Temporal changes in groundwater quality in an industrial area of Andhra Pradesh, India

Current Science

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1616-1619

  Srinivasa Rao, K V ^a   Subba Rao, N ^a   Murali Krishna, B ^a   Srinivasa Rao, P ^a   Subrahmanyam, A ^b   John Devadas, D ^a   Tirupathi Rao, B ^a  

^a ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Hindu College   (India)

Author keywords

Groundwater quality; Industrial area; Pollution activity; Remedial measures; Temporal changes

Indexed keywords

EID: 37749030918     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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