The present research investigation has been carried out to assess the ground waterquality of district Anantnag of Kashmir (J and K) India for drinking and irrigational purposes. A total of twelve sampling sites (three sites from each tehsil) in the study area were selected for water quality analysis. The sampling sites were named as Janglaatmandi, Sopat, Dialgam, Shakerpora, Larkipora, Shahabad, Zalangam, Hillar, Damhal, Nowgam, Sundu and Gopalpora.For assessing water quality in the study area, 12 parameters namely, pH, electrical conductivity, total hardness, alkalinity, calcium, magnesium, sodium, potassium, chloride, nitrate and fluorides were considered. SAR values showed a range of 0.52 to11.69 meq/L. The maximum concentration of SAR11.69 meq /L was recorded at Damhal site and minimum concentration of 0.52 meq /L was recorded at Dialgam site. The calculated values of SAR integrated with the Electrical Conductivity indicated that the ground water in the study area can be utilised for irrigation purpose without any threat of imposition of any hazard (saline or alkaline hazard) to crop soils. Thus, the analytical data from the study area confirms that ground water present in the study area is suitable for domestic and irrigational purposes excluding a few locations.
