Hydrogeochemical characterization of contaminated groundwater in Patancheru industrial area, southern India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 3557-3576

  Reddy, A G S ^a   Saibaba, Boraa ^a   Sudarshan, Ganji ^a  

^a CENTRAL GROUND WATER BOARD   (India)

Author keywords

Groundwater pollution; Hydrogeochemistry; Industrialcontaminants; Phreatic aquifer; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

AFTER-EFFECT; AQUATIC LIFE; AQUIFER SYSTEMS; CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER; DISSOLUTION PROCESS; EVAPORATION PROCESS; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; INDUSTRIAL AREA; INDUSTRIAL GROWTH; INDUSTRIALCONTAMINANTS; LOCAL PEOPLE; MIXED TYPE; PERCOLATING WATERS; PHREATIC; PHYSIO-CHEMICAL; POST-MONSOON; REMEDIAL MEASURES; SAFE DRINKING WATER; SURFACE WATER SOURCES; TRACE METAL; TRANSITIONAL STATE; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER SAMPLES;

AQUIFERS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BISMUTH; CALCIUM; CHLORINE; CHROMIUM; CONTAMINATION; COPPER; DISSOLUTION; EVAPORATION; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROCHEMISTRY; INDUSTRY; IONIC STRENGTH; LEAD; MANGANESE; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLLUTION CONTROL; SILICATES; SURFACE WATERS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

BICARBONATE; BISMUTH; CADMIUM; CALCIUM ION; CHLORIDE ION; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; FLUORIDE ION; GROUND WATER; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM ION; MANGANESE; NICKEL; NITRATE; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM; SODIUM ION; SULFATE; SURFACE WATER; ZINC;

AQUIFER; DISSOLUTION; EVAPORATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ION EXCHANGE; PHREATIC ZONE; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER CHEMISTRY;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISSOLUTION; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; EVAPORATION; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; INDIA; INDUSTRIAL AREA; ION EXCHANGE; IONIC STRENGTH; LAND USE; LEACHING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; URBANIZATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WEATHERING; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INDUSTRY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANDHRA PRADESH; INDIA; PATANCHERU;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES; GROUNDWATER; INDIA; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INDUSTRY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84863758707     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2208-2     Document Type: Article

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