Hydrochemical characteristics and seasonal variations in groundwater quality of an alluvial aquifer in parts of Central Ganga Plain, Western Uttar Pradesh, India

Environmental Geology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1295-1300

  Umar, Rashid ^a   Ahmed, Izrar ^a   Alam, Fakhre ^a   Khan, Mohammad Muqtada ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Chemical characteristics; Drinking water quality; India; Mixing phenomenon; Seasonal variations; Western Uttar Pradesh

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; DRINKING WATER QUALITY; INDIA; SEASONAL VARIATIONS; WESTERN UTTAR PRADESH;

AQUIFERS; DEIONIZED WATER; DISSOLUTION; EFFLUENTS; HYDROGEOLOGY; ION EXCHANGE; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; IONS; PAPER AND PULP MILLS; POTABLE WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SUGAR FACTORIES; SUGARS; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; AQUIFER POLLUTION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DISSOLUTION; DRINKING WATER; EFFLUENT; EVAPORATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; ION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; NITRATE; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; SULFATE; WATER QUALITY; WATER TABLE;

ASIA; EURASIA; GANGETIC PLAIN; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; UTTAR PRADESH;

EID: 70349882085     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1630-4     Document Type: Article

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