Arsenic in Ground Water of North 24 Parganas District, West Bengal

INTRODUCTION

STUDY AREA

HYDROGEOLOGY

GROUND WATER EXPLORATION

CAUSES & MOBILIZATION OF ARSENIC AND ITS MITIGATION

Arsenic in Vadose water zone

Artificial Recharge Study

Arsenic and Iron concentration consequence to pumping of arsenic water fromarseniferous aquifer:

Study of Arsenic rich litho sample :

Study of the Efficacy of Arsenic removal equipments :

Heavy metal analysis :

Arsenic in Food grains and cooked food:

MITIGATION OF ARSENIC PROBLEM IN THE STUDY AREA

CONCLUSIONS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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Tapan Talukdar, Asit Kr. Ghosh, K.K. Srivastava

- Central Ground Water Board, Kolkata