Assessment of Heavy Metal Pollution in Water Resources and their Impacts: A Review

Priti, P. and Paul, B. (2016) Assessment of Heavy Metal Pollution in Water Resources and their Impacts: A Review. Journal of Basic and Applied Engineering Research, 3 (8). pp. 671-675.

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Abstract

Heavy metals in water are extremely essential to living organism but concentration beyond the limit recommended by various national and international organization may cause physiological disorders. Excess of these in water environment occurs, via a wide range of process and pathways, by natural and anthropogenic sources. Accumulation of these metals in living organism can be toxic and carcinogenic due to its non-biodegradable nature. For this purpose water, quality management and assessment in light of heavy metal is of prime importance. The overall water quality status and identification of source of origin of heavy metals are required for water quality management. Heavy metal pollution index (HPI) and Factor analysis (FA) are most convenient and effective approaches to assess the status of water quality and identifies the source of pollutants. This paper reviews the source, impact on human health and assessment technique of heavy metal contamination in aquatic environment.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Heavy Metals; Environment; Heavy metal pollution index (HPI); Factor Analysis (FA)
Author Affiliation: Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, India
Subjects: Agricultural Engineering
Divisions: General
Depositing User: Mr B Krishnamurthy
Date Deposited: 02 Sep 2016 09:48
Last Modified: 02 Sep 2016 09:48
URI: http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/14383

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