Physicochemical quality evaluation of groundwater and development of drinking water quality index for Araniar River Basin, Tamil Nadu, India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 935-948

  Jasmin, I ^a   Mallikarjuna, P ^a  

^a SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Araniar River Basin; Drinking water quality index; Groundwater quality; Piper trilinear diagram

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUORIDES; GROUNDWATER; MAGNESIUM; NITRATES; RIVERS; SULFATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84893153071     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-013-3425-7     Document Type: Article

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