Source apportionment of groundwater pollution around landfill site in Nagpur, India

Environ Monit Assess. 2005 Dec;111(1-3):43-54. doi: 10.1007/s10661-005-8037-4.

Abstract

The present work attempts statistical analysis of groundwater quality near a Landfill site in Nagpur, India. The objective of the present work is to figure out the impact of different factors on the quality of groundwater in the study area. Statistical analysis of the data has been attempted by applying Factor Analysis concept. The analysis brings out the effect of five different factors governing the groundwater quality in the study area. Based on the contribution of the different parameters present in the extracted factors, the latter are linked to the geological setting, the leaching from the host rock, leachate of heavy metals from the landfill as well as the bacterial contamination from landfill site and other anthropogenic activities. The analysis brings out the vulnerability of the unconfined aquifer to contamination.

MeSH terms

  • Enterobacteriaceae / isolation & purification
  • Environmental Monitoring / statistics & numerical data
  • Factor Analysis, Statistical
  • Feces / microbiology
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • India
  • Metals / analysis
  • Nitrates / analysis
  • Refuse Disposal*
  • Sulfates / analysis
  • Water Microbiology*
  • Water Pollutants / analysis*
  • Water Pollution / analysis*
  • Water Supply

Substances

  • Metals
  • Nitrates
  • Sulfates
  • Water Pollutants