Water contamination and human health risks in Pakistan: a review

M Fida, P Li, Y Wang, SMK Alam, A Nsabimana - Exposure and Health, 2023 - Springer
Water contamination is one of the most significant hazards to human health on the world
scale. Drinking water quality in Pakistan is decreasing gradually due to alarming population …

Investigating the drinking water quality and associated health risks in metropolis area of Pakistan

MT Sohail, M Ehsan, S Riaz, EB Elkaeed… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Water is the basic need of human beings with no substitute for it. This research aims to
investigate the drinking water quality and dissociated risk calculations of the metropolis area …

Estimation of groundwater pollution levels and specific ionic sources in the groundwater, using a comprehensive approach of geochemical ratios, pollution index of …

NS Rao, A Dinakar, L Sun - Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 2022 - Elsevier
This study aimed to evaluate the degree of groundwater pollution and to assess the
contribution of specific ionic sources to groundwater, thereby helping to identify the changes …

Geochemical evaluation of groundwater and suitability of groundwater quality for irrigation purpose in an agricultural region of South India

S Gugulothu, N Subbarao, R Das, R Dhakate - Applied Water Science, 2022 - Springer
The objective of the present study was to evaluate the geochemical processes controlling
the groundwater chemistry and also to assess the groundwater quality suitability criteria for …

Assessment of hydrogeochemistry in groundwater using water quality index model and indices approaches

MG Uddin, MTM Diganta, AM Sajib, MA Hasan… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Groundwater resources around the world required periodic monitoring in order to ensure the
safe and sustainable utilization for humans by keeping the good status of water quality …

Appraisal of vulnerable zones of non-cancer-causing health risks associated with exposure of nitrate and fluoride in groundwater from a rural part of India

NS Rao, A Dinakar, BK Kumari - Environmental research, 2021 - Elsevier
The present investigation carried out from a rural part of Nalgonda district, Telangana, India
was to know the general groundwater quality and also to measure the vulnerable zones of …

Geochemical characteristics and quality of groundwater evaluation for drinking, irrigation, and industrial purposes from a part of hard rock aquifer of South India

NS Rao, A Dinakar, M Sravanthi, BK Kumari - Environmental Science and …, 2021 - Springer
The present study is a part of hard rock aquifer of Telangana, South India, where the
groundwater is withdrawn heavily for drinking, irrigation, and small-scale industrial …

Assessment of groundwater suitability for sustainable irrigation: a comprehensive study using indexical, statistical, and machine learning approaches

G Singh, J Singh, OA Wani, JC Egbueri… - Groundwater for …, 2024 - Elsevier
Groundwater quality for irrigation purposes varies across regions, countries, and specific
locations, primarily due to factors such as groundwater extraction and utilization methods …

Evaluation of drinking and irrigation suitability of groundwater with special emphasizing the health risk posed by nitrate contamination using nitrate pollution index …

B Panneerselvam, S Karuppannan… - Human and Ecological …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Groundwater is widely recognized as an essential source of water for drinking and irrigation
uses in the South India. It is essential to evaluate the characterization of groundwater for …

Integrated approach for the evaluation of groundwater quality through hydro geochemistry and human health risk from Shivganga river basin, Pune, Maharashtra …

A Kadam, V Wagh, J Jacobs, S Patil, N Pawar… - … Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
The present study is focused on seasonal variation in groundwater quality, hydrochemistry,
and associated human health risk in the Shivganga river basin, Western Maharashtra, India …