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Each and every deltaic plain is a huge reservoir of ground water. But
nearer to coastal tract the plains have no escape from salinity hazards. Same traditional problem
has also encountered in parts of coastal deltaic tract of Jagatsinghpur and Kendrapara district,
Orissa. To overcome the problem and to locate a reliable source of water, an integrated
geological and hydrogeologocal investigation has been undertaken on the basis of borehole
records, electrical resistivity log and quality assessment, in parts of coastal deltaic plain of
Mahanadi. (Parts of Jagatsinghpur and Kendrapara district, Orissa).
The saline and fresh aquifers are in alternate sequence and form an
interfinguring figure. The saline aquifers gradually thicken towards east (ocean) & thin toward,
west (continent) and vice versa in case of fresh aquifers. In quality the ground water varies from
fresh brackish saline with chloride content ranging from 32 ppm to greater than 1000 ppm,
other elements are under permissible limits as per ISI standards.