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Examining India’s groundwater quality management [1]

Until the 1940s, the irrigation and drinking water needs of India were met by rivers, ponds, lakes, dugwells, and rainwater sources. However, in the middle of the 20th century India continually faced two daunting challenges: providing food for an ever-growing population and decreasing the burden of highly prevalent water-borne diseases, including cholera, dysentery, and typhoid.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2011
Dipankar Chakraborti [2], Bhaskar Das [3], Matthew T. Murrill [4]
Environmental Science and Technology [5]
45
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27-33
Tags:
Groundwater Quality [6], India [7], Waterborne diseases [8], Sanitation [9], Poverty [10], Rural Water Supply [11], Tubewells [12], Groundwater Pollution [13], Arsenic [14], Sewage Pollution [15], Waste Disposal [16], Industrial Pollution [17], Fluoride [18], Ganga [19], Brahmaputra [20], Water Salinisation [21], Health Effects [22], Water Management [23], Groundwater Irrigation [24]

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[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/groundwater-pollution
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[19] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ganga
[20] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/brahmaputra
[21] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-salinisation
[22] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[23] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-management
[24] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/groundwater-irrigation