Deterioration of coastal groundwater quality in Island and mainland regions of Ramanathapuram District, Southern India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 931-944

  Sivasankar, Venkataramann ^a   Ramachandramoorthy, Thiagarajan ^b   Chandramohan, A ^b  

^a THIAGARAJAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

^b BISHOP HEBER COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Coastal area; LSI; Sea water intrusion; Water quality; WQI

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTABLE LIMIT; COASTAL AREA; COASTAL GROUNDWATER; CORRELATION MATRIX; DRINKING STANDARDS; GROUNDWATER SOURCES; LSI; MANAGEMENT PLANS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; SATURATION INDEX; STATISTICAL TOOLS; THRESHOLD LEVELS; WATER QUALITY INDEXES; WATER SAMPLES; WQI;

ALKALINITY; AQUIFERS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COASTAL ZONES; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HARDNESS; HYDROGEOLOGY; MAGNESIUM; POTABLE WATER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SALT WATER INTRUSION; SOLVENTS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; WATER QUALITY;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; GROUND WATER; MAGNESIUM;

AQUIFER; COASTAL ZONE; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SALINE INTRUSION; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; INDIA; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SALINITY; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER HARDNESS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER STANDARD;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; INDIA; ISLANDS; SALINITY; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

INDIA; RAMANATHAPURAM; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 84871964486     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-012-2604-2     Document Type: Article

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