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Fluoride contamination of groundwater in India - country update

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Title Fluoride contamination of groundwater in India - country update
 
Creator CHATURVEDI, HT
CHANDRASEKHARAM, D
JALIHAL, AA
 
Subject skeletal fluorosis
aqueous-solution
drinking-water
adsorption
defluoridation
groundwater
fluoride
fluorosis
defluoridation
 
Description About 63 million people in rural India suffer from dental, skeletal and or non-skeletal fluorosis due to consumption of groundwater with high fluoride content. The problem of fluorosis is more severe than the arsenic poisoning reported from the West Bengal Delta plains. The source of fluorine, unlike arsenic, is geogenic. Arid climate, low rainfall coupled with high evapotranspiration, low recharge and high residence time of groundwater are some of the factors enhancing the fluoride concentration in groundwater. Though several defluoridation techniques are available, cost factor is a deterrent in implementing such technologies in rural areas. It is time that cost effective defluoridation methods are evolved using locally available natural products. Preliminary attempts indicate that such methods are possible to develop and implement in rural areas in India.
 
Publisher TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
 
Date 2011-08-31T00:07:50Z
2011-12-26T12:59:14Z
2011-12-27T05:50:18Z
2011-08-31T00:07:50Z
2011-12-26T12:59:14Z
2011-12-27T05:50:18Z
2005
 
Type Article
 
Identifier Groundwater Intensive Use, 7(), 237-244
http://dspace.library.iitb.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10054/12510
http://hdl.handle.net/10054/12510
 
Language en