Hydro-geochemistry and application of water quality index (WQI) for groundwater quality assessment, Anna Nagar, part of Chennai City, Tamil Nadu, India

Applied Water Science

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 335-343

  Krishna kumar, S ^a   Logeshkumaran, A ^b   Magesh, N S ^c   Godson, Prince S ^c   Chandrasekar, N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^b VSB College of Engineering and Technology   (India)

^c MANONMANIAM SUNDARANAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Anna Nagar; Gibbs and Piper diagram; Groundwater quality; Part of Chennai city

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; METAL IONS; POTABLE WATER; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WATER QUALITY;

ANNA NAGAR; CHENNAI; GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; GIBBS AND PIPER DIAGRAM; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; GROUNDWATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT; HYDRO GEOCHEMISTRIES; PART OF CHENNAI CITY; TAMIL NADU; WATER QUALITY INDEXES;

GROUNDWATER;

CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; EVAPORATION; GROUNDWATER; MAGNESIUM; SODIUM; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

ANNA NAGAR; CHENNAI; INDIA; TAMIL NADU;

ANNA;

EID: 85114075344     PISSN: 21905487     EISSN: 21905495     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13201-014-0196-4     Document Type: Article

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