A new indexing approach for evaluating heavy metal contamination in groundwater

H Rajkumar, PK Naik, MS Rishi - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
Three indexing methods, namely heavy metal pollution index (HPI), contamination index (C
d) and heavy metal evaluation index (HEI), are commonly used for heavy metal evaluation in …

Environmental health impacts and controlling measures of anthropogenic activities on groundwater quality in Southwestern Nigeria

MA Balogun, AO Anumah, KA Adegoke… - Environmental …, 2022 - Springer
Groundwater is the major source of drinking water in virtually all the regions of Nigeria,
including the southwestern region. It is an indispensable source of drinking water that many …

Microbial and plant-assisted heavy metal remediation in aquatic ecosystems: a comprehensive review

S Haldar, A Ghosh - 3 Biotech, 2020 - Springer
Heavy metal (HM) pollution in aquatic ecosystems has an adverse effect on both aquatic life
forms as well as terrestrial living beings, including humans. Since HMs are recalcitrant, they …

Evaluation of water quality in surface water and shallow groundwater: a case study of a rare earth mining area in southern Jiangxi Province, China

X Hao, D Wang, P Wang, Y Wang, D Zhou - Environmental monitoring and …, 2016 - Springer
This study was conducted to evaluate the quality of surface water and shallow groundwater
near a rare earth mining area in southern Jiangxi Province, China. Water samples from …

Seawater intrusion decreases the metal toxicity but increases the ecological risk and degree of treatment for coastal groundwater: An Indian perspective

C Bhagat, M Kumar, J Mahlknecht, R Hdeib… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Contaminant vulnerability in the critical zones like groundwater (GW)-seawater (SW)
continuum along the entire Gujarat coast was investigated for the first time through an …

Occurrence, source, and mobilization of iron, manganese, and arsenic pollution in shallow aquifer

MS Islam, MG Mostafa - Geofluids, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This investigation is aimed at exploring the mobilization and sources of Fe, Mn, and As in
aquifers through geochemical characterization, spatial analysis, and statistical approaches …

Enrichment and mechanisms of heavy metal mobility in a coastal quaternary groundwater system of the Pearl River Delta, China

Y Wang, JJ Jiao, K Zhang, Y Zhou - Science of the Total Environment, 2016 - Elsevier
The risks posed by heavy metal mobilization strongly depend on the pathways that the
metals follow, with the sediment-water pathway representing a direct risk to groundwater …

[HTML][HTML] Optimization of cadmium and lead biosorption onto marine Vibrio alginolyticus PBR1 employing a Box-Behnken design

P Parmar, A Shukla, D Goswami, B Patel… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Microorganisms are well capable of removing heavy metals by different mechanisms
especially where the process of biosorption has attracted researchers in the recent years …

Assessment of Yamuna and associated drains used for irrigation in rural and peri-urban settings of Delhi NCR

A Bhattacharya, P Dey, D Gola, A Mishra… - Environmental …, 2015 - Springer
The present study assessed the quality of Yamuna River and the Najafgarh drain water for
irrigational purposes in the Delhi region in terms of spatial variations in the physicochemical …

Mobilisation processes responsible for iron and manganese contamination of groundwater in Central Adriatic Italy

W Palmucci, S Rusi, D Di Curzio - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2016 - Springer
Iron and manganese are two of the most common contaminants that exceed the threshold
imposed by international and national legislation. When these contamination occurs in …