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Realistic Approach for Determination Groundwater Pollution and Source Accounting

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Growing population overstating on limited water resources of the universe. Groundwater represents significant water storage capacity, prone to less contamination than surface water, and accessible with good quality for a long time but highly overexploited to meet the demand of urban areas and industrial development. Natural contamination recuperates within the carrying capacity of the water body. However, the intense anthropogenic activities often exceed the carrying capacity of the resource, accelerate deterioration of water quality, and eventually affect human health and ecosystem, where high-resistant contaminants can elongate impacts. Generally, groundwater pollution sources are categorized as point and nonpoint sources. The point source pollutants are highly concentrated, located near the origin, easily identifiable, and less likely to pollute if identified and well managed through proper treatment. The nonpoint sources move through various polluted areas/ sources, polluting activities and are difficult to control or monitor. Proper planning, suitable techniques development, and careful implementation of antipollution policy can protect groundwater quality. Preventive measures are more appreciated than remediation to enhance the quality of groundwater. This is achieved by advance/ accurate prediction of pollutants sources and path to water table. This chapter describes different potential sources, their effects, and various realistic approaches followed to prevent groundwater pollution.

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  1. National Institute of Technology Raipur, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, 492010, India

    C. Raja, Anandkumar Jayapal & Mukesh K. Verma

  2. Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University, Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, 491107, India

    Jyotikant Choudhari, Mukesh K. Verma & Biju Prava Sahariah

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Raja, C., Jayapal, A., Choudhari, J., Verma, M.K., Sahariah, B.P. (2022). Realistic Approach for Determination Groundwater Pollution and Source Accounting. In: Kumar, M., Mohapatra, S. (eds) Impact of COVID-19 on Emerging Contaminants. Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1847-6_4

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