Chemical contamination of ground water in India
Conference
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OSTI ID:370258
- Indian Agricultural Research Inst., New Delhi (India)
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.
- OSTI ID:
- 370258
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960376--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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