Determination of the utility of groundwater with respect to the geochemical parameters: A case study from Tuticorin District of Tamil Nadu (India)

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 689-721

  Singaraja, C ^a   Chidambaram, S ^a   Anandhan, P ^a   Prasanna, M V ^a,b   Thivya, C ^a   Thilagavathi, R ^a   Sarathidasan, J ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Coastal aquifer; Domestic and irrigation; Electrical conductivity; Groundwater; Water quality index

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899895768     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-013-9502-9     Document Type: Article

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