Water pollutants: sources and impact on the environment and human health

S Madhav, A Ahamad, AK Singh, J Kushawaha… - Sensors in water …, 2020 - Springer
Water is the most crucial commodity for life support process in organism. Water is basic and
mandatory need for the humans and the entire living creature on earth. Therefore, the …

Groundwater fluoride contamination, probable release, and containment mechanisms: a review on Indian context

I Mukherjee, UK Singh - Environmental geochemistry and health, 2018 - Springer
Fluoride contamination in the groundwater has got great attention in last few decades due to
their toxicity, persistent capacity and accumulation in human bodies. There are several …

Hydrogeochemical investigation of groundwater quality in the hard rock terrain of South India using Geographic Information System (GIS) and groundwater quality …

N Adimalla, AK Taloor - Groundwater for Sustainable Development, 2020 - Elsevier
A total of 194 groundwater samples were collected from hard rock terrain of Medak, a fast
urbanizing region of Telangana State, South India to assess the groundwater quality using …

Heavy metal pollution in groundwater of urban Delhi environs: Pollution indices and health risk assessment

K Sharma, NJ Raju, N Singh, S Sreekesh - Urban Climate, 2022 - Elsevier
The excess presence of heavy metals in water resources deteriorates the quality and has a
high potential for bioaccumulation and environmental contamination. The study of heavy …

Distribution and health risk assessment of arsenic and selected heavy metals in Groundwater of Chandigarh, India

K Ravindra, S Mor - Environmental pollution, 2019 - Elsevier
Groundwater quality of Chandigarh was assessed by collecting 80 groundwater samples
from different depths varying between 10 ft and 1200 ft. These samples were analyzed for …

[HTML][HTML] Hydrogeochemical characteristics and groundwater contamination in the rapid urban development areas of Coimbatore, India

S Selvakumar, N Chandrasekar, G Kumar - Water Resources and Industry, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Singanallur Sub-basin is one of the major waterways and it supplies water to
the Coimbatore city. Currently, it is vulnerable to pollution due to an increase of unplanned …

Geochemical characterization and evaluation of groundwater suitability for domestic and agricultural utility in semi-arid region of Basara, Telangana State, South India

N Adimalla, S Venkatayogi - Applied water science, 2018 - Springer
Hydrogeochemical investigations were carried out in semi-arid region of Basara to estimate
the quality of groundwater for its suitability for domestic and agricultural purposes. For this …

Fluoride distribution and contamination in the water, soil and plants continuum and its remedial technologies, an Indian perspective–a review

G Singh, B Kumari, G Sinam, N Kumar, S Mallick - Environmental Pollution, 2018 - Elsevier
Fluorine is an essential element required in trace amounts but gets toxic for human beings at
levels more than 1.5 mg F− L− 1 primarily through drinking contaminated water. It is the 13th …

Concentration of fluoride in groundwater of India: a systematic review, meta-analysis and risk assessment

S Ali, Y Fakhri, M Golbini, SK Thakur, A Alinejad… - Groundwater for …, 2019 - Elsevier
It is a well-known fact that the Indian groundwater is polluted by fluoride. However, for the
first time in India, non-carcinogenic risk assessments and meta-analysis of fluoride exposure …

Evaluation of groundwater quality for suitability of irrigation purposes: a case study in the Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand

KK Singh, G Tewari, S Kumar - Journal of Chemistry, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In the present study, the groundwater quality for suitability in agriculture from Udham Singh
Nagar district, Uttarakhand, has been evaluated. A total of 50 groundwater samples have …