Sources and controls of Arsenic contamination in groundwater of Rajnandgaon and Kanker District, Chattisgarh Central India

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 395, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 49-66

  Shukla, Dericks Praise ^a   Dubey, C S ^a   Singh, Ningthoujam P ^a   Tajbakhsh, M ^b   Chaudhry, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRJAND   (Iran)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Chattisgarh; Kotri lineament; Remote sensing; Water; XRD EPMA

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC CONTAMINATION; BENGAL DELTA PLAINS; CENTRAL INDIA; CHATTISGARH; EASTERN INDIA; FAULT PLANES; GRANITIC ROCKS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HOST ROCKS; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; KOTRI LINEAMENT; LATERAL DISPLACEMENTS; LIMITED INFORMATION; MICROPROBE ANALYSIS; PETROGRAPHIC STUDIES; RIFT ZONES; SEDIMENTARY AQUIFERS; WATER DRAINAGE; WATER ROCK INTERACTIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; XRD;

AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; CONTAMINATION; GRANITE; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; LEACHING; REMOTE SENSING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; WEATHERING; WELLS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; GRANITE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LINEAMENT; PETROGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION; WELL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

INDIA;

EID: 78349310071     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.10.011     Document Type: Article

References (59)

1. Acharyya S.K., Chakraborty P., Lahiri S., Raymahashay B.C., Guha S., Bhowmik A. Arsenic poisoning in the Ganges delta. Nature 1999, 401:545.
2. Acharyya S.K. Arsenic contamination in groundwater affecting major parts of southern West Bengal and parts of western Chattisgarh: source and mobilization processes. Current Science 2002, 82:740-744.
3. Acharyya S.K., Shah B.A., Ashyiya I.D., Pandey Y. Arsenic contamination in groundwater from parts of Ambagarh-Chowki block, Chhattisgarh, India: source and release mechanism. Environmental Geology 2005, 49:148-158.
4. Aggrawal, P.K., Basu, A.R., Poreda, R.J., 2000, in Preliminary Report IAEA-TC Project BGD/8/016, p. 24.
5. Andreae M.O., Byrd T.J., Froelich O.N. Arsenic, antimony, germanium and tin in the Tejo estuary, Portugal: modelling of a polluted estuary. Environmental Science and Technology 1983, 17:731-737.
6. Azcue J.M., Nriagu J.O. Impact of abandoned mine tailings on the Arsenic concentrations in Moira Lake. Ontario Journal of Geochemistry Exploration 1995, 52:81-89.
7. Belkin, H.E., Zheng, B., Finkelman, R.B., 2000. Human health effects of domestic combustion of coal in rural China: a causal factor for Arsenic and fluorine poisoning. In: 2nd World Chinese Conf. Geological Sciences, Extended Abstr., August 2000, Stanford Univ., pp. 522-524.
8. Berg M., Tran H.C., Nguyen T.C., Pham H.V., Schertenleib R., Giger W. Arsenic contamination of groundwater and drinking water in Vietnam: a human health threat. Environmental Science and Technology 2001, 35:2621-2626.
9. BGS, MML UK, 1998, In Report on Project Entitled 'Groundwater Studies for Arsenic Contamination in Bangladesh'. http://www.bgs.ac.uk/Arsenic/bphase1/B_find.htm.
10. Bhattacharya P., Chatterjee D., Jacks G. Occurrence of As-contaminated groundwater in alluvial aquifers from Delta Plains, Eastern India: options for safe drinking water. Water Resource Development 1997, 13:79-92.
