Intensification of dairying on irrigated pastures has led to concern over the microbial quality of shallow groundwater used for drinking purposes. The effects of intensive dairying and border-strip irrigation on the leaching of E. coli and Campylobacter to shallow groundwater were assessed over a three-year period in the Waikakahi catchment, Canterbury, New Zealand. Well selection excluded othe...

Abstract Ethiopia is Africa's second-most populous country, after Nigeria, and primarily a farming community with low productivity that heavily reliant on rain-fed agriculture. Water scarcity, global warming, rising population all necessitate more effective water conservation methods. As result, the demand for dams increasing dramatically in order to provide safe drinking water, electricity, ir...

The influence of the Cerro Prieto Geothermal Field (CPGF) on groundwater quality of the close-by agricultural area was evaluated by means of chemical and isotopic determinations. According to irrigation standards, concentrations of As, Cd, Pb, Crtot, Cr(VI), Cu, Cd, Hg, B in agricultural wells showed the suitability of the water for irrigation. Iron was below irrigation limits in all but one we...

For proper management of groundwater resources, estimation recharge is crucial. Information on particularly important in dry areas where continuously depleting. In this study, was estimated at two locations the dry, Barind area Bangladesh using applied tracer, water balance (WB) and water-table fluctuation (WTF) methods. WTF method, considerations for drinking irrigation withdrawal were taken. ...

The composition of groundwater governs the drinking and irrigation water suitability. A large part coastal region Bangladesh is affected responsible for changing groundwater. This research attempted to observe quality Bhola Sadar Char Fasson upazilas in Bangladesh. Twenty-eight (28) samples, 27 at depths 260–430 m (850–1400 ft) 1 from a crop field, were collected analyzed. samples was determine...

This preliminary study reports for the first time that part of the rural population in the Allahabad district and the urban population in the Suklaganj-Kanpur of Unnao district in the Allahabad-Kanpur track of the upper Ganga plain are drinking and using for agricultural irrigation arsenic contaminated water (maximum arsenic concentrations in drinking water and urine are 707 and 1744 microg L(-...