WATCHIT.EXE W Ch I T h Water Chemistry emistry Interpretation nterpretation Techniques • By • Prof.

A. Prof. A. Balasubramanian Balasubramanian & • Prof. D. Prof. D. Nagaraju Nagaraju • Dept of Studies
in Earth Science Dept. of Studies Studies in Earth Science Science, • Centre for Advanced Studies, •
University of Mysore, India Water is the most precious gift, of mother nature It is a universal universal
solvent. Because of its unique characteristics characteristics • the p yh sico‐chemical p p ro erties vary
With reference reference to snow‐melt water River water Lake water Groundwater Estuarine waters in
coastal coastal areas Also in oceanic oceanic water masses. The physical physical properties, properties,
and chemical chemical constituents, constituents, mainly cont l ro the water quality parameters. During
the last hundred hundred years, scientific scientific studies studies have been carried carried out , wi ht
many water quality parameters. parameters. Only a few popularly popularly known parameters
parameters are used, by the researc researchers, very often.  A detailed study, conducted at the
University of Mysore, has given the s pectrum of various application indices, that are more than
hundred. The outcome outcome is the development development of a compreh i ens ve appli ti ca on
software WATCHIT PROF.A.BALASUBRAMANIAN PROF.A.BALASUBRAMANIAN & PROF.D.NAGARAJU,
PROF.D.NAGARAJU, DEPT OF DEPT OF DEPT.OF EARTH SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE, UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE, INDIA WATCHIT.EXE • It is a QB 64, directly
executable, compu ter program. It is very , much useful to all researchers, scientists , working with major
ion water chemistry data chemistry data. It is a simple software, software, developed developed to
determine etermine more than 100 water quality parameters. It computes parameters like, • Ionic
Balance Balance and Permissible Permissible error , • Theoretical Theoretical Electrical Electrical
Conductivity Conductivity and TDS, • Total Soluble Cations Cations & Anions, • Ionic concentrations
concentrations as Ca CO3, • Ionic Strength Strength Strength Strength, of e er v y ion , and the whole
sample, • Activity Activity Coefficients Coefficients of various various ions WATCHIT computes the S i I di
f Saturat ion I ndices o f • Calcium Chloride Calcium Chloride ,g , , Ara gonite , Calcite Calcite , Calcium
Calcium Nitrate, Dolomite, Huntite, Anhydrite, potassium Chloride, Potassium Nitrate, Potassium
Carbonate Potassium Bicarbonate Potassium Potassium Carbonate Carbonate, Potassium Potassium
Bicarbonate Bicarbonate , Magnesite Magnesite, Magnesium Nitrate, Magnesium , Magnesium Nitrate,
Magnesium Chloride, Magnesium Bicarbonate , Magnesium S l h t S di Chl id S di Bi b t S u l p h a te, S
odium Chloride, S odium Bicar bona te, Sodium Nitrate and Disodium Carbonate, • and the effect of
Temperature on the Solubility and the effect of Temperature Temperature on the Solubility Solubility of
all the above said mineral species. WATCHIT, also computes the parameters including • Corrosivity
Ratio, Base Exchange Index, • R id l S di C b t Residua l S odium Car bona te, • Total Hardness , Carbonate
Hardness , • Non-carbonate Hardness, carbonate Hardness, • Permeability Index Permeability Index , •
Pollution Index, Chloroalkaline Indices Parameters • Mechanisms controlling Water Chemistry,
Mechanisms Mechanisms controlling controlling Water Chemistry, Chemistry, • Handa's Handa's
Hardness, Salinity and sodium hazard, Hardness, Salinity and sodium hazard, • Schoeller Schoeller s
Schoeller s' Water Type Water Type, • Piper's Hydrochemical Facies, • St f d' Cl ifi ti f Stuyfzand's
Classification of F i ac es, • Significant Environment of Water, • USSL Salinity & Sodium hazard, •
Alkalinity of water, Parameters • CaCO3 Saturation Index by 7 Methods , • Solubility of CO2, • Acid
Neutralising Capacity, • Sodium Adsorption Ratio Sodium Adsorption Adsorption Ratio, • Salinity Rating
of Water, • Salinity Impact of Chloride Salinity Salinity Impact of Chloride Chloride, • Impact of Residual
Sodium Carbonate, Parameters • Kelly , 's Ratio, • Magnesium Adsorption Ratio, • Potential Salinity,
Potential Salinity, • Exchangeable Sodium Percentage, • Sodicity hazard and its Impact, Sodicity Sodicity
hazard and its Impact, Impact, • Soluble Sodium Percentage, • Aggressiveness Index, Aggressiveness
Index, • Ryznar Stability Index & its impact, • Puckorius Puckorius Index & its Significance, Puckorius
Index & its Significance, Significance, Parameters • Larson Skold Index Larson Skold Index, • Oxidation
Capacity of Water, • Von Wirdum Ion Ratio, • Lime dose re q , uirement, • Soda Ash dose requirement, •
S lt I d S alt I n dex Parameters • Sodium Dominance Index Sodium Dominance Dominance Index, • Non-
Marine concentrations of various Marine concentrations of various ions, • Adj p, usted Sodium Adsor
usted Sodium Adsorption Ratio tion Ratio, • Dissolved Inorganic Carbon, • Non-S S lt I i W t d Sea Salt
Ions in Water and • Seawater Intrusion effect, if any. This software provides all the output This software
software, provides provides all the output • in the form of result files in the form of result files, • rough
work files, • Master table files, • 227 Graphical plots and a host of 227 Graphical Graphical plots, and a
host of , statistical correlation analysis as output. • All scatter plots, are fitted with, re g q ression e
quations uations. It is an all It is an all-in-one type of software one type of software software • It is an all
It is an all-in-one type one type of software in about 2600 KB memory 2600 KB memory. It can handle at
a time, a maximum of four seasons, withup t o 500 l d t f h 500 samp le d a ta, o f eac h season. For
example For example • If there are 420+ water sample data of a If there are 420+ water sample data, of
a district, • th i i ff th lt f 4650 the process e process ing g ives off the results o f 4650+ pages in Microsoft
Word, and the Rough work d il b f h d f 11400 k details may be o f t he or der o f 11400+ pages in
Microsoft Word. • In any water resources department, of a Government or private of a Government
Government or private private Organisation, • OR a consultant group, • the software WATCHIT can be
used the software software WATCHIT WATCHIT , can be used to interpret the results of every month
water sample data month water sample data. WATCHIT • It helps in the generation of extensive water
quality reports, of Watersheds