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Assessment of groundwater quality is equally important as its quantity. Dependency on groundwater increases with population, hence it is necessary to quantify the causes and sources of groundwater pollution. The possible contaminants in groundwater are practically unlimited; a wide range of contaminants are found in groundwater. The main sources and causes of groundwater pollution are municipal, industrial and agricultural. The objective of the present study is to enumerate on the sources and causes of groundwater pollution in relation with municipal usage within the Nagpur city. Finally, relation between Land use/Land cover and groundwater pollution has been established using geographical information system (GIS).
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Garewal, S.K., Vasudeo, A.D. (2018). Causes and Sources of Groundwater Pollution: A Case Study of Nagpur City, India. In: Singh, V., Yadav, S., Yadava, R. (eds) Groundwater. Water Science and Technology Library, vol 76. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5789-2_10
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