TN, Pondy ground water chemically contaminated

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Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsGround water in the state is contaminated by chemicals such as chloride, fluoride and nitrate, says a study by the Central Ground Water Board of the Ministry of Water Resources.MoS for Water Resources and Minority Affairs Vincent H Pala, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, said that a study conducted in 451 locations across the 29 districts of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry revealed that 38 of them had high chloride, while 48 had fluoride content. Around 161 samples had high nitrate content.The study found that Ramanathapuram district had the highest incidence of water being contaminated with chloride. Of 19 samples tested in various locations of the district, seven had chloride.Similarly, Thanjavur had high incidence of fluoride with seven of the 21 samples testing positive for fluoride. The high level of nitrate content in water was found in Erode where 21 of 29 samples tested positive followed by Coimbatore where 20 of the 37 samples had nitrate.Of the 14 samples tested in Tiruchy, 10 had high nitrate. The results were from test of samples collected in 2011. The chemical analyses of water samples collected during 2012 are under progress.first published:August 29, 2012, 08:21 ISTlast updated:August 29, 2012, 08:21 IST
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Ground water in the state is contaminated by chemicals such as chloride, fluoride and nitrate, says a study by the Central Ground Water Board of the Ministry of Water Resources.

MoS for Water Resources and Minority Affairs Vincent H Pala, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, said that a study conducted in 451 locations across the 29 districts of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry revealed that 38 of them had high chloride, while 48 had fluoride content. Around 161 samples had high nitrate content.

The study found that Ramanathapuram district had the highest incidence of water being contaminated with chloride. Of 19 samples tested in various locations of the district, seven had chloride.

Similarly, Thanjavur had high incidence of fluoride with seven of the 21 samples testing positive for fluoride. The high level of nitrate content in water was found in Erode where 21 of 29 samples tested positive followed by Coimbatore where 20 of the 37 samples had nitrate.

Of the 14 samples tested in Tiruchy, 10 had high nitrate. The results were from test of samples collected in 2011. The chemical analyses of water samples collected during 2012 are under progress.