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Jeevan Kumar, R.
- Groundwater Pollution Due to Urbanization and Industrialization in Tumkur District, Karnataka, India
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district and in an erstwhile freshwater stream carrying huge quantities of domestic,
agricultural and industrial effluents. Groundwater samples have been collected from
bore wells and open wells and subjected to a comprehensive physicochemical and
bacteriological analysis. The study reveals that 52.13% of the samples were non-potable
due to the presence in excess of several water quality parameters as per the standards
laid out by the Bureau of Indian standards (BIS). Nitrate, total hardness and iron were
found to be the chief culprits. Nitrates account for 50%, and total hardness and iron for
33.3% of the non-potability of samples. 50% of the samples examined indicated bacterial
contamination of the groundwater.
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1 Department of Physics, Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology, Tumkur-572 005, Karnataka, IN
2 Department of Physics, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, IN
3 Department of Physics, Gousia College of Engineering, Ramanagar, Karnataka, IN
4 Department of Physics, Sai Vidya Institute of Technology, Bangalore, Karnataka, IN
1 Department of Physics, Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology, Tumkur-572 005, Karnataka, IN
2 Department of Physics, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, IN
3 Department of Physics, Gousia College of Engineering, Ramanagar, Karnataka, IN
4 Department of Physics, Sai Vidya Institute of Technology, Bangalore, Karnataka, IN
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Nature Environment and Pollution Technology, Vol 9, No 3 (2010), Pagination: 533-538Abstract
The present study aims at the assessment of groundwater quality in and around Tumkurdistrict and in an erstwhile freshwater stream carrying huge quantities of domestic,
agricultural and industrial effluents. Groundwater samples have been collected from
bore wells and open wells and subjected to a comprehensive physicochemical and
bacteriological analysis. The study reveals that 52.13% of the samples were non-potable
due to the presence in excess of several water quality parameters as per the standards
laid out by the Bureau of Indian standards (BIS). Nitrate, total hardness and iron were
found to be the chief culprits. Nitrates account for 50%, and total hardness and iron for
33.3% of the non-potability of samples. 50% of the samples examined indicated bacterial
contamination of the groundwater.