Land Use/Land Cover Change Dynamics and River Water Quality Assessment Using Geospatial Technique: a case study of Harmu River, Ranchi (India)

Suraj Kumar Singh¹ , Vikash Kumar² , Shruti Kanga³

1. Department of Civil Engineering, Suresh Gyan Vihar University, Jagatpura, India.
2. Centre for Land Resource Management, Central University of Jharkhand, Brambe, India.
3. Centre for Climate Change and Water Research, Suresh Gyan Vihar University, Jagatpura, India.

Correspondence should be addressed to: shruti.mgi@gmail.com.

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Isroset-Journal
Vol.5 , Issue.3 , pp.17-24, Jun-2017

Online published on Jun 30, 2017

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Abstract :
The aim of the present study is to analyse the Land use/land cover change dynamic and water quality assessment using geospatial technique for Harmu river variability with reference to various land use/ land cover map (1992-2009) using the multi-temporal satellite datasets in GIS environment, identification and onsite sampling of pollution level along the river channel in order to comprehend the pollution level of Harmu river over the years using the different water quality parameter which includes pH, Temperature, Electrical conductivity, Total dissolve solid (TDS), Total suspended solid (TSS), Ca++, Mg++, Total Hardness, Total solid (TS), Alkalinity Chloride and Dissolve oxygen. The comparison of Landuse/land cover classes from 1992-2009 indicates major increase in agricultural land (+115.14% in 2002 and +109.61% in 2009) and built up (+105.49%, in 2002 and 105.73% in 2009) classes with respect to area coverage in Harmu watershed whereas, the area of scrub land (-5.88 in 2002 and -42.95), open forest (-16.39% in 2002 and -80.4% in 2009) and wasteland (-22.56% in 2002 and -27.24% in 2009) classes has decreased. The substantial decrease in wasteland during the period could be attributed to the implementation of government wasteland reclamation measures. The pollution level of Harmu river is high at all sites due to the regular discharge of domestic sewage, disposal of automobile/ workshop waste, increasing settlement nearby the river and garbage which led to water not suitable for drinking as well as for domestic purpose. It was observed that the river/drainage channels were primarily encroached by built up land and few of the drainage channels were extinct due to urban activities.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Harmu river; Remote Sensing; GIS; River pollution; Land use/land cover

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