Fluoride in groundwater, Varaha River Basin, Visakhapatnam District, Andhra Pradesh, India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 152, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 47-60

  Subba Rao, N ^a  

^a ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Fluoride; Groundwater quality; River basin; Water management

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE ENVIRONMENTS; ANDHRA PRADESH; AQUIFER MATERIALS; CHEMICAL DATUM; CONCENTRATION OF; CONTACT TIME; CONTROLLING MECHANISMS; DRINKING WATERS; FLUORIDE; FLUORIDE CONCENTRATIONS; FLUORIDE CONTENTS; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; HUMAN BEINGS; MANAGEMENT MEASURES; PEOPLE'S PARTICIPATIONS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; PRECAMBRIAN; RIVER BASIN; RIVER WATERS; SOURCE MATERIALS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISAKHAPATNAM;

ALUMINOUS REFRACTORIES; AQUIFERS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; HYDROGEOLOGY; LEACHING; POTABLE WATER; RIVERS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

BICARBONATE; CHLORIDE; FLUORIDE; GROUND WATER;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; ALKALINE ENVIRONMENT; AQUIFER; BICARBONATE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLUORIDE; GROUNDWATER; RIVER BASIN; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; DILUTION; ENVIRONMENT; INDIA; LEACHING; PH; RIVER BASIN; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

BICARBONATES; CALCIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUORIDES; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; INDIA; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

ANDHRA PRADESH; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; VARAHA BASIN; VISAKHAPATNAM;

EID: 63749091906     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0295-5     Document Type: Article

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