Anthropogenic nitrate in groundwater and its health risks in the view of background concentration in a semi arid area of Rajasthan, India

A Rahman, NC Mondal, KK Tiwari - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract An increased nitrate (NO3−) concentration in groundwater has been a rising issue
on a global scale in recent years. Different consumption mechanisms clearly illustrate the …

Extent of anthropogenic influence on groundwater quality and human health-related risks: an integrated assessment based on selected physicochemical …

JC Egbueri, JC Agbasi, DA Ayejoto, MI Khan… - Geocarto …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The majority of people living on earth rely on groundwater as their primary supply of water
for daily needs. However, human activities continuously threaten this natural resource. In an …

Anthropogenic nitrate contamination of water resources in Ethiopia: an overview

WK Wakejo, BT Meshesha, NG Habtu… - Water Supply, 2022 - iwaponline.com
Nitrate is one of the water contaminants that mainly results from anthropogenic activities.
The major causes of nitrate contamination of water resources are anthropogenic activities …

Groundwater nitrate contamination and associated human health risk assessment in southern districts of Punjab, India

CPS Ahada, S Suthar - Environmental science and pollution research, 2018 - Springer
Consumption of high NO 3 containing water may pose serious health hazard especially in
children (< 5 years). The source of NO 3 in groundwater includes surface leaching from …

Potential health risk assessment for fluoride and nitrate contamination in hard rock aquifers of Shanmuganadhi River basin, South India

D Karunanidhi, P Aravinthasamy… - … and Ecological Risk …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
A detailed investigation was carried out in Shanmuganadhi basin, South India, to delineate
the fluoride and nitrate concentrations in groundwater and their impacts on human health …

Groundwater quality assessment for irrigation by adopting new suitability plot and spatial analysis based on fuzzy logic technique

S Chidambaram, MV Prasanna, S Venkatramanan… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study was focused on identifying the region suitable for agriculture-based, using new
irrigation groundwater quality plot and its spatio-temporal variation with fuzzy logic …

Evaluation of groundwater sustainability in the arid Hexi Corridor of Northwestern China, using GRACE, GLDAS and measured groundwater data products

S Wang, H Liu, Y Yu, W Zhao, Q Yang, J Liu - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
The exploitation of groundwater resources is of great importance and has become crucial in
the last few decades, especially in arid regions, where surface water resources are scarce …

Sources and leaching of nitrate contamination in groundwater

S Shukla, A Saxena - Current Science, 2020 - JSTOR
Nitrate is an important and widespread contaminant of groundwater and surface water
resources. Nitrate formed either by the natural processes (atmospheric fixation, lightning …

Groundwater irrigation reduces overall poverty but increases socioeconomic vulnerability in a semiarid region of southern India

C Fischer, C Aubron, A Trouvé, M Sekhar, L Ruiz - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The development of irrigation is generally considered an efficient way to reduce poverty in
rural areas, although its impact on the inequality between farmers is more debated. In fact …

Leveraging machine learning methods to quantify 50 years of dwindling groundwater in India

J Xiong, S Guo, T Kinouchi - Science of The Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Global compilations and regional studies, indicative of the unsustainable extraction and
subsequent unremittingly depleting groundwater (GW) in India, either provide bulk estimates …