Assessment of groundwater quality for drinking and irrigation purposes using hydrochemical studies in Nalbari district of Assam, India

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2018, Pages

  Jain, C K ^a   Vaid, Upma ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (India)

^b CHANDIGARH UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Drinking and irrigation water quality; Gibbs scatter diagrams; Groundwater; Groundwater chemistry; Nalbari; Sodium adsorption ratio (SAR); US Salinity Laboratory diagram

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION; POTABLE WATER; SODIUM BICARBONATE; SODIUM CARBONATE; WATER QUALITY;

DRINKING AND IRRIGATIONS; GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY; NALBARI; SCATTER DIAGRAMS; SODIUM ADSORPTION RATIO;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

ADSORPTION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SALINITY; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

ASSAM; INDIA; NALBARI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85044475063     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-018-7422-6     Document Type: Article

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