Groundwater quality and its suitability for domestic and agricultural use in Tondiar river basin, Tamil Nadu, India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 3887-3899

  Ramesh, K ^a   Elango, L ^a  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Drinking purpose; Kelly's ratio; Magnesium hazard; Major ions; Nitrate; Permeability index; Residual sodium chloride; Sodium absorption ratio; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION RATIO; DRINKING PURPOSE; KELLY'S RATIO; MAJOR IONS; PERMEABILITY INDEX; RESIDUAL SODIUM;

ARID REGIONS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HAZARDS; IRRIGATION; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; NITRATES; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

GROUNDWATER;

BICARBONATE; CALCIUM ION; CARBONIC ACID; CHLORIDE ION; COPPER; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; LEAD; MAGNESIUM ION; NICKEL; NITRATE; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; SULFATE; ZINC;

ADSORPTION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION; MONSOON; PERMEABILITY; RIVER BASIN; SODIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; INDIA; ION EXCHANGE; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); KELLY RATIO; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MAGNESIUM HAZARD; PERMEABILITY INDEX; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RESIDUAL SODIUM CARBONATE; RIVER BASIN; SALINITY; SALINITY HAZARD; SODIUM ADSORPTION RATIO; SODIUM PERCENTAGE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CLASSIFICATION; WATER HARDNESS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER STANDARD; AGRICULTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

INDIA; TAMIL NADU;

AGRICULTURE; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; INDIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84863749774     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2231-3     Document Type: Article

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