A study of arsenic, iron and other dissolved ion variations in the groundwater of Bishnupur District, Manipur, India

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1183-1195

  Oinam, Jayalakshmi Devi ^a   Ramanathan, AL ^a   Linda, Anurag ^a   Singh, Gurmeet ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bishnupur; Groundwater; India; Iron; Manipur; Phosphate

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; ARSENIC CONTAMINATION; BISHNUPUR; DRINKING WATER STANDARDS; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; HUMAN HEALTH; INDIA; MANIPUR; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; POST-MONSOON; PRE-MONSOON; SULPHATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; GROUNDWATER; POTABLE WATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ARSENIC;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; FUTURE PROSPECT; HEALTH RISK; IONIC COMPOSITION; IRON; PH; PHOSPHATE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER QUALITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BISHNUPUR; INDIA; MANIPUR;

EID: 79952069724     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0607-2     Document Type: Article

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