Wide spread arsenic in deeper groundwater of western Bengal basin, West Bengal, India: Implications for sustainable alternate drinking water sources

Availability of safe drinking water is a major concern in the delta plains of the major Himalayan-Tibetan rivers in southern and southeastern Asia. While indiscriminate use of rivers and other surface water bodies for disposal of sewage and industrial waste has rendered them non-potable, natural, no...

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Main Authors: Mukherjee, Abhijit, Fryar, A., Scanlon, B., Bhattacharya, P., Thunvik, R., Bhattacharya, A.
Format: Conference Paper
Published: 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/67004