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:The main aim of the present study was to examine the quality of the groundwater and decipher the sources of groundwater fluoride through mass balance modeling based on fluoride exposure in a geologically heterogeneous semi-arid region of southern India. This was achieved by hydrogeochemical analysis, graphical methods, and mass transfer modeling approaches. Fuzzy comprehensive technique was applied to evaluate the quality of groundwater for groundwater management. In this regard, 61 groundwater samples were obtained from open wells and bore wells and analyzed for different physicochemical parameters. The major cation and anion abundances follow the order Na+ > Ca2+ > Mg2+ > K+ and Cl- > HCO3- > SO42- > NO3- > PO43-. About 88.4% and 34.4% of the total water samples were dominated with Na+ and Cl- ions in this region, respectively. The fluoride level in groundwater ranged from 0.10 to 3.30 mg/l with a mean value of 1.04 mg/l. Nearly 25% of the groundwater samples collected from 15 villages showed fluoride concentrations exceeding the maximum permissible limit of 1.5 mg/l as per the World Health Organization recommendations for human intake. More than 85% of the samples fell under strong acid (Cl- and SO42-) type. The amount of groundwater salinization in this region was 70.5% since the Revelle index (RI) was excess in the groundwater samples (RI > 0.5 meq/l). Silicate weathering, cation exchange, and gypsum dissolution were the dominant geogenic processes in the aquifer system influencing groundwater chemistry and nullified the possibility of carbonate dissolution. Saturation indices revealed the contribution of sequestration of CaCO3 in F- enrichment. Total dissolved solids showed strong positive correlations with Na+, Ca2+, Mg2+, Cl-, SO42- and NO3- indicating the contribution of anthropogenic inputs to groundwater chemistry in addition to geogenic sources. The results of the fuzzy comprehensive method indicated that 33% of the groundwater samples fell under fair water type, 2% and 11% of the samples fell under poor and very poor quality water types, respectively. Therefore, this work will be helpful for the decision-makers to plan for the sustainable management of groundwater resources.
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Environ Geochem Healthjournal_title
Environmental geochemistry and healthauthors
Karunanidhi D,Aravinthasamy P,Deepali M,Subramani T,Sunkari EDdoi
10.1007/s10653-020-00676-2subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2020-07-27 00:00:00eissn
0269-4042issn
1573-2983pii
10.1007/s10653-020-00676-2pub_type
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