwater quality of irrigated part of the Bafra Plain Right Bank Area was investigated. Water samples were collected from ten wells used for irrigation in June, July, and analysed for August 2005, and EC, pH, Na, Ca, K, Mg, CO3, HCO3, Cl and SO4 contents. Based on the calculated Sodium Absorbtion Rate (SAR) and Residual Sodium Carbonate Concentrations (RSC), one of the wells water quality was classified high in salinity and low in sodicity, one of them was very high in salinity and medium in sodicity, one of them was high in salinity and medium in sodicity, and five of them were very high in salinity and very high sodicity. Acidity (pH) values of waters from the wells ranged between 6.6 and 7.9, and RSC of water samples collected from the wells 5 and 6 were greater than 2.5. Based on the results obtained from the study, water from these wells were not suitable for irrigation.