Sources, distribution, associated health risks and remedial technologies for inorganic contamination in groundwater: A review in specific context of the state of …

A Malik, D Katyal, N Narwal, N Kataria… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Haryana is one of the leading states in India in the agricultural and industrial production.
With the expansion of these sectors, a continuous increase in water demand is leading to …

Occurrences, sources and health hazard estimation of potentially toxic elements in the groundwater of Garhwal Himalaya, India

RS Aswal, M Prasad, NK Patel, AL Srivastav… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
High concentrations of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in potable water can cause severe
human health disorders. Present study examined the fitness of groundwater for drinking …

Characterization of groundwater quality and human health risk assessment

TG Nguyen, NTH Huynh - Civil Engineering Journal, 2023 - civilejournal.org
The study aimed to appraise groundwater quality in the Mekong Delta using a groundwater
quality index (GWQI) and estimate human health risks associated with groundwater …

Hydrogeochemical and sediment parameters improve predication accuracy of arsenic-prone groundwater in random forest machine-learning models

W Guo, Z Gao, H Guo, W Cao - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
The relative importance of groundwater geochemicals and sediment characteristics in
predicting groundwater arsenic distributions was rarely documented. To figure this out, we …

A comprehensive review of human health risks of arsenic and fluoride contamination of groundwater in the South Asia region

Y Aryan, T Pon, B Panneerselvam… - Journal of Water and …, 2024 - iwaponline.com
The present study found that∼ 80 million people in India,∼ 60 million people in Pakistan,∼
70 million people in Bangladesh, and∼ 3 million people in Nepal are exposed to arsenic …

Impacts of climate change and coastal salinization on the environmental risk of heavy metal contamination along the odisha coast, India.

SK Nayak, JR Nandimandalam - Environmental Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Climate change-mediated rise in sea level and storm surges, along with indiscriminate
exploitation of groundwater along populous coastal regions have led to seawater intrusion …

A systematic study on occurrence, risk estimation and health implications of heavy metals in potable water from different sources of Garhwal Himalaya, India

M Prasad, RS Aswal, A Joshi, GA Kumar… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The occurrence of heavy metals (HMs) in drinking water has been a critical water quality
concern for a long time and can compromise its aesthetic value to the larger extent. Chronic …

Geogenic controls on the high levels of uranium in alluvial aquifers of the Ganga Basin

S Nizam, S Dutta, IS Sen - Applied Geochemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Indo-Gangetic Basin (IGB) alluvial aquifer system provides a reliable drinking
water supply to over half a billion people. Understanding the groundwater quality, aquifer …

Occurrence, speciation, and controls on arsenic mobilization in the alluvial aquifer system of the Ghaghara basin, India

I Khan, MU Khan, R Umar, N Rai - Environmental Geochemistry and …, 2023 - Springer
High concentrations of arsenic (As) in groundwater are among the long-standing
environmental problems on the planet. Due to adverse impacts on the human and aquatic …

Trace elements in the Upper Indus River Basin (UIRB) of Western Himalayas: Quantification, sources modeling, and impacts

MA Bhat, D Fan, FU Nisa, T Dar, A Kumar, Q Sun… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study conducted a comprehensive analysis of trace element concentrations in the
Upper Indus River Basin (UIRB), a glacier-fed region in the Western Himalayas (WH) …