Nitrate contamination in groundwater of some rural areas of Rajasthan, India

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 171, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 189-199

  Suthar, Surindra ^a   Bishnoi, Preeti ^b   Singh, Sushma ^c   Mutiyar, Pravin K ^a   Nema, Arvind K ^a   Patil, Nagraj S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b BRG Govt Girls PG College   (India)

^c Department of Chemistry   (India)

Author keywords

Animal manure; Drinking water quality; N fertilizer; Nitrate leaching; Pit latrines

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MANURE; DRINKING WATER QUALITY; N-FERTILIZER; NITRATE LEACHING; PIT LATRINES;

ANIMALS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; LEACHING; MANURES; NITRATES; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; POTABLE WATER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL AREAS; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER QUALITY;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

FERTILIZER; GROUND WATER; NITRATE; SULFATE;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MANURE; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SULFATE;

AGROECOSYSTEM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUID INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; INDIA; MANURE; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SEWER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERTILIZERS; HUMANS; INDIA; NITRATES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL HEALTH; SEWAGE; SULFATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; RAJASTHAN; SOUTH ASIA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 70349257308     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.05.111     Document Type: Article

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