Hydrogeochemical investigation has been carried out in the granitic terrain of Siddipet area, Medak district, Telangana State, India with an aim to understand the distribution of fluoride in the groundwater and to understand the relationship of fluoride with other major ions, and also to identify the high fluoride-bearing groundwater zones. 104 groundwater samples were analyzed in the study area for fluoride and other major ions like calcium, magnesium, chloride, carbonate, bicarbonate, sodium, potassium, sulfate, and nitrate in addition to pH and electrical conductivity.

Residents of Kharak Pandva village in Kalayat subdivision of this district are facing an acute shortage of drinking water as the canal-based water supply scheme has become almost defunct because th

High fluoride, nitrate content found in samples tested by Health and Family Welfare Department

While Punjab is increasingly increasing using canal water for drinking on account of high toxicity in the ground water, it will now pump out this water for irrigation purposes.

Jagalur (Davanagere): Bindushree, 6, shrieks at the mere mention of the word bath.

Air quality across Australia has deteriorated to alarming levels with the coal industry the nation's worst polluter, new data has shown.

Faced with the problem of fluoride and arsenic material contaminating their potable water resources, 15 states are set to receive a special assistance from the Centre to tide over the crisis.

Fluoride content high in areas depending on groundwater.

Nagpur: Taking serious note about prevalence of fluorosis in most parts of Vidarbha, Marathwada and Western Maharashtra, the Pune-bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) directed the collectors

PUNE: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) bench here has directed the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) and the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) to jointly identify industries in the state

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