Evaluation of drinking and irrigation suitability of groundwater with special emphasizing the health risk posed by nitrate contamination using nitrate pollution index (NPI) and human health risk assessment (HHRA)

Panneerselvam, Balamurugan; Karuppannan, Shankar; Muniraj, Kirubakaran

doi:10.1080/10807039.2020.1833300

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Evaluation of drinking and irrigation suitability of groundwater with special emphasizing the health risk posed by nitrate contamination using nitrate pollution index (NPI) and human health risk assessment (HHRA)

Published in Human and Ecological Risk Assessment An International Journal • Oct 14, 2020

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Balamurugan Panneerselvam

Shankar Karuppannan

Kirubakaran Muniraj

Abstract

Groundwater is widely recognized as an essential source of water for drinking and irrigation uses in the South India. It is essential to evaluate the characterization of groundwater for drinking and irrigation uses. A total of 67 samples were collected in different locations of study area from tube ...

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Environmental science

Groundwater

Irrigation

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