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HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATION OF
PERIYAR RIVER SOUTHERN WESTERN GHATS INDIA
Anjana. C1, Dr. A. Krishnakumar2, Sukanya S Nair3, Akhil Raj R4
1M. Tech student, Environmental Engineering and Management, UKFCET, Kerala, India.
2Scientist, Crustal processes group, National Centre for Earth Science Studies, Kerala, India.
3Assistant Professor, Environmental Engineering and Management, UKFCET, Kerala, India.
4Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, UKFCET, Kerala, India.
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Abstract - The Periyar River is the longest river in the state
of Kerala with a length of 244km. It is one of the perennial
rivers in the region and is known as the ‘lifeline of Kerala’ as it
provides drinking water for several major towns. The Idukki
Dam, which is a part of the Periyar River contributes to the
generation of a significant portion of the Kerala’s electrical
power. After the flood which occurred inAugust2018, thelevel
of water on the Periyar River rose considerably. Thefloodhave
also changed the water and soil properties of the area.
This study deeply look into the analysis of the water andsoilof
the Periyar river basin after the flood. The chemical content
(PO4, NO2, SiO4, NO3, Ammonia, Carbonates, HCO3, DO, BOD,
Chloride, Sulphate, Total hardness, Calcium, Magnesium,
Sodium, Potassium, pH, Conductivity, Turbidity, Totaldissolved
solids, NaCl, Air temperature, Water temperature) of the
surface water and ground water of different regions of the
basin along with the Loss on Ignition (LOI) and X-Ray
fluorescence (XRF) of various soils are found out in this study.
The results were compared with the standards prescribed by
World Health Organization and Bureau of Indian Standards.
Key Words: Periyar River Basin, Loss on Ignition, X – Ray
Fluorescence
1.INTRODUCTION
1.1 WATER
Water is a prime natural resource essential for the
subsistence of life and is a basic human need. About 70% of
the Earth is covered by water. The total amount of water on
the world is approximately 1.4 billion km3 of which 97.5% is
salt water and the rest is fresh water. Ofthe35millionkm3of
freshwater on earth, about 24.4 million km3 are locked up in
the form of glacial ice or permanent snow. Groundwater and
soil moisture account for 10.7 million km3. Freshwater lakes
and marshlands hold about 0.1 million km3.
Rivers, the most visible form of fresh water account
for 0.002 million km3 or about less than 0.01% of all formsof
fresh water. The major source of fresh water is the
evaporation on the surface of the oceans amounting to
505,000 km3 a year. Another 72,000 km3 evaporates from
land surfaces annually. Approximately 80% of all the
precipitation (about 458,000 km3) fallsontheoceansandthe
remaining 20% (119,000 km3) falls over the land. The
difference between precipitation onto land surfaces and
evaporation from these surfaces is runoff and the
groundwater recharge approximatelyis47,000km3 peryear.
Of all fresh water not locked up in ice caps or glaciers, some
20% is in areas too remote for humans to access and of the
remaining 80%, about three quarters comes at the wrong
time and place i.e., in monsoons and floods and is not always
captured foruse by people. The remainderislessthan0.08of
1% of the total water on the Earth.
In India, development of groundwater in different
parts of the country has not been uniform. Highly intensive
development of groundwater in certain areas in the country
has resulted in over exploitation leading to decline of
groundwater levels andsubsequentlytheseawaterintrusion
into the coastal aquifers. Development and management of
this resource are planned on the basis of natural hydrologic
boundaries and also on administrative boundaries.
Application of an integrated hydrological methodology is a
pre-requisite for any type of watershed development. To
meet the two-fold challenge of increased waterdemandsand
reduced availability of fresh water in the country, the
governments have promoted the practice of artificial
recharge to groundwater including rain water harvesting.
Impact assessment of the artificial recharge structures has
shown arrest of declining trends, rise in groundwater levels,
improvement in groundwater quality and increased
sustainability of groundwater abstraction structures.
