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City groundwater depleting, at risk of contamination [1]

Greater reliance on heavy tube wells to meet the drinking water requirement of the city and unscientific exploitation is slowly depleting and polluting groundwater here.

Publication Date: 
24/08/2015
Sumit Hakhoo [2]
Tribune (New Delhi) [3]
Tags:
Groundwater [4], Water Pollution [5], Drinking Water [6], Groundwater Pollution [7], Environmentalists [8], Tubewells [9]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/sumit-hakhoo
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/tribune-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/groundwater
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-pollution
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drinking-water
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/groundwater-pollution
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/environmentalists
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tubewells