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Groundwater contamination and sources of potentially toxic elements in Korba Basin, India

Published:2024-01-23 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:1088-1913
Container-title:Environmental Quality Management
language:en
Short-container-title:Environmental Quality Mgmt

Author:

Patel Khageshwar Singh¹^ORCID,Pandey Piyush Kant¹,Sahu Bharat Lal²,Patel Raj Kishore³,Wysocka Irena⁴,Yurdakul Sema⁵,Martín‐Ramos Pablo⁶^ORCID,Bhattacharya Prosun⁷

Affiliation:

1. Department of Applied Sciences Amity University Raipur Chhattisgarh India

2. Department of Chemistry Guru Ghasidas University Koni, Bilaspur Chhattisgarh India

3. Department of Chemistry NIT Rourkela Odisha India

4. Polish Geological Institute Rakowiecka Warsaw Poland

5. Environmental Engineering Department Suleyman Demirel University Isparta Turkey

6. ETSIIAA Universidad de Valladolid Palencia Spain

7. KTH‐International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Department of Sustainable Development Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm Sweden

Abstract

AbstractMost coal in India originates from the Korb basin (Chhattisgarh), where coal mines, thermal power, and aluminum plants operate. Groundwater in this region faces severe pollution due to land reclamation, leaching of coal‐related contaminants, waste disposal, and industrial effluent seepage. This work presents results from monitoring groundwater pollution in the Korba basin from 2012 to 2017. Fluoride, aluminum, manganese, and iron levels exceeded acceptable quality limits across all 28 studied locations, with excessive nitrate, magnesium, calcium, and lead levels in specific sites. Tracking seasonal and temporal fluctuations in the most polluted site, namely Kudurmal, revealed peak solute concentrations during the monsoon period and a sustained 18% increase during the study period. Factorial analysis suggests groundwater contamination arises from both human activities and natural sources. These findings underscore the urgent necessity of devising remediation strategies for the drinking water supply.

Funder

University Grants Commission

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Pollution,Waste Management and Disposal

Link

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/tqem.22177

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