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Geochemical assessment of groundwater quality for its suitability for drinking and irrigation
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18. Raju, N. J. (2007). Hydrogeochemical parameters for assessment of groundwater quality in
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Environmental Geology, 52(6), 1067–1074.
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pollution on rural communities. Economic and Political Weekly, 257–265.
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India: Groundwater farmer innovations and the reversal of knowledge flows. The Journal of
Environment & Development, 14(4), 410–438.
22. Ahamad, A., Madhav, S., Singh, P., Pandey, J., & Khan, A. H. (2018). Assessment of
groundwater quality with special emphasis on nitrate contamination in parts of Varanasi
City, Uttar Pradesh, India. Applied Water Science, 8(4), 115.
23. Taneja, P., Labhasetwar, P., & Nagarnaik, P. (2019). Nitrate in drinking water and
vegetables: Intake and risk assessment in rural and urban areas of Nagpur and Bhandara
districts of India. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 26(3), 2026–2037.
24. Wakida, F. T., & Lerner, D. N. (2005). Non-agricultural sources of groundwater nitrate: A
review and case study. Water Research, 39(1), 3–16.
25. Vough, L. R., Cassel, E. K., & Barao, S. M. (2006). Nitrate poisoning of livestock causes
and prevention.
26. Walker, R. (1990). Nitrates, nitrites and N-nitrosocompounds: A review of the occurrence in
food and diet and the toxicological implications. Food Additives & Contaminants, 7(6), 717–
768.
27. Wolfe, A. H., & Patz, J. A. (2002). Reactive nitrogen and human health: Acute and
long-term implications. Ambio: A Journal of the Human Environment, 31(2), 120–126.
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Towards an ecological understanding of groundwater. Hydrogeology Journal, 13(1), 98–
111.
9. Huang, G., Sun, J., Zhang, Y., Chen, Z., & Liu, F. (2013). Impact of anthropogenic and
natural processes on the evolution of groundwater chemistry in a rapidly urbanized coastal
area, South China. Science of the Total Environment, 463, 209–221.
10. Raju, N. J., Shukla, U. K., & Ram, P. (2011). Hydrogeochemistry for the assessment of
groundwater quality in Varanasi: A fast-urbanizing center in Uttar Pradesh, India.
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 173(1–4), 279–300.
11. Maria, A. (2003, October). The costs of water pollution in India. In Conference on Market
Development of Water and Waste Technologies Through Environmental
Economics (pp. 30–31).
12. Madhav, S., Ahamad, A., Kumar, A., Kushawaha, J., Singh, P., & Mishra, P. K. (2018).
Geochemical assessment of groundwater quality for its suitability for drinking and irrigation
purpose in rural areas of Sant Ravidas Nagar (Bhadohi), Uttar Pradesh. Geology, Ecology,
and Landscapes, 2(2), 127–136.
13. Madhav, S., Ahamad, A., Singh, P., & Mishra, P. K. (2018). A review of textile industry:
Wet processing, environmental impacts, and effluent treatment methods. Environmental
Quality Management, 27(3), 31–41.
14. Chalew, T. (2006). Chemical indicators of surface water pollution (Doctoral dissertation,
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill).
15. Abdulla, F. A., Abu-Dieyeh, M. H., & Qnais, E. (2008). Human activities and ecosystem
health. In Environmental management, sustainable development and human health, p. 341.
16. López-López, E., & Sedeño-Díaz, J. E. (2015). Biological indicators of water quality: The
role of fish and macroinvertebrates as indicators of water quality. In Environmental
indicators (pp. 643–661). Dordrecht: Springer.
17. Baba, A., & Tayfur, G. (2011). Groundwater contamination and its effect on health in
Turkey. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 183(1–4), 77–94.
18. Raju, N. J. (2007). Hydrogeochemical parameters for assessment of groundwater quality in
the upper Gunjanaeru River basin, Cuddapah District, Andhra Pradesh, South India.
Environmental Geology, 52(6), 1067–1074.
19. McKinney, M. L., & Schoch, R. M. (2003). Environmental science: Systems and solutions.
Jones & Bartlett Learning.
20. Behera, B., & Reddy, V. R. (2002). Environment and accountability: Impact of industrial
pollution on rural communities. Economic and Political Weekly, 257–265.
21. Buechler, S., & Mekala, G. D. (2005). Local responses to water resource degradation in
India: Groundwater farmer innovations and the reversal of knowledge flows. The Journal of
Environment & Development, 14(4), 410–438.
22. Ahamad, A., Madhav, S., Singh, P., Pandey, J., & Khan, A. H. (2018). Assessment of
groundwater quality with special emphasis on nitrate contamination in parts of Varanasi
City, Uttar Pradesh, India. Applied Water Science, 8(4), 115.
23. Taneja, P., Labhasetwar, P., & Nagarnaik, P. (2019). Nitrate in drinking water and
vegetables: Intake and risk assessment in rural and urban areas of Nagpur and Bhandara
districts of India. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 26(3), 2026–2037.
24. Wakida, F. T., & Lerner, D. N. (2005). Non-agricultural sources of groundwater nitrate: A
review and case study. Water Research, 39(1), 3–16.
25. Vough, L. R., Cassel, E. K., & Barao, S. M. (2006). Nitrate poisoning of livestock causes
and prevention.
26. Walker, R. (1990). Nitrates, nitrites and N-nitrosocompounds: A review of the occurrence in
food and diet and the toxicological implications. Food Additives & Contaminants, 7(6), 717–
768.
27. Wolfe, A. H., & Patz, J. A. (2002). Reactive nitrogen and human health: Acute and
long-term implications. Ambio: A Journal of the Human Environment, 31(2), 120–126.
58
S. Madhav et al.