Heavy metal contamination of drinking water in Kamrup district, Assam, India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 179, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 479-486

  Chakrabarty, Sutapa ^a   Sarma, Hari Prasad ^a  

^a GAUHATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Cadmium; Distribution; Drinking water; Kamrup district; Lead; Manganese

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETERS; COPPER AND ZINC; DISTRIBUTION; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; DRINKING WATER SOURCES; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION; HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; KAMRUP DISTRICT; PERKIN ELMER; TUBEWELLS; WATER SOURCE;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; GROUNDWATER; HEAVY METALS; HEAVY WATER; MANGANESE; METALS; WELLS; ZINC;

POTABLE WATER;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MANGANESE; ZINC;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MANGANESE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH HAZARD; INDIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER CONTENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SAMPLING;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIA; METALS, HEAVY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

ASSAM; INDIA; KAMRUP;

EID: 79960389495     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1750-7     Document Type: Article

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