Examining India's groundwater quality management

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-33

  Chakraborti, Dipankar ^a   Das, Bhaskar ^a   Murrill, Matthew T ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC POISONING; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; POLICY ISSUES; WATERRESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROUNDWATER; HEALTH RISKS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ARSENIC; BORON; CHROMIUM; DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; GROUND WATER; HELIUM; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; NITRATE; PESTICIDE; SURFACE WATER; URANIUM;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HEALTH RISK; IRRIGATION; POLICY ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; FLUOROSIS; FOOD SECURITY; INDIA; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SALINITY; SANITATION; SEWAGE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; ARSENIC; BACTERIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FLUORIDES; FRESH WATER; INDIA; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; IRON; NITRATES; PESTICIDES; SALINITY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

INDIA;

EID: 78650712989     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es101695d     Document Type: Article

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