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DOI	10.1016/j.jconhyd.2024.104303
	Unravelling groundwater contamination and health-related implications in semi-arid and cold regions of India
	Ratandeep; Dharmani, Akshat Bhanu; Verma, Manisha; Rani, Sanjeeta; Narang, Anita; Singh, M. Ramananda; Saya, Laishram; Hooda, Sunita
通讯作者	Saya, L
来源期刊	JOURNAL OF CONTAMINANT HYDROLOGY
ISSN	0169-7722
EISSN	1873-6009
出版年	2024
卷号	261
英文摘要	Groundwater, a vital global resource, is essential for sustaining life and various human activities. However, its quality and availability face increasing threats from both natural and human-induced factors. Widespread contamination, arising from both natural origins and human activities such as agriculture, industry, mining, improper waste disposal, and wastewater release, poses significant risks to human health and water security. India, known for its dense population and pronounced groundwater challenges, serves as a prominent case study. Notably, in most of its regions, groundwater resources have been found to be severely contaminated by various chemical, biological, and radioactive contaminants. This review presents an examination of contamination disparities across various states of semi-arid and cold regions, encompassing diverse assessment methods. The studies conducted in semi-arid regions of North, South, West, and East India highlight the consistent presence of fluorides and nitrates majorly, as well as heavy metals in some areas, with values exceeding the permissible limits recommended by both the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and the World Health Organization (WHO). These contaminants pose skeletal and dental threats, methemoglobinemia, and even cancer. Similarly, in cold regions, nitrate exposure and pesticide residues, reportedly exceeding BIS and WHO parameters, pose gastrointestinal and other waterborne health concerns. The findings also indicated that the recommended limits of several quality parameters, including pH, electrical conductivity, total dissolved solids (TDS), total hardness, and total alkalinity majorly surpassed. Emphasising the reported values of the various contaminant levels simultaneously with addressing the challenges and future perspectives, the review unravels the complex landscape of groundwater contamination and its health-related implications in semi-arid and cold regions of India.
英文关键词	Groundwater Nitrate Fluoride Heavy metal Geogenic Anthropogenic Water quality
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:001167416800001
WOS关键词	DRINKING-WATER ; NITRATE CONTAMINATION ; RISK ASSESSMENT ; ARID REGION ; FLUORIDE ; QUALITY ; RAJASTHAN ; DISTRICT ; PRADESH ; TERRAIN
WOS类目	Environmental Sciences ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary ; Water Resources
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Geology ; Water Resources
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/404421
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Ratandeep,Dharmani, Akshat Bhanu,Verma, Manisha,et al. Unravelling groundwater contamination and health-related implications in semi-arid and cold regions of India[J],2024,261.
APA	Ratandeep.,Dharmani, Akshat Bhanu.,Verma, Manisha.,Rani, Sanjeeta.,Narang, Anita.,...&Hooda, Sunita.(2024).Unravelling groundwater contamination and health-related implications in semi-arid and cold regions of India.JOURNAL OF CONTAMINANT HYDROLOGY,261.
MLA	Ratandeep,et al."Unravelling groundwater contamination and health-related implications in semi-arid and cold regions of India".JOURNAL OF CONTAMINANT HYDROLOGY 261(2024).