Watershed based hydrological and hydrogeological
studies are helpful in managing the water resources.
Excessive pumping of our aquifers has resulted in an
environmental catastropheonmanyoccasions.Groundwater
is part of thelongerhydrologiccyclethatprovidesfreshwater
to lakes, rivers, and streams. Excessive groundwater
exploitation disrupts this cycle and causes irreversible
environmental damage.
Considering the aforesaid factors, Government of
India, after a detaileddeliberationoverthewaterproblemsof
the country, adopted a National Water Policy in 2002. The
main objectives of this policy envisage the need for judicious
and scientific water resourcemanagementandconservation.
Water is a scarce and precious national resource to be

planned, developed, conserved and managed as such on
integrated and environmentally sound basis keeping in view
the socioeconomic aspects and the needs of the States.
Exploitation of groundwater resources should be so
regulated without exceeding the recharging possibilities.
The detrimental environmental consequences of
overexploitation of groundwater need to be effectively
prevented by the Central and State Governments.
Groundwater recharge projects should be developed and
implemented for improving both the quality and availability
of groundwater resource. Transfer of water from one river
basin toanother, especially toareasofwatershortagemaybe
required in certain cases. Monitoring of surface and
groundwater quality and effluent treatment before releasing
are also significant. Management of water resources for
diverse use involves the participation of users, stakeholders
and the government agencies. The objective of the study is to
compare different water quality parameterswiththeBISand
WHO standards.
1.2 SOIL
Soils represent one of the most complex and
dynamic natural systems and are one of the three major
natural resources, other than air and water. Knowledge of
their chemical, physical and biological properties is a
prerequisite both for sustaining the productivity of theland,
e.g. agriculture, and for conservation purposes. Soil is an
integral part of a terrestrial ecosystem and fulfils numerous
functions including the capacity to generate biomassandthe
filtering or buffering activities between the atmosphere and
the groundwater in the biosphere. The word ‘soil’ means
different things to different people but basically it may be
defined as the solid material on the earth’s surface that
results from the interaction of weathering and biological
activity on the soil’s parent material orunderlyinghardrock.
Soil is a three dimensional body with properties
that reflect the impact of (1) climate (2) vegetation, fauna,
man (3) relief on the soils (4) parent material overa variable
and (5) time span. The nature and relative importance of
each of these five 'soil forming factors' vary in time and
space. With few exceptions soils are still in a process of
change; their 'soil profile' shows signs of differentiation or
alteration of the soil material incurred in a process of soil
formation or 'pedogenesis'.
Soil is made up of three main components –
minerals that come from rocks below or nearby, organic
matter which is the remains of plants and animals that use
the soil, and the living organisms that reside in the soil. The
proportion of each of these is important in determining the
type of soil that is present. But other factors such as climate,
vegetation, time, the surrounding terrain, and even human
activities (eg. farming, grazing, gardening, landscaping,etc.),
are also important in influencing how soil is formed and the
types of soil that occur in a particular landscape. The
formation of soils can be seen as a combination of the
products of weathering, structural development of the soil,
differentiation of that structure into horizons or layers, and
lastly, of its movement or translocation. In fact, there are
many ways in which soil may be transported away from the
location where it was first formed.
Soils have many important functions. Perhaps the
best appreciated is the function to support the growth of
agricultural and horticultural crops. Soil is the mainstay of
agriculture and horticulture, forming as it does the medium
in which growth and ultimately the yield of food producing
crops occurs. Farmersandgardenershaveworked withtheir
soils over many centuries to produce increasing amounts of
food to keep pace with the needs of a burgeoning world
population. The soil's natural cycles go a long way in
ensuring that the soil can provide an adequate physical,
chemical and biological medium for crop growth. The
objective of the study is to find LOI and XRF of the soils
samples collected from the Periyar River Basin.
