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Trends in the Groundwater Geochemistry, Quality, and Pollution Assessment of the Greater Guwahati, Assam: The Largest City in North East India

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Groundwater is considered a hidden resource and is quantitatively more important than surface water. The growing population demands extensive use of groundwater because of its better quality, easy accessibility and potability with very little or no treatment. Furthermore, groundwater is less vulnerable to contamination as most contaminants are chemically and biologically degraded and diluted before reaching the groundwater table.

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Acknowledgements

The authors extend their heartfelt gratitude to all the officers of CGWB, NER who collected GW samples around the study area. The authors are also obliged to the CGWB management for the facility extended towards the publication.

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  1. Central Ground Water Board, Eastern Region, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700091, India

    Suparna Datta, Rajyashree Nandy & Anadi Gayen

  2. Central Ground Water Board, North Eastern Region, Guwahati, Assam, 781035, India

    Keisham Radhapyari, Rinkumoni Barman & Utpal Gogoi

  3. Central Ground Water Board, Faridabad, Haryana, 121001, India

    Akansha Kushwaha

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Datta, S. et al. (2024). Trends in the Groundwater Geochemistry, Quality, and Pollution Assessment of the Greater Guwahati, Assam: The Largest City in North East India. In: Sinha Ray, S., Acharyya, A. (eds) Ground Water Contamination in India . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-49092-7_11

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