Investigation of Groundwater Quality and Its Suitability for Drinking and Agricultural Use in the South Central Part of the Coastal Region in Bangladesh

Exposure and Health

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 27-41

  Atikul Islam, M ^a   Zahid, Anwar ^b   Rahman, Md Mostafizur ^c,f   Rahman, Md Shazadur ^a   Islam, M J ^a   Akter, Yeasmin ^d   Shammi, Mashura ^e,f   Bodrud Doza, Md ^f   Roy, Balaram ^a  

^a HAJEE MOHAMMAD DANESH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b Bangladesh Water Development Board   (Bangladesh)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHITTAGONG   (Bangladesh)

^e XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^f JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Chloroalkaline index (CAI); Hardness; Irrigation; Piper diagram; Principal component analysis; Salinity hazard; Sodium absorption ration

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION; DIAGRAM; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER; HARDNESS; INDEX METHOD; ION EXCHANGE; IONIC COMPOSITION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RESOURCE USE; SALINE INTRUSION; SALINITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 84975166382     PISSN: 24519766     EISSN: 24519685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12403-016-0220-z     Document Type: Article

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