1.3 STUDY AREA
The Periyar River is the longest river of the State
(PWD, 1974; CESS, 1984) and is indeed the life line of
Central Kerala. Periyar was known as ‘Chhoorni nadhi’
(nadhi means river) in Sangham poetry. The activities along
the long stretches of its banks are always hectic as life
proceeds along with the flow of water downstream. The
river is highly beneficial to Idukki and Ernakulam districts
for irrigation, drinking and navigation. There are a series of
dams and power stations in this river (Table1.1). The Idukki
hydro-electric project is the most important scheme of its
kind in Kerala. The river plays a very important role in the
agricultural, industrial and commercial development of the
State. The Periyar Valley Irrigation Project was capable of
irrigating a net area of 30414 ha. The city of Cochin and the
surrounding Municipalities and Grama Panchayats get their
drinking water from the Periyar River.
The Periyar is sacred to the people around,
materially, spiritually and creatively. It is not just a sacred
river or Dakshina-Ganga or just a source for the State's
drinking water and hydel power. It is also an inspiration for
the writers, the muse of poets, the final destination of
departed souls, the transmitter of culture and a source of
income for the environmentally unfriendly who ravage it.
The mountain ranges from where the Periyar originatesand
the serene beautiful lakes reflecting the nature around and
along with the forest abounding in attractive wild life are all
perennial attractions to the tourists. The Thekkady Lake
with boating facilities, the Bhoothathankettu reservoir and
the beautiful wild life sanctuary adjacent to it, the natural
beauty of Munnar etc., attract nature lovers and tourists
from all over the world. The famous Malayattoor church,
Kalady, the birth place of Sankaracharya, the greatest
Advaitha Philosopher, is on the bank of the Periyar.

Thattekkad bird sanctuaries, Aluva Sivarathri Manalpuram
etc., are along the banks of the river Periyar.
1.3.1 Location
The area selected for the present study, the Periyar
River Basin, falls within the central part of Kerala and lies
between North latitudes 9°15’30” and 10°21’00”, East
longitudes 76°08’38” and 77°24’32” and spreads in the
districts of Idukki, Thrissur and Ernakulam (Fig 1.1)
Table 1.1 Important Reservoirs in the Periyar River
Basin (Source: KSEB)
Sl.
No
.
Name of
Reservoir
Year of
compl
etion
Height
(m)
Length
(m)
Gross
Reservoir
Capacity
(Mm3)
1. Kundala 1946 32.30 259 7.79
2. Matupetty 1956 85.34 237 55.23
3. Sengulam 1957 26.80 144 0.71
4. Kallarkutty 161 43.00 183 6.88
5. Ponmudi 1963 59.00 294 51.54
6. Anayirangal 1965 34.00 292 49.84
7. Idukki 1974 168.90 366 1998.57
(Common
Reservoir)
8. Cheruthoni 1976 138.20 650
9. Kulamavu 1977 100.00 385
10. Idamalayar 1985 102.80 58 1089.8
11. Erattayar 1989 20.00 146 5.35
12. Kallar 1989 12.20 373 0.79
13.
Lower
Periyar
1999 39.00 244 5.3
Fig -1.1: Location map of the study area
Table 1.2: Location details for the present study of water
Sample
No.
Surface
Water/Ground
Water
Location
PRO1 Surface Water Kayatinkara
PRO2 Surface Water Thantrikavidyapeedam
PRO3 Surface Water
Bhoothathankettu
Dam
PRO4 Surface Water
Hanging Bridge
Injathotti
PRO5 Surface Water Nedumkandam
PRO6 Ground Water Olanad
PRO7 Ground Water Gothuruth Ferry
PRO8 Ground Water Thiruvallam Chuzhi
PRO9 Ground Water Panthaykal Temple
PRO10 Ground Water Nariyampara
Table 1.3: Location details for the present study of soil
Sample
No.
