Groundwater supplies are progressively being degraded by anthropogenic pollution,
making it challenging to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of access to safe …

Groundwater resources are vital to ecosystems and livelihoods. Excessive groundwater
withdrawals can cause groundwater levels to decline,,,,,,,,–, resulting in seawater intrusion …

With economies heavily dependent on agriculture, South Asia is the world's most poverty-
dense region. Nepal—a country of considerable geographic variability ranging from …

Abstract In Punjab (Pakistan), the increasing population and expansion of land use for
agriculture have severely exploited the regional groundwater resources. Intensive pum** …

Groundwater overexploitation has caused massive groundwater depletion and raised
concerns for water and food security in India. Groundwater in India also suffers from multiple …

Globally, over 200 million people are chronically exposed to arsenic (As) and/or manganese
(Mn) from drinking water. We used machine-learning (ML) boosted regression tree (BRT) …

Abstract Evaluation of groundwater quality and their controlling processes are very important
for the sustainable utilization of groundwater in any region. In the present study, 100 …

Groundwater depletion has been widely studied in northwest India, but water quality
concerns are still poorly constrained. In this study, we explore the hydrochemistry of the top …

Northwestern India has been identified as a significant hotspot of groundwater depletion,
with major implications for groundwater sustainability caused by excessive abstraction. We …

Groundwater (GW) is a vital source of water supply for drinking, irrigation, and industry in
most parts of India. In Punjab, the adoption of the rice-wheat crop** system has led to a …