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Delineation of chemically polluted groundwater regions in Visakhapatnam Basin, India

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Water quality investigations were carried out in the Visakhapatnam basin to delineate groundwater pollution. It was observed that the groundwater in some localities of the basin is contaminated due to natural geological formation sources, industrial effluents, irrigation, and urbanization.

The ring average method used in geophysical interpretation to separate regional and residual anomalies was modified and applied to the water quality data in the basin to locate chemically polluted groundwater regions. It is observed that the method can be applied successfully to delineate regions of groundwater pollution and it may also be helpful in identifying the sources.

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  1. Dept. of Geophysics, Andhra University, 530 003, Waltair, India

    V. V. Jagannadha Sarma & A. Narayana Swamy

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Sarma, V.V.J., Swamy, A.N. Delineation of chemically polluted groundwater regions in Visakhapatnam Basin, India. Water Air Soil Pollut 29, 15–26 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00149326

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