Chemical contamination of ground water in India
Abstract
Ground water is the main source of drinking water in rural areas and many urban areas in India. In addition, it has been increasingly used for irrigation in farmland. Contamination of ground water by persistent inorganic and organic chemicals has emerged as a major environmental concern in recent years. Nitrate, fluoride, heavy metals and organochlorine compounds are found to be major contaminants of ground water in different parts of the country. At many places the concentrations of these chemicals exceed national and international guideline values for drinking water. While large concentrations of heavy metals come from industrial sources, agricultural activities are responsible for ground water contamination by nitrate and organochlorine insecticides.
- Authors:
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- Indian Agricultural Research Inst., New Delhi (India)
- Publication Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 370258
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960376-
TRN: 96:003805-0309
- Resource Type:
- Conference
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Spring national meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), New Orleans, LA (United States), 24-28 Mar 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of 211th ACS national meeting; PB: 2284 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 55 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE, BASIC STUDIES; GROUND WATER; WATER POLLUTION; INSECTICIDES; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; DRINKING WATER; INDIA; IRRIGATION; METALS; ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
Citation Formats
Mohapatra, S P, and Agnihoiri, N P. Chemical contamination of ground water in India. United States: N. p., 1996.
Web.
Mohapatra, S P, & Agnihoiri, N P. Chemical contamination of ground water in India. United States.
Mohapatra, S P, and Agnihoiri, N P. 1996.
"Chemical contamination of ground water in India". United States.
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abstractNote = {Ground water is the main source of drinking water in rural areas and many urban areas in India. In addition, it has been increasingly used for irrigation in farmland. Contamination of ground water by persistent inorganic and organic chemicals has emerged as a major environmental concern in recent years. Nitrate, fluoride, heavy metals and organochlorine compounds are found to be major contaminants of ground water in different parts of the country. At many places the concentrations of these chemicals exceed national and international guideline values for drinking water. While large concentrations of heavy metals come from industrial sources, agricultural activities are responsible for ground water contamination by nitrate and organochlorine insecticides.},
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