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Assessment of groundwater quality with special emphasis on fluoride contamination in crystalline bed rock aquifers of Mettur region, Tamilnadu, India

تقييم من ماء جوفيّ نوعية مع [سبسل مفسس] على فلوريد تلوث في بلّوريّة سرير صخرة مستودع جوفيّ من [متّور] منطقة, [تميلندو], هند

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Groundwater samples were collected from Mettur taluk of Salem district, Tamilnadu, India for two different seasons (pre-monsoon and post-monsoon) and analyzed for fluoride ion along with other chemical parameters. The major litho units of the study area are Charnockites, peninsular gneiss, and calc gneiss of meta-sedimentary group. The fluoride concentration ranges from 0.1 to 2.8 mg/L and 0.4 to 4.0 mg/L during pre-monsoon (PRM) and post-monsoon (POM) seasons, respectively. Results showed that collected water samples were contaminated by the presence of fluoride ion. During PRM and POM, 21% and 56% of samples recorded higher fluoride when compared with Indian Drinking Water Standard (1 mg/L) and (9% and 35%) of samples recorded higher fluoride when compared with World Health Organization tolerance limit (1.5 mg/L). The ratio of Na/Ca indicates high sodium content in groundwater enhances the dissolution of fluoride at higher pH. Hydrogeochemical facies indicates water-rock interaction as main source for high fluoride in groundwater. A positive correlation between pH, Mg, and F indicates high alkaline nature of water promotes fluoride leaching from source rocks into ground water. Factor analysis indicates hydro-geochemical processes like weathering, ion exchange, and anthropogenic contributes to groundwater chemistry. The saturation index indicates dissolution and precipitation contributes fluoride dissolution along with mixing.

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[متّور] [تلوك] من سالم منطقة, [تميلندو], هند لاثنان فصول مختلفة ([بر] ريح موسميّة وموقعة ريح موسميّة) وحلّلت ل [فلووريد يون] مع أخرى معلمات كيميائيّ. الكبريات [ليثو] وحدات من الدراسة منطقة [شرنوكيتس], صخر نايس شبه جزيري و [كلك] صخر نايس من ميتا مجموعة رسوبيّة. الفلوريد يتراوح تركيز من 0.1 إلى 2.8 [مغ/ل] و0.4 [تو] 4.0 [مغ/ل] أثناء [برم] و [بوم] فصول على التّوالي. نتيجات أبدوا أنّ لوّنت يجمع [وتر سمبل] كان بالوجود ال [فلووريد يون]. سجّل أثناء [برم] و [بوم] 21% و56% من عينات فلوريد [هيغر] [وهن كمبرد ويث] [درينك وتر] هنديّة معياريّة (1 [مغ/ل]) و(9% و35%) من عينات سجّل فلوريد [هيغر] [وهن كمبرد ويث] [وورلد هلث ورغنيزأيشن] [تولرنس ليميت] (1.5 [مغ/ل]). يشير النسبة ال [ن/ك] عال صوديوم محتوى في ماء جوفيّ يحسن الإنحلال الفلوريد في [ف.] [هيغر]. يشير سحنة مائيّ جوفيّ كيميائيّ [وتر-روك] تفاعل كمصدر رئيسيّة لفلوريد عال في ماء جوفيّ. يشير إرتباط إيجابيّة بين [ف], [مغ] و [ف], طبيعة عال قلويّة ماء يروّج فلوريد يرشح من مصدر صخورة داخل [غرووند وتر]. [فكتور نلسس] يشير يسهم عمليات [هدرو-جوشميكل] مثل [وثرينغ], [إيون-إكسشنج] و [أنثروبوجنيك] إلى ماء جوفيّ كيمياء. التشبع يشير فهرسة إنحلال وترسيب يسهم فلوريد إنحلال مع يمزج.

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  1. Department of Earth Sciences, Annamalai University, Annamalai nagar, 608 002, India

    Krishnaraj Srinivasamoorthy, Kannusamy Vijayaraghavan, Murugesan Vasanthavigar, Sabarathinam Chidambaram, Paluchamy Anandhan & Rama Manivannan

  2. National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, 500 606, India

    Subramanya Sarma

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Srinivasamoorthy, K., Vijayaraghavan, K., Vasanthavigar, M. et al. Assessment of groundwater quality with special emphasis on fluoride contamination in crystalline bed rock aquifers of Mettur region, Tamilnadu, India. Arab J Geosci 5, 83–94 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-010-0162-x

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