Location Latitude Longitude
PRJ1
Grampi
Estate
9°33’6.3” 77°03’43.3”
PRJ2
Grampi
Thodu
9°33’24.2” 77°05’44.1”
PRJ3 Anavilasom 9°38’44” 77°06’22.8”
PRJ4 Pullumedu 9°40’12.6” 77°02’52.9”
PRJ5
Mary
Kulam
9°40’41.6” 77°03’1.2”
PRJ6
Vikas
Upputhara
9°41’56.2” 77°01’20.0”
PRJ7
Ayyappan
Kovil
9°42’15.1” 77°02’25.8”
PRJ8
Ayyappan
Kovil
Temple
9°43’10” 77°01’36.4”
PRJ9
Palakada
Kanchiyar
(Bismi
Hotel)
9°45’43.2” 77°04’19.6”
PRJ10 Kanchiyar 9°44’46.2” 77°04’42.8”

2. METHODOLOGY
2.1 INTRODUCTION
Water and soil investigations of riverbasinsinvolve
a variety of procedures and techniques. The methodology is
dependent on the objectives of the work, terrain conditions,
the availability of infra-structure, etc.
2.2 WATER
Tests were conducted to find out many chemical
parameters of the water collected from differentlocationsof
the Periyar River BasinmentionedonTable1.2.Thechemical
parameters studied here are:
 Phosphate
 Nitrite
 Silicate
 Nitrate
 Ammonia
 Carbonate
 Bicarbonate
 Dissolved oxygen
 Biological Oxygen Demand
 Chloride
 Sulphate
 Total Hardness
 Calcium
 Magnesium
 Sodium
 Potassium
 pH
 Turbidity
 Conductivity
 Total Dissolved Solids
 Sodium Chloride
 Air Temperature
 Water Temperature
2.2.1 Determination of Nutrients (Phosphate, Nitrite,
Nitrate, Silicate, Ammonia)
Nutrients such as phosphate, nitrite, nitrate,silicate
and ammonia were found out using the equipment
Continuous Flow Analyser (CFA)(Fig3.1).Thesampleswere
taken in a cuvette and then placed in the analyser. The
analyser directly shows the amount of nutrients present in
the particular sample.
Fig - 2.1: Continuous flow analyser
2.2.2 Determination of carbonates and bicarbonates
Carbonates and bicarbonates were determined by
titration with 0.05M sulphuric acid. 25ml sample was taken
in an Erlenmeyer flask. 5 drops of phenolphthalein was
added. The solution turns pink showing the presence of
carbonates. Sulphuric acid was added from the burette drop
wise until the solution became colourless. The reading was
noted. Then to the same solution 3 drops of methyl orange
was added. The solution turned yellow. Again titration was
carried out by adding sulphuric acid drop wise from the
burette until the solution turned orange. Then the reading
was noted. The amount ofcarbonatesand bicarbonateswere
calculated.
2.2.3 Determination of Dissolved Oxygen and Biological
Oxygen Demand
DO and BOD was estimatedusingWinkler’smethod.
The water sample was taken in a 250ml bottle. 2ml
manganous sulphate solution followed by 2ml alkali iodide
azide reagent were added. The bottlewasstoppered without
any air bubble and mixed by inverting the bottle several
times. The formed precipitate wasallowedtosettlefordown
and 2ml conc.H2SO4 was added, the bottle was re-stoppered
and mixed by inverting for several timesuntil thedissolution
was complete.
50.0ml sample from the bottle waspipettedoutinto
a clean conical flask and heated against a 0.025 N
thiosulphate solution until it turned to a pale straw colour.
