Prevalence of certain inorganic constituents in groundwater samples of Erode district, Tamilnadu, India, with special emphasis on fluoride, fluorosis and its remedial measures

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 160, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 141-155

  Karthikeyan, K ^a   Nanthakumar, K ^a   Velmurugan, P ^a   Tamilarasi, S ^a   Lakshmanaperumalsamy, P ^a  

^a BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Fluoride; Fluorosis; Groundwater quality; Tamil Nadu

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION OF; DRINKING WATER; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; PEARSON'S CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; REMEDIAL MEASURES; SULPHATES; TAMIL NADU; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS; WATER SAMPLES; WATER SOURCE;

ALKALINITY; CALCIUM; CALCIUM ALLOYS; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; GROUNDWATER; HARDNESS; HYDROGEOLOGY; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

POTABLE WATER;

BICARBONATE; CALCIUM; DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; GROUND WATER; MAGNESIUM; NITRATE; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SULFATE;

CALCIUM; DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; GROUNDWATER; HARDNESS; INORGANIC MATTER; MAGNESIUM; NITRATE; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLUOROSIS; INDIA; PH; REFERENCE VALUE; SAFETY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER HARDNESS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TREATMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUORIDES; INDIA; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

ERODE; INDIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 74349131249     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0664-0     Document Type: Article

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