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Assessment of Groundwater Contamination with Emphasis on Sulfates, Barites Mining Area, Mangampeta, Andhra Pradesh, India

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In the Mangampeta mining area, 15 groundwater samples were collected in a polyethylene bottles, measuring pH and EC at the same time water samples were sent to the laboratory to analyze the various physicochemical properties of water. On this basis, the quality of drinking water and irrigation water was estimated. Parameters including PH, EC, TDS, hardness and certain cations and anions were observed in drinking water quality. These are fairly suitable for drinking purposes in concentrated area, and the second part measures the parameters such as sodium percentage, Kelly ratio, sodium absorption ratio, potential salinity, non-carbonated hardness and magnesium ration. The concentrations of sulfate in mining region ranged from 447 to 1880 mg/l in drinking water. The vicinity of Mangamapeta, which is highly polluted by sulfate ions due to the existence of natural barite ore deposits, interacts with groundwater.

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  1. Department of Geology, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India

    Veeraswamy Golla, Balaji Etikala & Nagaraju Arveti

  2. Department of Civil Engineering, Annamacharya Engineering College, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India

    S. R. Sradha & N. Janardhan

  3. Department of Geology, Yogivemana University, Cuddapah, Andhra Pradesh, India

    M. Rajasekhar

  4. Department of Geography, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India

    M. Subbarao

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Golla, V. et al. (2020). Assessment of Groundwater Contamination with Emphasis on Sulfates, Barites Mining Area, Mangampeta, Andhra Pradesh, India. In: Babu, K., Rao, H., Amarnath, Y. (eds) Emerging Trends in Civil Engineering. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 61. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1404-3_26

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