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Groundwater Pollution: Causes and Impact


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1 Pollution and Environmental Assay Research Laboratory (PEA RL), Department of Botany, D.D.U. Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur., India
2 Pollution and Environmental Assay Research Laboratory (PE A R L), Department of Botany, D.D.U. Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur., India
3 Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Complexes, Department of Chemistry, U.P. College, Varanasi., India
     

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Groundwater is one of the most precious gifts to mankind, it is also the important sources of drinking water, but the quality of ground water is being badly affected by sewage, agricultural runoff, chlorinated solvents and bio pollutants and also by several anthropo­ genic activities. Fluoride, arsenic, lead and some heavy metals also promote the pollution level of groundwater naturally. In urban or sub-urban areas the process of land filling by solid wastes has also promoted the level of groundwater pollution. Lakes and rivers, which are prominent source of groundwater recharging, may also affect, the ground water ad­ versely if they are being enriched by industrial effluents, as it is a common practice now- a-days.
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Anil K. Dwivedi
Pollution and Environmental Assay Research Laboratory (PEA RL), Department of Botany, D.D.U. Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur., India
Rahul Singh
Pollution and Environmental Assay Research Laboratory (PE A R L), Department of Botany, D.D.U. Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur., India
Shashi
Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Complexes, Department of Chemistry, U.P. College, Varanasi., India

Abstract


Groundwater is one of the most precious gifts to mankind, it is also the important sources of drinking water, but the quality of ground water is being badly affected by sewage, agricultural runoff, chlorinated solvents and bio pollutants and also by several anthropo­ genic activities. Fluoride, arsenic, lead and some heavy metals also promote the pollution level of groundwater naturally. In urban or sub-urban areas the process of land filling by solid wastes has also promoted the level of groundwater pollution. Lakes and rivers, which are prominent source of groundwater recharging, may also affect, the ground water ad­ versely if they are being enriched by industrial effluents, as it is a common practice now- a-days.