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dc.contributor.authorChidambaram, S.
dc.contributor.authorKarmegam, U.
dc.contributor.authorPrasanna, Mohan
dc.contributor.authorSasidhar, P.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T14:37:05Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T14:37:05Z
dc.date.created2013-02-26T20:00:33Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.citationChidambaram, S. and Karmegam, U. and Prasanna, M.V. and Sasidhar, P. 2012. A study on evaluation of probable sources of heavy metal pollution in groundwater of Kalpakkam region, South India. The Environmentalist. 32 (4): pp. 371-382.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/39795
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10669-012-9398-1
dc.description.abstract

This study investigates the heavy metal pollution vulnerability of the groundwater in the coastal aquifers of Kalpakkam region in the state of Tamilnadu, India. Integrated-approach includes pollution evaluation indices, principal component analysis (PCA), and correlation matrix (CM) to evaluate the intensity and source of pollution in groundwater. The data have been used for the calculation of heavy metal pollution index (HPI) and degree of contamination (C d). The mean metal levels in groundwater followed a descending order as: Zn > Ba > Fe > Al > Se > Mn > Cu > Ni > Pb > Cr > Mo > As > Cd > Sb > Be. The concentrations of Fe, Cd, Zn, Se, Ba, Mn, Ni, Pb, and Al in some of the groundwater samples exceed the maximum admissible concentration (MAC). The HPI and C d yield different results despite significant correlations between them. The following elemental associations were obtained from PCA and CM: Fe–Mn–Ni–Cr–Pb–Cd–Zn–Be–Al, Cu–As, Sb–As, Al–Ba and Se–Mo, which could be linked to anthropogenic sources (i.e., processes of tannery and dying industries with some contribution from the landfill leachate and municipal sewage). GIS-based factor score maps suggest that the activities of tannery industries and landfill leachate are pervasive processes in the area. This study has provided the evidence that effluents discharged from the tannery and auxiliary industries and landfill leachate are the main sources of heavy metal pollution in the groundwater. The high metal concentrations observed in the groundwater may have serious public health and potential environmental hazard implications.

dc.publisherSpringer US
dc.subjectprincipal component analysis
dc.subjectlandfill leachate
dc.subjectwater quality
dc.subjectheavy metal
dc.subjecttannery effluent
dc.subjectpollution indices
dc.titleA study on evaluation of probable sources of heavy metal pollution in groundwater of Kalpakkam region, South India
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume32
dcterms.source.number4
dcterms.source.startPage371
dcterms.source.endPage382
dcterms.source.issn0251-1088
dcterms.source.titleThe Environmentalist
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