Adsorption of Heavy Metal with Aged Microplastic in Groundwater Under Varying Organic Matter Content -- Groundwater Quality and Contaminations in India -- Status of Groundwater Arsenic Contamination in the States of North-East India: A Review -- Spatio-Temporal Variation in Physico-Chemical Properties of Groundwater Within Arsenic Affected Shallow Alluvial Aquifers of Murshidabad District, West Bengal, Eastern India -- A Vivid Picture of the Distribution, Impact and Consequences of Fluoride in Indian Perspective -- Analysis of Chemical Characteristics of Fluoride Rich Waters in Deeper Coastal Aquifers of Alapuzha District, Kerala State, South India for Domestic and Irrigation Purposes -- Geochemistry of Saline Ground Waters in Coastal Orissa -- Vulnerability Assessment of Groundwater in Coastal Aquifer -- Assessment of Groundwater Quality and its Suitability for Irrigation in Different Groundwater Availability Regimes of Haryana -- Characterization and Quality Assessment of Groundwater in Parts of Damodar River Basin -- Trends in the Groundwater Geochemistry, Quality and Pollution Assessment of the Greater Guwahati, Assam: The Largest City in North East India -- Trend of Groundwater Regime and Hydrochemical Characteristics of Aquifer Systems in Central India – A Detailed Overview of Chhattisgarh State -- Occurrence of Arsenic in Groundwater Resources of Majuli River Island in Brahmaputra River Basin -- The Economic Cost of Fluoride Contamination in Groundwater: A Case Study from Birbhum District of West Bengal -- Use of Arsenic-Rich Groundwater in Irrigation-Adverse Effects on Food Chain -- Health Exposure of Different Aged Children From a Severely Arsenic-Exposed Block, West Bengal, India: A Future Risk Appraisal -- Fluoride Contamination in Ground Water – Some Mitigation Options -- High Arsenic Groundwater Contamination Issues, Causes and Mitigation Strategies with Successful Case Histories.

This book examines contamination in groundwater. Groundwater is a lifeline for most countries of the world. 90% of the Indian population rely on groundwater-based drinking water as safe mode of water supply. The terminology contamination in groundwater along with adverse effect on habitats, suggests the impact of such contamination in not only for drinking water, but also for agricultural irrigation. In addition, polluted groundwater causes adverse health hazards including social aspects that affect wider communities. Impacts on plant life also are equally threatening. This book provides readers with an insight into groundwater contamination in India. The economic loss associated with this devastating phenomenon is also studied in detail, which has a direct bearing to the country's GDP. .