Assessment of groundwater quality for drinking and irrigation purposes using hydrochemical studies in Malwa region, southwestern part of Punjab, India

Applied Water Science

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 3301-3316

  Kaur, Tajinder ^a   Bhardwaj, Renu ^a   Arora, Saroj ^a  

^a GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Drinking and irrigation water quality; Groundwater; India; Malwa region; Punjab

Indexed keywords

FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; ION EXCHANGE; IRRIGATION; POSITIVE IONS; POTABLE WATER; SODIUM; WATER QUALITY;

DRINKING AND IRRIGATIONS; DRINKING-WATER QUALITIES; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; INDIA; IRRIGATION WATER QUALITY; MAJOR CATIONS; MALWUM REGION; PUNJAB; STUDY AREAS; WATER SAMPLES;

ARSENIC;

ANION; ARSENIC; CATION; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; WATER CHEMISTRY;

INDIA; MALWA; PUNJAB [INDIA];

EID: 85114083082     PISSN: 21905487     EISSN: 21905495     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13201-016-0476-2     Document Type: Article

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