Solute recycling: An emerging threat to groundwater quality in southern India?

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 398, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 144-154

  Perrin, Jérôme ^a   Mascré, Cédric ^a   Pauwels, Hélène ^b   Ahmed, Shakeel ^c  

^a Indo French Centre for Groundwater Research   (India)

^b BRGM   (France)

^c NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Hard rock aquifer; Irrigation; Reservoir model; Salinisation; Solute recycling; Southern India

Indexed keywords

HARD-ROCK AQUIFERS; RESERVOIR MODEL; SALINISATION; SOLUTE RECYCLING; SOUTHERN INDIA;

AERODYNAMICS; AQUIFERS; ARID REGIONS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRRIGATION; LANDFORMS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER RECYCLING; WATERSHEDS;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

AQUIFER; BASEFLOW; CHLORIDE; EXPLOITATION; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; HARD ROCK; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; PIEZOMETER; RAINFALL; RECHARGE; RESERVOIR; SALINIZATION; SEMIARID REGION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; WATER LEVEL; WATER QUALITY; WATER TABLE; WATERSHED;

ANDHRA PRADESH; INDIA; MAHESHWARAM;

EID: 78951488884     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.12.024     Document Type: Article

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