At that stage a few drops of starch solution was added and
titration was continued by adding the thiosulphate drop
wise to first disappearance of blue colour. Then DO was
calculated using the formula,
DO (mg/L)
=

After finding DO the same sample was used for the
determination of BOD. Two sets of BOD bottles were filled
with samples elevated water with same dilution water. The
non-seeded dilution water filled in two sets. This serves as
blank. If seeding is done, the BOD of seeding material is also
determined. One set of bottle is used for initial DO
determination. The other set of bottles where inoculated for
5 days at 20°C in BOD incubators. The DO was determined
after 5 days. Then BOD was calculated using the formula,
BOD (mg/L) = (DO0 - DO5) - [(B0 – B5) x 1000] / V
Where,
DO0 = Initial DO content in mg/L
DO5 = DO content after incubation of 5 days
B0 = DO content of blank on initial day
B5 = DO content of blank after incubation of 5
days
V = Volume of sample taken in ml
2.2.4 Determination of Chloride
The amount of chloride was determined using
titration (Mohr’s method). 10ml ofthesamplewastakenand
15ml of distilled water was added to it. The pH was adjusted
to 7 to 8. 1ml of potassium chromate indicator solution was
added and then titrated against silver nitrate. The end point
was colour change from yellow to red. Then the amount of
chloride ion was determined using the formula,
Amount of Cl- (mg/L) =
2.2.5 Determination of sulphates
Determination of sulphates was done using
spectrophotometer. 50ml sample was taken in an
Erlenmeyer flask. 20ml ofbuffersolutionwasaddedand was
mixed thoroughly. While stirring, 0.15g of barium chloride
was added to the sample and again stirred using the
magnetic stirrer for an hour. Absorbance was measured
against the blank at 420nm using spectrophotometer. The
sample solution was processed to obtain solutions of
different strengths (mg/L) in similar way and absorbance of
each were noted. Standard sulphate calibration curve was
plotted with strength on X – axis and absorbance on Y – axis.
Using the standard calibration curve sulphateconcentration
in the given sample was found out.
2.2.6 Determination of Total Hardness
20 ml of the sample was taken in a conical flask. 1
to 2ml of buffer solution and a pinch of eriochrome black –
T powder was added to it. The solution turned wine red.
That solution was titrated against EDTA until the colour
changed from wine red to blue. Total hardness was then
calculated using the formula,
Amount of hardness (mg/L) =
2.2.7 DeterminationofCalcium,Magnesium,Sodium and
Potassium
Calcium, Magnesium, Sodium and Potassium was
determined using Microwave Plasma – Atomic Emission
Spectroscopy (MP – AES) (Fig 3.2). The instrument directly
gives the amount of calcium, magnesium, sodium and
potassium present in the sample of water.
Fig - 3.2: Microwave Plasma – Atomic Emission
Spectroscopy (MP – AES)
2.2.8 Determination of Turbidity
Nephelometric cuvette was filled with distilled
water and placed in the sample holder. The lid of the sample
compartment was closed. By adjusting the ‘set zero’ knob,
the meter reading was adjusted to zero. The sample tube
with distilled water was removed and the 40 NTU standard
solution was filled in the tube, and the meter reading wasset
to 100. The turbidity of the unknown solution was then
found out by fitting the sample tube with the sample and the
reading was noted in NTU unit.
2.2.9 Determination of pH, Conductivity,TotalDissolved
Solids, Sodium Chloride
Determination of pH, conductivity, Total dissolved solids,
sodium chloride was done using water quality analyser.
Water quality analyser is a brief cased instrument which on
insertion of the sample on the rods provided, directly gives
the values of the parameters. The sample was filled on the
rods provided on the instrument. The value of pH,
conductivity, total dissolved solids, sodium chloride was
directly shown digitally (Fig 3.3).

Fig 3.3 Water Quality Analyser
2.2.10 Determination of Air Temperature and Water
Temperature
Air temperature and water temperature was
determined using thermometers. Thermometers were
inserted into the sample collected and the temperature
reading was noted.
2.3 SOIL
Tests conducted on soil were Loss onIgnition(LOI)
and X – Ray Fluorescence (XRF). The sample was prepared
from the soil collected from specific sitesofthePeriyarRiver
Basin listed on Table 1.3.
