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Fluoride Contamination in Groundwater—Some Mitigation Options
Natural groundwater qualityWater quality is “the concentrations of the major cationsCations and anionsAnions originate from not significantly...
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Ground Water Contamination in India Adverse Effects on Habitats
This book examines contamination in groundwater. Groundwater is a lifeline for most countries of the world. 90% of the Indian population rely on...
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Groundwater Contamination in Parts of Northwestern Hyderabad: A Hydrogeochemical and Geospatial Approach
The northwestern part of Hyderabad is known to have its groundwater contaminated due to the influence of several industries. The area is a focal...
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High Arsenic Groundwater Contamination Issues, Causes, and Mitigation Strategies with Successful Case Histories
ArsenicArsenic menace in groundwater has caused a grave concern not only in the Indian subcontinentIndian subcontinent but also in some of the...
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Characterization of Groundwater Contamination in the North Lebanese Aquifer
Water is abundant on the earth’s surface and underground. There is only 1% available to meet the needs of the population. Many groundwater resources’...
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Sustaining Groundwater Irrigation
India’s annual groundwater extraction is 239.16 bcm compared to the total annual groundwater recharge of 437.60 bcm. Stage of groundwater extraction...
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The Economic Cost of Fluoride Contamination in Groundwater: A Case Study from Birbhum District of West Bengal
In numerous locations worldwide, groundwater contains inorganic fluorideFluoride (F−).
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Groundwater: Sources, Functions, and Quality
The groundwater resource is the most important supply of freshwater and a key resource for the living and food security of billions of people in the...
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Trace Metals in Groundwater: Sources and Mobilization
Generally, the solubility of trace elements is very low, and hence they are present in very low concentrations in natural water. Their presence in...
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Groundwater Quality and Contaminations in India
India is the largest user of groundwaterGroundwater in the world (Saha et al., Clean and Sustainable Groundwater in India. Springer, 2017). The green...
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Status of Groundwater Arsenic Contamination in the States of North East India: A Review
Occurrences of geogenicGeogenic arsenicArsenic pollution have been reported from countries of Asia, the US, South America, Africa, and the European...
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Use of Arsenic-Rich Groundwater in Irrigation-Adverse Effects on Food Chain
While Arsenate [As (V)] is the predominant species under aerobic conditions (Xu et al., Environ Sci Technol 42:5574–5579, 2008; Li et al., Environ...
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Contamination Sources Along the Nile Valley, Egypt and Its Impact on Groundwater
In Egypt from Aswan to Cairo, the Nile receives discharge of wastewater from over 124 point sources along the banks of the Nile; more than 72 points...
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Trends in the Groundwater Geochemistry, Quality, and Pollution Assessment of the Greater Guwahati, Assam: The Largest City in North East India
Groundwater is considered a hidden resource and is quantitatively more important than surface waterSurface water. The growing population demands...
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Effect of Fluoride Contamination on Living Beings: Global Perspective with Prominence of India Scenario
Water is the most crucial component and the building block of life on Earth. The world is facing water scarcity, affecting millions of people. Most...
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Geochemistry of Saline Groundwater in Coastal Orissa
Coastal aquifersCoastal Aquifer are important repositories of groundwaterRepositories of groundwater and offer a major source of water supply for...
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Assessment of Groundwater Quality and Its Suitability for Irrigation in Different Groundwater Availability Regimes of Haryana
Excessive pressure on groundwater resources has resulted in over-exploitationOver exploitation and deterioration of groundwater qualityGroundwater...
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Vulnerability Assessment of Groundwater in Coastal Aquifer
Use of groundwater for domestic, agricultureAgriculture and industriesIndustries has increased all over the country in the last two decades. Since...
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The Impact of Aquifer Recharge on Groundwater Quality
High-quality water is rare in arid and semi-arid regions like those found in the MENA countries. The hydrological cycle involves groundwater...
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Groundwater Recharge
Groundwater rechargeGroundwater recharge is a part of the hydrologic cycle; water moves downward through drainage or percolationPercolation from the...