13 Environment · 13.1 Pollution and control

13.1.6 Groundwater contamination: arsenic, fluoride, nitrate and uranium

India's groundwater, the main source of drinking water in villages, is contaminated in many places by naturally occurring arsenic, fluoride and uranium, and by nitrate from fertilisers and sewage.

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Key terms

  • geogenic contamination
  • arsenic
  • arsenicosis
  • fluoride
  • fluorosis
  • Nalgonda technique
  • nitrate
  • methaemoglobinaemia
  • uranium
  • salinity
  • IS 10500
  • Jal Jeevan Mission

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