Groundwater geochemistry, quality, and pollution of the largest lake basin in the Middle East: Comparison of PMF and PCA-MLR receptor models and application of …

H Haghnazar, KH Johannesson, R González-Pinzón… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
We evaluated groundwater quality, pollution, and its effects on human health in the eastern
part of the Lake Urmia basin, the largest lake in the Middle East. Although groundwater …

Human exposure risk to heavy metals through groundwater used for drinking in an intensively irrigated river delta

E Vetrimurugan, K Brindha, L Elango… - Applied Water …, 2017 - Springer
Drinking water containing heavy metals above the maximum permissible limits cause
potential risk to human health. The aim of this study was to determine the groundwater …

Spatial and temporal variation of vegetation cover in the main mining area of Qibaoshan Town, China: Potential impacts from mining damage, solid waste discharge …

H Yu, I Zahidi - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
The increasing frequency of mining activities in the world has led to many environmental
pollution problems, such as mine wastewater discharge, mine solid waste dumps, and mine …

Trace metals contamination in groundwater and implications on human health: comprehensive assessment using hydrogeochemical and geostatistical methods

K Brindha, R Paul, J Walter, ML Tan… - … geochemistry and health, 2020 - Springer
Monitoring the groundwater chemical composition and identifying the presence of pollutants
is an integral part of any comprehensive groundwater management strategy. The present …

Hydrogeochemical processes and trace metal contamination in groundwater: impact on human health in the Maputaland coastal aquifer, South Africa

PP Mthembu, V Elumalai, K Brindha, P Li - Exposure and Health, 2020 - Springer
The main objective of the study is to evaluate the hydrogeochemical processes and potential
health risk assessment for humans in groundwater of Maputaland coastal aquifer, South …

Identification of hydrogeochemical processes controlling groundwater quality in Tripura, Northeast India using evaluation indices, GIS, and multivariate statistical …

R Paul, K Brindha, G Gowrisankar, ML Tan… - Environmental Earth …, 2019 - Springer
Tripura is a water-rich administrative state in the Northeastern part of India. Though
groundwater is the main source of drinking water, groundwater monitoring and historical …

Trace elements contamination in groundwater and associated human health risk in the industrial region of southern Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh, India

A Ahamad, NJ Raju, S Madhav, AH Khan - … Geochemistry and Health, 2020 - Springer
The present study assesses the pollution load of the groundwater with reference to the trace
elements (ie As, Hg, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Zn, Ni, Co and Pb) and the potential health risk by …

Assessment of potentially toxic trace elements contamination in groundwater resources of the coal mining area of the Korba Coalfield, Central India

R Singh, AS Venkatesh, TH Syed, AGS Reddy… - Environmental Earth …, 2017 - Springer
Exploiting coal by open-cast mining often poses a threat to groundwater chemistry due to
leachate of contaminants from the mine drainage water. In order to assess this, groundwater …

Impact assessment of coal mining on groundwater chemistry and its quality from Brajrajnagar coal mining area using indexing models

S Sahoo, S Khaoash - Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 2020 - Elsevier
Groundwater chemistry and quality studies have been carried out in the Brajrajnagar coal
mining area to find its suitability for human consumption, domestic use, agriculture use as …

Estimation of heavy metal contamination in groundwater and development of a heavy metal pollution index by using GIS technique

AK Tiwari, PK Singh, AK Singh, M De Maio - Bulletin of environmental …, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Heavy metal (Al, As, Ba, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Se and Zn) concentration in sixty-six
groundwater samples of the West Bokaro coalfield were analyzed using inductively coupled …