Astronomy & Space Sciences
Title : | Assessment of Flouride Contamination in ground water in Punjab using GIS and machine learning techniques |
Area of research : | Astronomy & Space Sciences |
Focus area : | GroundWater |
Principal Investigator : | Dr. Neeta Raj Sharma, Professor and Additional Dean, School of Bioengineering and Biosciences, Lovely Professional University, Punjab |
Timeline Start Year : | 2022 |
Contact info : | neeta.raj@lpu.co.in |
Details
Executive Summary : | For many rural areas in Punjab, where underground water is the only source of safe drinking water, high concentration of fluoride has emerged to cause a serious crisis threatening public health. In irrigated areas, the use of groundwater containing elevated levels of fluoride is of concern not only due to direct ingestion of water by livestock but also due to its consumption in plant matter following its plant uptake from irrigated soils.
In this study, the geotagged ground water samples will be collected from the point and non-point sources (hand pumps and tube wells) used to supply drinking water and from tube wells used for irrigation in the parts of Punjab. These samples will be analyzed for various chemical parameters and the concentration of fluoride will be predicted using GIS and machine learning techniques. These results will be useful to monitor the fluoride concentration in drinking water before it is being supplied to rural population, for decisions about installing defluoridation plants in areas, monitoring health problems and also about treatment of water used for irrigation. |
Co-PI: | Dr. IC Das, National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), ISRO, Hyderabad, Telangana |
Total Budget (INR): | 26,48,000 |
Achievements : | The project being undertaken by ISRO in collaboration with academia is directly or indirectly beneficial to the society. |
Organizations involved
Implementing Agency : | Lovely Professional University, Punjab Funding Agency : | Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
Department of Space (DOS)
| Source : | Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)- Department of Space (DOS) 2022-2025 | |
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