Application of water quality index for groundwater quality assessment: Thirumanimuttar sub-basin, Tamilnadu, India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 171, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 595-609

  Vasanthavigar, M ^a   Srinivasamoorthy, K ^a   Vijayaragavan, K ^a   Rajiv Ganthi, R ^a   Chidambaram, S ^a   Anandhan, P ^a   Manivannan, R ^a   Vasudevan, S ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic; Groundwater geochemistry; Sodium adsorption ratio; Sodium percentage; Water quality index

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL IMPACTS; ALKALINE EARTH; ANTHROPOGENIC; GROUNDWATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT; HUMAN CONSUMPTION; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL; OVER-EXPLOITATION OF GROUNDWATERS; SODIUM ADSORPTION RATIO; STRONG ACIDS; STUDY AREAS; SUBBASINS; WATER QUALITY INDEX; WATER QUALITY INDEXES; WEAK ACIDS;

ACIDS; ADSORPTION; ALKALINE EARTH METALS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DEWATERING; EFFLUENTS; GROUNDWATER; LEACHING; POSITIVE IONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

CALCIUM; CARBONIC ACID; CHLORINE; DRINKING WATER; FERTILIZER; FLUORIDE; GROUND WATER; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM; RAIN; SODIUM; SULFATE;

ADSORPTION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SODIUM; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

ADSORPTION; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; INDIA; RIVER BASIN; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER HARDNESS; WATER QUALITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; INDIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

INDIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 78149407231     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-1302-1     Document Type: Article

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