Groundwater nitrate contamination and associated human health risk assessment in southern districts of Punjab, India

CPS Ahada, S Suthar - Environmental science and pollution research, 2018 - Springer
Consumption of high NO 3 containing water may pose serious health hazard especially in
children (< 5 years). The source of NO 3 in groundwater includes surface leaching from …

Assessment of groundwater quality for drinking and irrigation purposes using hydrochemical studies in Malwa region, southwestern part of Punjab, India

T Kaur, R Bhardwaj, S Arora - Applied Water Science, 2017 - Springer
Deterioration of groundwater quality due to anthropogenic activities is increasing at an
alarming rate in most parts of the Punjab, but limited work has been carried out on …

Critical review on uranium and arsenic content and their chemical mobilization in groundwater: A case study of the Malwa region Punjab, India

V Kumar, A Maity, A Kumar, S Saha, P Kay… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The presence of pollutants like uranium and arsenic in the groundwater can have a terrible
impact on people's health (both radiologically and toxicologically) and their economic …

Evaluation of groundwater quality and suitability for irrigation and drinking purposes in southwest Punjab, India using hydrochemical approach

DA Sharma, MS Rishi, T Keesari - Applied Water Science, 2017 - Springer
Groundwater samples from alluvial aquifers of Bathinda district, southwest Punjab were
measured for physicochemical parameters as well as major ion chemistry to evaluate the …

Evolution of groundwater hydrogeochemistry and assessment of groundwater quality in the Anayari catchment

N Zakaria, G Anornu, D Adomako… - Groundwater for …, 2021 - Elsevier
The quality of groundwater in the Lower Anayari Catchment was assessed for its suitability
for drinking, domestic and irrigation purposes. The Lower Anayari Catchment lies in a semi …

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 …

Geochemical assessment of groundwater contaminants and associated health risks in the Shivalik region of Punjab, India

S Mittal, R Kumar, PK Sahoo, SK Sahoo - Toxin reviews, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The present study investigates the groundwater suitability for drinking and irrigation
purposes in the Shivalik region of Punjab, India. The results revealed that the concentration …

Multivariate analysis and geochemical signatures of groundwater in the agricultural dominated taluks of Jalandhar district, Punjab, India

G Singh, MS Rishi, R Herojeet, L Kaur… - Journal of geochemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
The present study is focused on the agriculturally dominated taluks of Nakodar, Shahkot and
Phillaur in Jalandhar district, Punjab. Integrated multivariate technique along with …

Hydrogeochemical characterization and assessment of water suitability for drinking and irrigation in crystalline rocks of Mothkur region, Telangana State, South India

G Sakram, N Adimalla - Applied Water Science, 2018 - Springer
The present study confers the chemical quality of groundwater and surface water of Mothkur
region, Telangana State, for drinking and irrigational purposes. Mothkur region is …

Development of irrigation water quality index incorporating information entropy

KR Singh, AP Goswami, AS Kalamdhad… - Environment …, 2020 - Springer
The present study demonstrates the efficacy of information entropy for the development of
water quality index (WQI) for irrigation purpose and its application on Bharalu River. Water …