Cite this article:
Dugga, Pervez, Sahu, Verma, Bano and Deb (2017). Spatiotemporal Variation In Groundwater Quality Of India During Last 15 Years: A Review. Journal of Ravishankar University (Part-B: Science), 30(1), pp.41-52.
Journal of Ravishankar
University-B, 30 (I &II), 41-52 (2017)
Spatiotemporal
Variation In Groundwater Quality Of India During Last 15 Years: A Review
Princy Dugga, Shamsh Pervez,
Rakesh Kumar Sahu, Madhuri Verma,
Shahina Bano and Manas Kanti
Deb
School of Studies in
Chemistry,
Pt. Ravishankar Shukla
University, Raipur-492010, Chhattisgarh, India
Corresponding author:shamshpervez@gmail.com
[Received 09 January 2018; accepted 07 February
2018]
Abstract: Groundwater resource in this few decades has
been challenging in India due to intense agricultural, industrial and mining
activities which make groundwater quality exposed to contaminants. This review
article deals with results of groundwater quality monitoring and assessment
works conducted in India during the year 2000 to 2015. Previously published
research articles of study region with the theme of groundwater quality have
been discussed for concentrations of heavy metals, ions, water-soluble organics
and inorganics along with its associated health impacts. Several methodologies
were used for various chemical contaminants quantification and a wide range of
statistical approaches was also applied for their source identification and/or
apportionment. The major groundwater pollutants were F? , NO? , As, V, Cd, Cr,
Cu, Fe, Pb, Co, Mn, Ni, Zn, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs), Organochlorine
Pesticides (OCPs) etc. monitored in India in higher concentration than standard
permissible limits regulated by various international and national agencies
like World Health Organization (WHO), United States Environmental Protection
Agency (USEPA), American Publi c Health Association (APHA) and Bureau of Indian
Standards (BIS). Studies reported that millions of people are suffering from
chronic heavy metal poisoning causing cancer, cardiovascular diseases,
affecting central nervous system, brain, liver, kidney etc., while 1.6 million
children expire every year from ailment for which polluted drinking water is a
primary cause.
Keywords: Groundwater quality, Heavy
metals, Organic Pollutants, Health Risk, Source Apportionment
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