11. Bhattacharya P., Jacks G., Ahmed K.M., Khan A.A., Routh J. Arsenic in groundwater of the Bengal delta plain aquifers in Bangladesh. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 2002, 69(4):538-545.
12. Bromssen M.v., Jakariya M., Bhattacharya P., Ahmed K.M., Hasan M.A., Sracek O., Jonsson L., Lundell L., Jacks G. Targeting low-Arsenic aquifers in Matlab Upazila, Southeastern Bangladesh. Science of the Total Environment 2007, 379(2-3):121-132. ISSN 0048-9697, doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.06.028 (Arsenic in the Environment: Biology and Chemistry - Arsenic in the Environment Special Issue, 1 July 2007).
13. Bureau of Indian Standards, 2003, Indian Standard: Drinking Water - Specifications, New Delhi.
14. Central Ground Water Board, North Central Chattisgarh Region, Raipur. http://cgwb.gov.in/NCCR/Rajnandgaon.htm.
15. Chakraborti D., Samanta G., Mandal B.K., Chowdhury T.R., Chanda C.R., Biswas B.K., Dhar R.K., Basu G.K., Saha K.C. Calcutta's industrial pollution: groundwater Arsenic contamination in a residential area and sufferings of people due to industrial effluent discharge - an eight-year study report. Current Science 1998, 74(4):346-355.
16. Chakraborti D., Mukherjee S., Pati S., Sengupta M.K., Rahman M.M., Chowdhury U.K., Lodh D., Chanda C.R., Chakraborti A.K. Arsenic groundwater contamination in middle Ganga Plain, Bihar, India: a future danger. Environmental Health Perspectives 2003, 111:1194-1201.
17. Chakraborti D., Sengupta M.K., Rahman M.M., Ahamed S., Chowdhury U.K., Hossain M.A., et al. Groundwater Arsenic contamination and its health effects in the Ganga-Meghna-Brahmaputra plain. Journal of Environmental Monitoring 2004, 6:75N-83N.
18. Charlet L., Polya D.A. Arsenic in shallow reducing groundwaters in southern Asia: an environmental health disaster. Elements 2006, 2:91-96.
19. Chatterjee A., Banerjee R.N. Determination of lead and other metals in a residential area of greater Calcutta. Science Total Environment 1999, 227:175-185.
20. Chowdhury U.K., Biswas B.K., Chowdhury T.R., Samanta G., Mandal B.K., Basu G.K., Chanda C.R., Lodh D., Saha K.C., Mukherjee S.K., Roy S., Kabir S., Quamruzzaman Q., Chakraborti D. Ground water Arsenic contamination in Bangladesh and West Bengal-India. Environmental Health Perspectives 2000, 108:393-397.
21. Cullen W.R., Reimer K.J. Arsenic speciation in environment. Chemical Reviews 1989, 89:713.
22. Das D., Samanta G., Mandal B.K., Chowdhury T.R., Chanda C.R., Chowdhury P.P., Basu G.K., Chakraborti D. Arsenic in ground water in six districts of West Bengal, India. Environmental Geochemistry and Health 1996, 18:5-15.
23. Dhar R.K., Biswas B.K., Samanta G., Mandal B.K., Chakraborti D., Roy S., Fafar A., Islam A., Ara G., Kabir S., Khan A.W., Ahmed S.A., Hadi S.A. Groundwater Arsenic calamity in Bangladesh. Current Science 1997, 73:48-59.
24. Gurung J.K., Ishiga H., Khadka M.S., Shrestha N.R. Comparison of Arsenic and Nitrate contaminations in shallow and deep aquifers of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Journal of Nepal Geological Society 2006, 33:p. 55. ISSN: 0259-1316.
25. Hasan M.A., Ahmed K.M., Sracek O., Bhattacharya P., von Brömssen M., Broms S., Fogelström J., Mazumder M.L., Jacks G. Arsenic in shallow groundwater of Bangladesh: investigations from three different physiographic settings. Hydrogeology Journal 2007, 15:1507-1522.
26. Jain C.K. Arsenic contamination in ground water: Indian Scenario. Industries Journal Environmental Health 2002, 44:238-243.
