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16. Study of Groundwater Quality in a Part of North 24 Parganas, Under Gangetic West Bengal and Highlighting the Extent and Magnitude of Arsenic Contamination

Authors : Yuvaraj Mondal, Pankaj Kumar Roy, Arunabha Majumder, Susanta Ray

Published in: Advances in Water Resources Management for Sustainable Use

Publisher: Springer Singapore

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Abstract

The purpose of this studies is to investigate the water quality of drinking water (DW) resource in Habra Block-II under North 24 Parganas District of Gangetic West Bengal, India with an objective to analyse groundwater quality in respect to suitability for drinking and highlighting the extent and magnitude of arsenic contamination. Totally eighty groundwater (GW) samples from tube-wells and private tube-wells of different locations of eight Gram Panchayats (GP) were collected and analysed. The results have been compared with Indian standard (IS) for drinking water based on seven parameters, such as total dissolved solids (TDS), pH, chloride (Cl), total hardness (TH), iron (Fe), sulphate and arsenic (As). In the overall study, high contamination with arsenic and iron of GW has been indicated. Most GPs are found to have contaminated groundwater with iron (85%) and arsenic (42.5%). TDS (5%) and Total Hardness (TH) (51.25%) are found to be above desirable limit. On the other hand, pH, Chloride, TDS, and TH have been found to be within the permissible limit and sulphate is not found. A good correlation has been obtained between iron and arsenic in respect to depth. The results point out that the rural people in these areas are prone to higher risk of contracting gangrene and black-foot disease. The groundwater in these gram panchayats is not completely suitable and fit for direct drinking. It needs treatment for minimizing contamination, where regular monitoring and analysis is recommended to know the extent of contamination. World Health Organization emphasizes on the protection of public health and for this purpose it directs to take proper steps and efforts to get drinking water safety as much as possible and practicable.

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Metadata
Title
Study of Groundwater Quality in a Part of North 24 Parganas, Under Gangetic West Bengal and Highlighting the Extent and Magnitude of Arsenic Contamination
Authors
Yuvaraj Mondal
Pankaj Kumar Roy
Arunabha Majumder
Susanta Ray
Copyright Year
2021
Publisher
Springer Singapore
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6412-7_16

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