A critical review of uranium contamination in groundwater: treatment and sludge disposal

TP Gandhi, PV Sampath, SM Maliyekkal - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Dissolved uranium in groundwater at high concentrations is an emerging global threat to
human and ecological health due to its radioactivity and chemical toxicity. Uranium can …

Use of (modified) natural adsorbents for arsenic remediation: a review

TG Asere, CV Stevens, G Du Laing - Science of the total environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Arsenic (As) is a ubiquitous element found in the atmosphere, soils and rocks, natural waters
and organisms. It is one of the most toxic elements and has been classified as a human …

Arsenic and other geogenic contaminants in global groundwater

A Mukherjee, P Coomar, S Sarkar… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2024 - nature.com
Geogenic groundwater contaminants (GGCs) affect drinking-water availability and safety,
with up to 60% of groundwater sources in some regions contaminated by more than …

A critical review on the occurrence and distribution of the uranium-and thorium-decay nuclides and their effect on the quality of groundwater

A Vengosh, RM Coyte, J Podgorski… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
This critical review presents the key factors that control the occurrence of natural elements
from the uranium-and thorium-decay series, also known as naturally occurring radioactive …

Electrocatalytic Removal of Low-Concentration Uranium Using TiO2 Nanotube Arrays/Ti Mesh Electrodes

L Lin, T Liu, Y Qie, W Liu, Y Meng… - … Science & Technology, 2022 - ACS Publications
Groundwater containing naturally occurring uranium is a conventional drinking water source
in many countries. Removal of low concentrations of uranium complexes in groundwater is a …

Distribution, formation and human-induced evolution of geogenic contaminated groundwater in China: A review

Y Jia, B Xi, Y Jiang, H Guo, Y Yang, X Lian… - Science of the total …, 2018 - Elsevier
The sustainability of groundwater usage faces quality problem caused by anthropogenic
activity as well as geogenic contamination. With varied climate zones, geomorphology and …

Large-scale uranium contamination of groundwater resources in India

RM Coyte, RC Jain, SK Srivastava… - … & Technology Letters, 2018 - ACS Publications
Groundwater overexploitation has caused massive groundwater depletion and raised
concerns for water and food security in India. Groundwater in India also suffers from multiple …

Quality and health risk evaluation for groundwater in Nadia district, West Bengal: an approach on its suitability for drinking and domestic purpose

A Das, SS Das, NR Chowdhury, M Joardar… - Groundwater for …, 2020 - Elsevier
The present work comprises the evaluation of twenty physico-chemical parameters in 110
ground water samples from 17 blocks of Nadia district located in West Bengal, for its quality …

Unraveling influences of nitrogen cycling on arsenic enrichment in groundwater from the Hetao Basin using geochemical and multi-isotopic approaches

Z Gao, H Weng, H Guo - Journal of Hydrology, 2021 - Elsevier
Sources and co-cycling of nitrogen species in arsenic-prone groundwater remain poorly
understood, which could affect arsenic behavior. Here, geochemical and multi-isotopic …

Sedimentogenesis and hydrobiogeochemistry of high arsenic Late Pleistocene-Holocene aquifer systems

Y Wang, K Pi, S Fendorf, Y Deng, X Xie - Earth-Science Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Geogenic enrichment of arsenic (As) in groundwater has been a topic of worldwide concern
over the past several decades due to the severe health threat to an estimated over one …