27. Keith L.H. Environmental Sampling and Guide 1991, Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, USA.
28. Madhavan N., Subramanian V. Sulphide mining as a source of Arsenic in the environment. Current Science 2000, 78(6):702-709.
29. Mandal B.K., Chowdhury T.R., Samanta G., Basu G.K., Chowdhury P.P., Chanda C.R., Lodh D., Karan N.K., Dhar R.K., Tamili D.K., Das D., Saha K.C., Chakraborti D. Arsenic in groundwater in seven districts of West Bengal, India - the biggest Arsenic calamity in the world. Current Science 1996, 70:976-986.
30. Métral J., Charlet L., Bureau S., Mallik S.B., Chakraborty S., Ahmed K.M., Rahman M.W., Cheng Z., van Geen A. Comparison of dissolved and particulate Arsenic distributions in shallow aquifers of Chakdaha, India, and Araihazar, Bangladesh. Geochemical Transactions 2008, 9:1. 10.1186/1467-4866-9-1.
31. Mishra, A.K., Mohapatra, P.K., 2002, Ground Water Scenario in Chattisgarh. National Seminar on Science, Technology and Water, Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur. p. 1-13.
32. Mukherjee A.B., Bhattacharya P., Jacks G., Banerjee D.M., Ramanathan A.L., Mahanta C., Chandrashekharam D., Chatterjee D., Naidu R. Groundwater Arsenic contamination in India: extent and severity. Managing Arsenic in the Environment: From Soil to Human Health 2006, 533-594. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, Australia, (ISBN: 0643068686). R. Naidu, E. Smith, G. Owens, P. Bhattacharya, P. Nadebaum (Eds.).
33. Naidu, R., Smith, E., Owens, G., Bhattacharya, P., Nadebaum, P., 2006. Managing Arsenic in the Environment from Soil to Human Health, CSIRO Publishing, pp. 327-350.
34. Navarro M., Sanchez M., Lopez H., Lopez M.C. Arsenic contamination levels in waters, soils, and sludges in southeast Spain. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 1993, 50:356-362.
35. Nickson R.T., McArthur J., Burgess W., Ahmed K.M., Ravenscroft P., Rahman M. Arsenic poisoning of Bangladesh groundwater. Nature 1998, 395:338.
36. Nickson R.T., McArthur J., Ravenscroft P., Burgess W.G., Ahmed K.M. Mechanism of Arsenic release to ground water, Bangladesh and West Bengal. Applied Geochemistry 2000, 15:403-413.
37. Nicolli H.B., Suriano J.M., Peral M.A.G., Ferpozzi L.H., Baleani O.A. Groundwater contamination with Arsenic and other trace-elements in an area of the Pampa, province of Cordoba, Argentina. Environmental Geology and Water Sciences 1989, 14:3-16.
38. Nriagu J.O., Bhattacharya P., Mukherjee A.B., Bundschuh J., Zevenhoven R., Loeppert R.H. Arsenic in soil and groundwater: an overview. Arsenic in Soil and Groundwater Environment: Biogeochemical Interactions, Health Effects and Remediation, Trace Metals and other Contaminants in the Environment 2007, vol. 9:3-60. Elsevier B.V. Amsterdam, The Netherlands, doi: 10.1016/S0927-5215(06)09001-1.
39. O'Day P.A., Vlassopoulos D., Root R., Rivera N. The influence of sulfur and iron on dissolved Arsenic concentrations in the shallow subsurface under changing redox conditions. PNAS 2004, 101:13703-13708.
40. Pandey P.K., Patel K.S., Subrt P. Trace element composition of atmospheric particulate at Bhilai in central - east India. Science Total Environment 1998, 215:123-134.
41. Pandey P.K., Khare R.N., Sharma S., Sar S.K., Pandey M., Binayke P. Arsenicosis and deteriorating groundwater quality: unfolding crisis in central east India region. Current Science 1999, 77:686-693.
42. Pandey P.K., Yadav S., Nair S., Bhui A. Arsenic contamination of the environment: a new perspective from central-east India. Environment International 2002, 28:235-345.
