Monday 30 July 2018

Study on Groundwater Contamination

Study on Groundwater Contamination
Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) regularly monitors ground water quality of shallow aquifers on a regional scale, once every year. Ground water quality data generated during various scientific studies and ground water quality monitoring indicate that the ground water in major part of the country is potable. However, some parts of various states are contaminated by Salinity, Arsenic, Fluoride, Iron, Nitrate and Heavy metals beyond the permissible limits of BIS. State-wise details are given below. The name of the districts affected with ground water contamination in Rajasthan State is given are given below.

The possible sources of contamination of ground water are either geogenic or anthropogenic in nature. Anthropogenic contamination of ground water is due to industrial discharges, landfills, diffused sources of pollution like fertilizers and pesticides from agricultural fields etc.
Steps taken to check the ground water pollution are –

  • Control of industrial pollution under the provision of Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 by consent mechanism being applied by SPCBs/ PCCs.
  • A mutually agreed time targeted programme is implemented under Corporate Responsibility on Environment Protection (CREP).
  • Establishment of Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs) for cluster of Small Scale Industrial units.
  • Continuous water quality monitoring systems are being established on industrial units in the country, through the directives issued by CPCB, for getting real time information on the effluent quality.

For improving the coverage of safe drinking water to rural population, the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation supplements the efforts of the states by providing them with technical and financial assistance through the centrally sponsored National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP). It is the State Governments who plan, design, approve, execute and operate & maintain the schemes for providing safe drinking water to rural population.

STATES WISE DETAILS OF AFFECTED DISTRICTS WITH GROUND WATER CONTAMINATION

Sl NoName of the State/UTsSalinity (EC above 3000 micro mhos/ cm) 
(EC : Electrical Conductivity)
Fluoride
( above 1.5 mg/l)

Nitrate
(above 45 mg/l)

Arsenic
(above 0.01 mg/l)

Iron
(above 1mg/l )

Heavy metals
Lead (above 0.01 mg/l)Cadmium (above 0.003 mg/l)Chromium (above 0.05 mg/l)
1Andhra Pradesh11111337
2Arunachal Pradesh4
3Assam61918
4Bihar13102319
5Chhattisgarh131214111
6Delhi772314
7Goa
8Gujarat211921126
9Haryana15201915171771
10Himachal Pradesh61
11Jammu & Kashmir243631
12Jharkhand1211161
13Karnataka292922222
14Kerala45111521
15Madhya Pradesh16395084216
16Maharashtra2017302019
17Manipur21
18Meghalaya3
19Nagaland1
20Odisha725281211
21Punjab919201096810
22Rajasthan3033331334
23Tamil Nadu23192792315
24Telangana791018211
25Tripura4
26Uttar Pradesh9304629151024
27Uttarakhand3
28West Bengal472915622
UT s - 
1Andaman & Nicobar1
2Chandigarh
3Dadra & Nagar Haveli
4Daman & Diu1
5Pondicherry
 TOTAL No of Districts212335386153301932430
 TOTAL No of State152021212614910

DETAILS OF AFFECTED DISTRICTS WITH GROUND WATER CONTAMINATION BY DIFFERENT CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS
 State/UTSalinity (ECabove3000µS/cm) (EC :Electrical ConductivityFluoride
(above 1.5 mg/l)
Nitrate
(above 45mg/l
Arsenic
(above0.01mg/l)
Iron
(above1mg/l)
Heavy metals :Lead (above0.01 mg/l)
Cadmium (above 0.003mg/l)
Chromium (above 0.05 mg/l)
RajasthanAjmer, Alwar, Baran, Barmer, Bharatpur,  Bhilwara,  Bikaner,  Bundi, Chittorgarh, Churu, Dausa,  Dhaulpur, Ganganagar, Hanumangarh, Jaipur,  Jaisalmer, Jalore, Jhalawar,  Jhunjhunu, Jodhpur, Karauli, Kota, Nagaur, Pali, Rajasamand, Sawai- Madhopur, Sikar, Sirohi, Tonk, UdaipurAjmer, Alwar, Banswara, Barmer, Bharatpur, Baran,  Bhilwara, Bikaner, Bundi, Chittaurgarh, Churu, Dausa, Dhaulpur, Dungarpur,  Ganganagar, Hanumangarh, Jaipur, Jaisalmer, Jalore,  Jhalawar , Jhunjhunu, Jodhpur, Karauli, Kota, Nagaur, Pali,  Pratapgarh, Rajsamand, Sirohi, Sikar,    Sawai Madhopur, Tonk, UdaipurAjmer, Alwar, Banswara, Baran, Barmer, Bundi, Bharatpur, Bhilwara, Bikaner, Chittaurgarh, Churu, Dausa,  Dhaulpur, Dungarpur, Ganganagar, Hanumangarh,  Jaipur, Jaisalmer, Jalore, Jhalawar,  Jhunjhunu, Jodhpur, Karauli,  Kota, Nagaur, Pali, Partapgarh,  Rajasamand, Sirohi,  Sikar,  Sawai Madhopur, Tonk, UdaipurGanganagarAjmer,  Alwar, Banswara,  Baran, Barmer,  Bharatpur, Bhilwara, Bikaner, Bundi,  Chittaurgarh, Churu, Dausa, Dhaulpur,  Dungarpur, Ganganagar, Hanumangarh,  Jaipur, Jaisalmer, Jalore,  Jhalawar, Jhunjhunu, Jodhpur, Karauli,  Kota, Nagaur, Pali, Pratapgarh, Rajsamand, Sikar, Sawai Madhopur, Sirohi, Tonk,  UdaipurLead:
Jhunjhunu Dist
(Khetri Copper Deposit),
Pali,
Jaipur
(Sambhar Lake, Sa nganer

This information was given by Union Minister of State for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today. 

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