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Groundwater quality assessment of Nawa Tehsil in Nagaur district (Rajasthan) with special reference to Fluoride

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In recent years, the problem of fluoride in Nawa tehsil (Nagaur district) has reached at an alarming proportion. In the last decades, the water table of the Nawa tehsil has fallen. With the lowering of the water table, the amount of fluoride has increased in the subsoil water which is used by the villagers when drawn through hand pumps, tube wells etc. So the present study illustrates the groundwater quality of randomly selected villages of Nawa tehsil. The highest fluoride concentration was found in Rulaniyo ki Dhani i.e. 14.62 ppm. The excessive intake of fluoride resulted in dental and skeletal fluorosis.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the Director, Indira Gandhi Centre for Human Ecology, Environmental and Population Studies and HOD, Department of Botany, University of Rajasthan, for providing necessary facilities. One of the authors (Radha Gautam) is thankful to the University of Rajasthan for Departmental Scholarship.

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Gautam, R., Bhardwaj, N. Groundwater quality assessment of Nawa Tehsil in Nagaur district (Rajasthan) with special reference to Fluoride. Environmentalist 30, 219–227 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10669-010-9266-9

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