Assessment of groundwater quality and associated health risks: A case study of Ranchi city, Jharkhand, India

Groundwater for Sustainable Development

Volumn 5, Issue , 2017, Pages 85-100

  Tirkey, Poonam ^a   Bhattacharya, Tanushree ^a   Chakraborty, Sukalyan ^a   Baraik, Suman ^a  

^a BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Health risk; Peri urban agglomeration; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ALKALINITY; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL DETECTION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; HEAVY METALS; POTABLE WATER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELENIUM; SODIUM BICARBONATE; URBAN GROWTH; WATER QUALITY;

CARCINOGENIC EFFECTS; PHYSICO - CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SAMPLING LOCATION; SIGNIFICANCE LEVELS; TOTAL ALKALINITIES; URBAN AGGLOMERATIONS; WATER QUALITY INDEXES;

RURAL AREAS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY;

INDIA; JHARKHAND; RANCHI LAKE;

EID: 85019690953     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2352801X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gsd.2017.05.002     Document Type: Article

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