Water quality assessment and monitoring in Pakistan: A comprehensive review

L Kumar, R Kumari, A Kumar, IA Tunio, C Sassanelli - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Water quality has been a major problem in Pakistan owing to a mix of factors such as
population expansion, industrial units in urban areas, and agricultural activities. The …

Groundwater contamination through potentially harmful metals and its implications in groundwater management

Z Ullah, A Rashid, J Ghani, J Nawab… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Groundwater contamination through potentially harmful metals (PHMs) is an environmental
hazard in Pakistan with significant human health risk reports. The current research was …

Hydrogeochemical assessment of carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic health risks of potentially toxic elements in aquifers of the Hindukush ranges, Pakistan: Insights …

A Rashid, M Ayub, S Khan, Z Ullah, L Ali, X Gao… - … Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
Globally, potentially toxic elements (PTEs) and bacterial contamination pose health hazards,
persistency, and genotoxicity in the groundwater aquifer. This study evaluates PTE …

Exposure risk to heavy metals through surface and groundwater used for drinking and household activities in Ifite Ogwari, Southeastern Nigeria

VN Okafor, DO Omokpariola, OF Obumselu… - Applied Water …, 2023 - Springer
Surface and groundwater are the most common sources of water in Nigeria's rural
communities, which are used for a variety of purposes ranging from farming to industrial …

Fluoride and nitrate in groundwater: a comprehensive analysis of health risk and potability of groundwater of Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan, India

N Tanwer, M Deswal, P Khyalia, JS Laura… - Environmental Monitoring …, 2023 - Springer
Groundwater contamination is a major concern in front of the scientific community because it
is directly related to human health, especially in arid and semi-arid regions. Therefore, a …

[HTML][HTML] PS-InSAR based monitoring of land subsidence by groundwater extraction for Lahore Metropolitan City, Pakistan

MA Hussain, Z Chen, Y Zheng, M Shoaib, J Ma… - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Groundwater dynamics caused by extraction and recharge are one of the primary causes of
subsidence in the urban environment. Lahore is the second largest metropolitan city in …

Hydrogeochemical characterization, and suitability assessment of drinking groundwater: application of geostatistical approach and geographic information system

J Ghani, Z Ullah, J Nawab, J Iqbal, M Waqas… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Arsenic (As) contamination in drinking groundwater sources is a common environmental
problem in Pakistan. Therefore, we collected a total of (n= 81) drinking groundwater samples …

Hydrogeochemical properties, source provenance, distribution, and health risk of high fluoride groundwater: Geochemical control, and source apportionment

M Ayub, H Javed, A Rashid, WH Khan, A Javed… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study evaluated high fluoride (F−) levels, source distribution, provenance, health risk,
and source apportionment in the groundwater of Sargodha, Pakistan. Therefore, 48 …

Integrated approach to hydrogeochemical appraisal of groundwater quality concerning arsenic contamination and its suitability analysis for drinking purposes using …

Z Ullah, XC Zeng, A Rashid, J Ghani, A Ali, M Shah… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Arsenic (As), contamination in drinking groundwater resources is commonly environmental
problem in many developing countries including Pakistan, with significant human health risk …

Arsenic contamination, water toxicity, source apportionment, and potential health risk in groundwater of Jhelum Basin, Punjab, Pakistan

Z Ullah, A Rashid, J Ghani, MA Talib, A Shahab… - … Trace Element Research, 2023 - Springer
Potable groundwater (GW) contamination through arsenic (As) is a commonly reported
environmental issue in Pakistan. In order to examine the groundwater quality for As …