Effect of Groundwater Use on Water Quality, Sediment Quality and Production of Hybrid Catfish Ponds in Dry Season
Abstract
The objectives of the present study were to investigate the effect of groundwater use on water quality, sediment quality and production in hybrid catfish (Clarias macrocephalus x C. gariepinus) ponds in dry season and prepare to surface water use pond. The water samples were monthly collected during March to June 2019 from different water sources between two farms (three ponds in each farm), SWF (surface water from irrigation canal of Nam Oun Dam) (control) and SBF (groundwater). Both farms were located at Chang Ming Subdistrict, Pannanikhom District, Sakon Nakhon Province. The results found that most of all culture period averages of chemical and physical water quality such as water temperature, water pH, oxidation-reduction potential, transparency, dissolved oxygen and total ammonia were not statistical difference between farms (p>0.05). Conductivity, free-carbon dioxide and total alkalinity were statistically significant difference between farms (p<0.05). Sediment quality such as bulk density and organic matter were not statistical difference between farms (p>0.05), but sediment pH and oxidation-reduction potential were statistically significant difference between farms (p<0.05). The production of hybrid catfish was not statistical difference between two farms (p>0.05). Conclusion, hybrid catfish culture in the earthen ponds could use groundwater instead of surface water when water shortages occur during the dry season.
Keywords : Groundwater Use ; water quality ; sediment quality ; fish pond ; hybrid catfish
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