N2 - Based on chemical analyses, the quality of ground waters for drinking, agricultural and industrial purposes was deter-mined in Rafsanjan Plain-Iran. Samples for analyses were taken from 22 wells in 2012. Because of high water hardness and total dissolved solids content, water was found to be unsuitable for drinking purposes. Water quality for agriculture was determined with the use of the Wilcox method. Among the analysed water, 10.33% were attributed to C3-S1 class (high electrolytic conductivity and low sodium adsorption ratio), 59.5% to class C4-S1 (very high EC and low SAR) and 30.17% to class C4-S2 (very high EC and medium SAR). 89.67% of studied wells were unsuitable for agriculture. Because of corro-sive water properties all but two wells on Rafsanjan Plain were undesirable for use in the industry. The results of qualitative analyses were presented in GIS and in databases to support making decision and management of groundwater on Rafsanjan Plain. L1 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/113444/PDF/Jahangir%20Soltani%20214.pdf L2 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/113444 PY - 2019 IS - No 42 EP - 99 KW - water quality KW - water resources management KW - groundwater KW - Rafsanjan plain A1 - Jahangir, Mohammad Hossein A1 - Soltani, Keyvan PB - Polish Academy of Sciences; Institute of Technology and Life Sciences - National Research Institute DA - 2019.07.29 T1 - Applying results of the chemical analyses in determining groundwater quality for drinking, agricultural and industrial uses: The case study Rafsanjan plain, Iran SP - 91 UR - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/113444 T2 - Journal of Water and Land Development