Water scarcity, contamination and management / edited by Ashwani Kumar Tiwari [and six others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tiwari, Ashwini Kumar, editor.

Series:

Current directions in water scarcity research ; Volume 5.

Current directions in water scarcity research ; Volume 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water--Pollution.

Water.

Water-supply.

Water-supply--Management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (606 pages)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, Netherlands ; Kidlington, Oxford, England ; Cambridge, Massachusetts : Elsevier, 2022.

Summary:

"Water Scarcity, Contamination, and Management presents new and updated material, including case studies, step-by-step guidance on key procedures and protocols, and timely topics such as climate change and integrated water resource management."-- Title details screen.

Contents:

Intro

Water Scarcity, Contamination and Management

Copyright

Contents

Contributors

About the editors

Preface

Section 1: Water resources scarcity

Chapter 1: Climate change implications on groundwater resources in East Khasi Hills, with special reference to greater Sh ...

1. Introduction

2. Hydrogeology

3. Materials and methods

4. Pattern of annual rainfall at Umiam

5. Extreme climatic events

6. Predicted rainfall from climate model

7. Groundwater level

8. Groundwater recharge

9. Discussion

10. Conclusion

References

Further reading

Chapter 2: Status of hydrogeochemistry of water quality in Mizoram: A review

1.1. Location and extend of Mizoram

2. Discussion

3. Concluding remarks

Chapter 3: Surface and groundwater interactions: Methodology and changing chemical processes

2. Methods/tools to identify SW-GW interactions

2.1. Radon

2.2. Stable isotopes

2.3. Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and sulfur hexafluoride (SF6)

2.4. Noble gases

2.5. Environmental tritium and carbon dating

2.6. Ions

2.7. Temperature

3. Processes evolved by the interactions of surface and groundwater

3.1. Physiochemical characteristics of surface and groundwater

3.2. Influences of groundwater contribution on surface water bodies

3.2.1. Eutrophication

3.2.2. Habitat for fish

3.2.3. Movement of nutrients and metals

3.2.4. Changes in wetland chemistry

3.3. Influences of surface water contribution on groundwater

3.3.1. Salinization

3.3.2. Movement of pesticides and emerging contaminants

4. Conclusion

5. Recommendation for future work

Chapter 4: Impact of climate change on water resources

2. Climate change.

2.1. Emission of greenhouse gases

2.2. Excessive use of fossil fuels: For electricity, transportation and heat

2.3. Change in land use

2.4. Deforestation

2.4.1. Population growth

3. Impact of climate change

3.1. Global warming-rising temperatures

3.2. Melting of glaciers and ice sheets and rising sea levels

3.3. Ocean acidification

3.4. Frequent floods and droughts

4. Impact of climate change on water resources

4.1. Impact on ground water resources

4.2. Management options

Chapter 5: Cooperative management of Himalayan rivers among the riparian states

2. The hydrogeology of the IGB system

3. Controlling factors of material fluxes

4. Distribution of erosion and sedimentation

5. Environmental constraints

6. Sharing of information to check flash flood and water availability

7. Water management strategies and ways forward

7.1. Water sharing treaties for mutual cooperation

8. Conclusion

Chapter 6: An assessment of the aquatic environment quality of the urban water bodies using system analysis methods based ...

2. Materials

2.1. Study area

2.2. Satellite data

2.3. Sampling

3. Methods

3.1. Spectral indices

3.1.1. Normalized Difference Pond Index (NDPI)

3.1.2. Normalized Difference Turbidity Index (NDTI)

3.1.3. Normalized Difference Algae Index (NDAI)

3.1.4. Temperature maps of the reservoir's surfaces

3.2. Methods of measuring and calculating ground indicators

3.3. Methods of system analysis

3.3.1. Multi-criteria optimization method

3.3.2. Statistical criterion (SC)

4. Results and discussion

5. Conclusions

Acknowledgments

Section 2: Contamination of water resources

Chapter 7: Agricultural contamination

References.

Chapter 8: Metal contamination in groundwater of Bangladesh

1.1. What is groundwater?

1.1.1. How much do we depend on groundwater?

1.2. What is groundwater contamination?

1.2.1. Sources of heavy metal contamination in groundwater natural sources

1.2.2. Anthropogenic sources of contamination

2. Metal contamination scenarios in groundwater of Bangladesh

3. Major contaminants occurrence in groundwater

3.1. Arsenic

4. Other contaminants

4.1. Manganese

4.2. Chromium

4.3. Copper

4.4. Cadmium

4.5. Lead

4.6. Iron

4.7. Zinc

4.8. Nickel

5. Dangers of contaminated groundwater

6. Effects of ground water contamination

7. Potential health problems

8. Environmental legislation: Bangladesh perspective

9. Conclusion

Declarations

Author contribution statement

Chapter 9: A study on impact of progressive urban expansion on groundwater quality by using graphical, statistical and WQ ...

