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 …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring Groundwater Quality Assessment: A Geostatistical and Integrated Water Quality Indices Perspective

MU Masood, M Rashid, S Haider, I Naz, CB Pande… - Water, 2024 - mdpi.com
Groundwater is an important source of freshwater. At the same time, anthropogenic
activities, in particular, industrialization, urbanization, population growth, and excessive …

Evaluation of a weathered rock aquifer using ERT method in South Guangdong, China

Q Gao, Y Shang, M Hasan, W Jin, P Yang - Water, 2018 - mdpi.com
In areas where weathering has hydrogeological significance, geophysical methods can
assist to map the subsurface characteristics for groundwater occurrence. In this study …

Assessment and modeling of groundwater quality for drinking, irrigation, and industrial purposes using water quality indices and GIS technique in fasarud aquifer (Iran …

M Bahrami, AR Zarei - Modeling Earth Systems and Environment, 2023 - Springer
One of the main issues in arid and semi-arid areas like Iran is water shortage and
environmental deterioration. This study aimed to address the groundwater quality for …

Application of VES and ERT for delineation of fresh-saline interface in alluvial aquifers of Lower Bari Doab, Pakistan

M Hasan, Y Shang, G Akhter, W Jin - Journal of Applied Geophysics, 2019 - Elsevier
Geophysical methods are effectively used to delineate intrusion boundary between the fresh
and saline aquifers because of their intrinsic capability to assess the lateral variations in the …

[PDF][PDF] Evaluation of Drinking Water Quality Using the Water Quality Index (WQI), the Synthetic Pollution Index (SPI) and Geospatial Tools in Lianhuashan District …

T Hui, L Xiujuan, S Qifa, L Qiang, K Zhuang… - Polish Journal of …, 2021 - pjoes.com
Due to the impact of human agricultural production and climate and environmental changes,
the applicability of groundwater for drinking purposes has attracted widespread attention. In …

Evaluation of groundwater quality in the vicinity of Khurrianwala industrial zone, Pakistan

M Aleem, CJ Shun, C Li, AM Aslam, W Yang, MI Nawaz… - Water, 2018 - mdpi.com
The industrial augmentation and unguided anthropogenic activities contaminate water
sources in most parts of the world especially in developing countries like Pakistan. High …

Blood, hair and feces as an indicator of environmental exposure of sheep, cow and buffalo to cobalt: A health risk perspectives

MI Hussain, Z Iqbal Khan, M Naeem, K Ahmad… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Exposure to toxic metals (TMs) such as cobalt (Co) can cause lifelong carcinogenic
disorders and mutagenic outcomes. TMs enter ground water and rivers from human activity …

Integrated approach to hydrogeochemical appraisal and quality assessment of groundwater from Sargodha District, Pakistan

J Siddique, J Menggui, MH Shah, A Shahab… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrochemical characteristics and aquifer properties present a better understanding of the
mitigation of groundwater pollution, which has become one of the leading environmental …

Application of water quality index and multivariate statistical analysis in the hydrogeochemical assessment of shallow groundwater in Hailun, northeast China

T Hui, D Jizhong, M Shimin, K Zhuang… - Human and Ecological …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Due to the impact of human agricultural production and climate and environmental changes,
the suitability of groundwater for drinking purposes has attracted widespread attention. In …