Spatializing Groundwater Quality Parameters and Their Impacts on Land Value in Khushab City, Punjab, Pakistan

This research was designed to examine the spatial variation in land value in response to ground water qualityin Khushab city, Punjab Pakistan. There were four Physical and five chemical parameters such as pH, ElectricConductivity (EC), Calcium (Ca), hardness, Magnesium (Mg), Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) concentration, taste, colorand odor were tested for groundwater quality appraisal in the study area. There were one hundred water samplescollected from different wells in the study area. Thereafter, the water quality parameters were processed in ArcGIS foranalyzing spatial distribution of groundwater quality parameters by using interpolation and geostatistical tools. It wasfound that all the groundwater parameters were higher than the permissible limit by WHO except pH concentration. Itwas further revealed that the ground water was unsafe for drinking and domestic purpose. Variation in land price wasalso studied with special reference to ground water quality. It was concluded that the groundwater quality has asignificant effect on land value in the study area. The deteriorated groundwater quality was proved to be a potentdeterminant for decreasing land price in the study area.