88272 20210902121603.0 doi 10.1061/(ASCE)HZ.2153-5515.0000474 sideral 113255 ART-2020-113255 eng Dahariya, Nohar Singh Contamination, sources, and environmental hazards of groundwater in Bemetara district, Chhattisgarh, Central India 2020 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted The groundwater of the the Bemetara district of Chhattisgarh in central India over a large area is hard in nature due to its high mineral content. An elevated concentration of Na+, Mg2+, Ca2+, and SO2-4 in the groundwater has been observed, falling within the ranges (n=16) 30–437, 43–341, 169–660, and 254–2,330 mg L-1 with a mean value of 107±93, 117±69, 387±171, and 1,059±595 mg L-1, respectively. The temporal and spatial variations in the groundwater concentration of species, i.e., SO2-4, Cl-, NO-3, Na+, K+, Mg2+, Ca2+, Al, and Fe, during the period 2010–2016 are described. The sources of the contaminants and quality of the groundwater are discussed. The environmental hazards of the contaminated water, i.e., land degradation, rusting of buildings and pipes, physiological drought, and ill health of aquatics, birds, and animals, in the Bemetara area are discussed. info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess All rights reserved http://www.europeana.eu/rights/rr-f/ 0.346 2020 Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous) 2020 Q2 Environmental Chemistry 2020 Q2 Water Science and Technology 2020 Q2 Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology 2020 Q2 Waste Management and Disposal 2020 Q2 Environmental Engineering 2020 Q2 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion Yadav, Ankit Chakradhari, Suryakant Patel, Khageshwar Singh Nicolás, José Yubero, Eduardo Lautent, Martini Martín-Ramos, Pablo Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0003-2713-2786 5011 500 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. CC.Agrar.y Medio Natural Area Ingeniería Agroforestal 24, 1 (2020), [11 pp.] JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS TOXIC AND RADIOACTIVE WASTE 2153-5493 2543205 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/88272/files/texto_completo.pdf Postprint 47350 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/88272/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Postprint oai:zaguan.unizar.es:88272 articulos driver 2021-09-02-08:36:10 ARTICLE