1.1. Research motive

1.2. Context of research

2. Study area

3. Methodology

3.1. Sampling and analytical techniques

3.2. Graphical representation

3.3. Statistical analysis

3.4. Water quality index

4.1. Population growth

4.2. Change in land use practice

4.3. Interaction between urbanization and groundwater quality

4.4. Comparative analysis of water quality within one decade

4.4.1. Major ion chemistry

4.4.2. Spatiotemporal distribution and suitability of groundwater for drinking purpose

Total dissolved solids (TDS)

Total hardness

Nitrate (NO3-)

Fluoride (F-)

4.4.3. Classification and genesis of groundwater

Soltan classification

Piper's classification

4.4.4. Statistical analysis

Principal component analysis

4.4.5. Water quality index (WQI)

5. Conclusion.

Acknowledgment

Chapter 10: Contamination of water resources: With special reference to groundwater pollution

2. Why is groundwater important?

3. How does groundwater become contaminated?

4. Types of groundwater contamination

4.1. Geogenic contamination

4.2. Anthropogenic contamination

5. Potential sources of groundwater contamination

5.1. Natural sources

5.2. Storage tanks

5.3. Septic systems

5.4. Improper disposal of hazardous waste

5.5. Landfills

5.6. Chemicals and road salts

5.7. Mining and quarrying

5.8. Saltwater contamination

5.9. Atmospheric contaminants

6. Pollution of groundwater

7. Types of groundwater pollution

7.1. Geogenic pollution of groundwater

7.2. Anthropogenic pollution of groundwater

7.2.1. Point-source pollution

7.2.2. Nonpoint-source pollution

8. Arsenic

9. Sources of arsenic in groundwater

10. Occurrences of arsenic in groundwater

11. Mobilization mechanisms of arsenic

12. Arsenic contamination in groundwater in India

13. Health effects

14. Remedial measures

14.1. Subsurface arsenic remedy

14.1.1. The SAR (subterranean arsenic removal)

14.2. Ex-situ arsenic remedy

14.3. Use of alternative water source

14.4. Tapping arsenic-free safe aquifers

14.4.1. Will the deep aquifers remain arsenic-free?

15. Conclusion

16. Recommendations

Chapter 11: Impact of mining on groundwater quality of India using indexing techniques and its assessment

2. Overview of indexing techniques for assessing water quality

2.1. Water quality index (WQI)

2.1.1. Effective weight percentage (Efi)

2.2. Heavy metal indexing

2.2.1. Heavy metal pollution index (HPI)

2.2.2. Heavy metal evaluation index (HEI)

2.2.3. Contamination index (Cd).

2.2.4. PCA-based metal index

Non-standardized PCA metal index (NSPMI)

Standardized PCA-based metal index (PMI)

Water parameter index (WPI)

2.2.5. Modified heavy metal index

Modified heavy metal pollution index (m-HPI) using fuzzy entropy weight method

Heavy metal contamination index (HCI) for evaluating heavy metal contamination in groundwater

2.3. Calculation of risk assessment

2.3.1. Hazard quotient (HQ)

2.3.2. Hazard index (HI)

3. Impact assessment of mining on groundwater quality of India by indexing techniques

3.1. Coal mining

3.1.1. Brajrajnagar coal mining, Odisha

3.1.2. Jharia coalfields, Dhanbad, Jharkhand

3.1.3. Underground coal mines, Khliehriat, Jaintia hills district, Meghalaya

3.1.4. East Bokaro coalfield, Jharkhand

3.1.5. West Bokaro

3.1.6. North Karanpura

3.1.7. Coal mines in Sonebhadra and Singrauli districts, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh

3.1.8. Korba coalfield, Korba district, Chhattisgarh

3.1.9. Singrauli coal mining, Odisha

3.2. Copper mining

3.3. Limestone mining belt in the Sirmour district of Himachal Pradesh

3.4. Iron mining

3.4.1. Iron, steel industries and coal mining, Angul district, Odisha

3.4.2. Mining region Goa

3.4.3. Iron-ore mining, Odisha

4. Risk assessment of mining in India by hazard index and hazard quotient

4.1. Uranium mining

4.2. Coal mining

4.3. Copper mining

5. Conclusion and recommendations

Chapter 12: Recent scenario of agricultural contaminants on water resources

2. Nutrients

3. Pesticides

4. Heavy metals

5. Pathogens

6. Salts

7. Sediments

8. Organic matters

9. New generation pollutants

11. Recommendations

Chapter 13: Potential tools for identification of saltwater intrusion into the coastal aquifers: A case study from East C.

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