43. Pandey P.K., Nair S., Bhui A., Pandey M. Sediment contamination by Arsenic in parts of central east India and analytical studies on its mobilization. Current Science 2004, 86:190-197.
44. Pandey P.K., Sharma R., Roy M., Roy S., Pandey M. Arsenic contamination in the Kanker district of central-east India: Geology and health effects. Environmental Geochemistry and Health 2006, 28:409-420.
45. Rahman M., Naidu R., Bhattacharya P. Arsenic contamination in groundwater in the southeast Asia region. Environmental Geochemistry and Health 2009, 31:9-21.
46. Ravenscroft, P., 2001, Distribution of groundwater Arsenic in Bangladesh related to geology. In: Jacks, G., Bhattacharya, P., Khan, A.A. (Eds.). Groundwater Arsenic in the Bengal Delta Plain of Bangladesh, Proceedings of the KTH-Dhaka University Seminar. KTH Special Publication, TRITA-AMI Report 3084, p. 41-56.
47. Saha, A.K., Chakrabarti, C., 1995, Geological and geochemical background of the Arsenic bearing groundwater occurrence of West Bengal. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Arsenic in Groundwater: Cause Effect and Remedy, Kolkata.
48. Sahu K.C. Arsenic poisoning in the Gangetic delta: an anthropogenic model. Current Science 2002, 83(1):21-22.
49. Sampson M.L., Bostick B., Chiew H., Hagan J.M., Shantz A. Arsenicosis in Cambodia: case studies and policy response. Applied Geochemistry 2008, 23(11):2977-2986. ISSN 0883-2927, doi: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2008.06.022 (Arsenic in groundwaters of South-East Asia: With emphasis on Cambodia and Vietnam, November 2008).
50. Sankararamakrishnan N., Chauhan D., Nickson R.T., Tripathi R.M., Iyengar L. Evaluation of two commercial field test kits used for screening of groundwater for Arsenic in Northern India. Science of the Total Environment 2008, 401(1-3):162-167.
51. Sarkar S.N. Present status of Precambrian stratigraphy and geochronology of Peninsular India: a synopsis. Indian Journal of Earth Science 1983, 10:104.
52. Sikdar P.K., Banerjee S. Genesis of Arsenic in groundwater of Ganga Delta - an anthropogenic model. ENVIS Journal of Human Settlements 2003, 10:24.
53. Smedley, P.L., 2006. Sources and distribution of Arsenic in ground water and aquifers. In: Proceedings of Seminar on Arsenic in Ground Water - A World Problem, Pub. no. V, pp. 4-32.
54. Smedley P.L., Kinniburgh D.G. A review of the source, behaviour, and distribution of Arsenic in natural waters: a review. Applied Geochemistry 2002, 17:517-568.
55. Swash, P., 2003, Field Evaluation of the Wagtech Arsenator, Royal School of Mines, Imperial College, London, UK. http://www.physics.harvard.edu/wilson/Arsenic/measurement/field-eval-wagtech-arsenator.html.
56. The World Bank Technical Report (WBTR), 2004, Towards a More Effective Operational Response: Arsenic Contamination of Ground Water in South and East Asian Countries, vol. II Technical Report No. 31303.
57. Varsanyi, I., 1989, Arsenic in deep groundwater. In: Miles, D.L. (Ed.), Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction (WRI-6), Malvern. Publisher AA Balkema, Rotterdam/Brookfield, pp. 715-718.
58. WHO, 1999. Arsenic in Drinking Water, Geneva, 210.
59. Winkel L., Berg M., Stengel C., Rosenberg T. Hydrogeological survey assessing Arsenic and other groundwater contaminants in the lowlands of Sumatra, Indonesia. Applied Geochemistry 2008, 23(11):3019-3028. ISSN 0883-2927, doi: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2008.06.021 (Arsenic in groundwaters of South-East Asia: With emphasis on Cambodia and Vietnam, November 2008).