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Ground Water Quality Assessment Of Nagercoil Town
(Hand Pumps)
A.
Subramanian (Corresponding Author)...
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Journal of Environment and Earth Science www.
iiste.
org
ISSN 2224-3216 (Paper) ISSN 2225-0948 (Online)
Vol 1, No.
1, 2011
1 | P a g e
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iiste.
org
Ground Water Quality Assessment Of Nagercoil Town
(Hand Pumps)
A.
Subramanian (Corresponding Author)
Assistant Professor
Department Of Zoology, S.
T.
Hindu College,
Nagercoil – 629 002
Tamil Nadu, India.
E-mail: Sathish_042010@yahoo.
com
Abstract
Physico-chemical characteristics of water samples collected from 15 hand pumps from Vadasery,
Chettikulam and Kottar of Nagercoil Town were analyzed for ground water quality assessments.
The
pH of the bore water from study area slightly acidic, where as total alkalinity, total hardness, Nitrate,
Sodium, Pottasium, Iron and Phosphate showed above the permissible limit.
Key Words: Water contamination, Nitrate, Fluoride, Physico-chemical.
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Introduction
Kanyakumari district, a part of the south Tamil Nadu.
The study areas are coming under
Agastheswaram Taluk of Kanyakumari District, Tamil
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