2.3.1 Loss on Ignition
Loss on ignition is a test used in the analysis of
minerals. It comprises of heating a sample of the material
heavily at a given temperature, enabling the escape of
volatile substances until their mass ceases to change. The
simple test consists of placing a few grams of the sample in a
tared, pre – ignited crucible and determining its mass,
placing it in temperature controlled furnace for a set time,
cooling it in a controlled atmosphere and redetermining the
mass. Then loss on ignition was found out using the formula,
LOI (%) = x 100
Where,
N1=Weight of empty crucible
N2=Weight of crucible with sample from oven
N3=Weight of crucible and sample after taking from
muffle furnace
2.3.2 X – Ray Fluorescence
XRF (X-ray fluorescence) (Fig 3.4) is a non-
destructive analytical technique used to determine the
elemental composition of materials. XRF analysers
determine the chemistry of a sample by measuring the
fluorescent X-ray emitted from a sample when it is excited
by a primary X-ray source. Each element in a sample
generates a collection of distinctivefluorescent X-raysthatis
peculiar to that particular element, making XRF
spectroscopy an outstanding technology for qualitative and
quantitative material composition assessment.
Fig - 3.4: X – Ray Fluorescence analyser
2.3.3 Preparation of soil sample
Prior to LOI and XRF the soil has to prepared and
processed. The raw soil samples from the field was first
taken in glass dishes and kept in oven at 80°C overnight.The
samples were taken out of the oven the next day and cooled
to atmospheric temperature.
Cone and quartering of the dried samples were
done. A portion of this sample were ground to fine powder
using the mortar and pestle. The groundedpowderwasthen
sieved through 0.063mm sieve (IS 63). After sieving the
sample was stored in boxes with proper labelling.
Crucibles were weighed empty(N1).5gofthesieved
sample was weighed and taken in the crucible. Then the
crucible was kept in oven for 1hr at 100°C. After taking out
from the oven the samples were again weighed (N2). Then
the samples were kept in muffle furnace for 1hr at 900°C.
After cooling the samples were again weighed (N3). The
values were noted to find LOI. The samples were then made
into pellets for doing XRF.

3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
3.1 WATER
Analysis of chemical parameters of water collected
from different sites of Periyar River Basin was done and the
results were obtained.
Table - 3.1: Experimental values of water sample
The water quality parameter values obtained from
the analysis of the water samplecollectedfromPeriyarRiver
Basin was compared with WHO and BIS standards. The
values are within the limit as specified in WHO and BIS.
From this it is understood that the pollution rate of Periyar
River Basin is comparatively low.
3.2 SOIL
LOI and XRF were done on the soil sample collected
from Periyar River Basin Table (3.2).
Table 3.2: LOI values of soil sample
Sample
No.
Loss on
Ignition
(LOI) (%)
PRJ1 19.62
PRJ2 13.56
PRJ3 19.96
PRJ4 15.87
PRJ5 14.88
PRJ6 16.63
PRJ7 15.84
PRJ8 15.19
PRJ9 18.13
PRJ10 19.12
The LOI values should be less than 20% for soils. The values
obtained are within the limit. From the study it is clear that
the sample soils are fit for agricultural purposes. It contains
all the relevant nutrients that are needed for the plant
growth.
Table 3.3: XRF values of soil sample
The soil sample were tested for XRF and the values of major
oxides were obtained as a result of XRF analysis Table (3.3).
4. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
This study mainly focuses on the water quality
parameters of water and LOI and XRF of soils. Experiments
were conducted on water sample to find out the amount of
phosphate, nitrite, silicate, nitrate, ammonia, carbonate,
bicarbonate, DO, BOD, chlorides, sulphates, total hardness,
calcium, magnesium, sodium, potassium, pH, turbidity,
conductivity, total dissolved solids, sodium chloride, air
temperature and water temperature. All the parameters are
tabulated. Experiments were conducted on soil to find out
the amount of loss on ignition and the amount of oxides
present in the soil.
From this study it is obvious that the pollution rate
of Periyar River is comparatively lower as the valuesofmost
of the parameters fall within the limit. Hence this water can
be effectively used for irrigation purposes and in at most
cases this water can be supplied for drinking purposes after
proper disinfection. Soil of this river basin can be used
effectively for agriculture. The nutrient content of soil is
acceptable for the proper growth of crops and plants.
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