{"id":28881,"date":"2018-10-24T15:23:57","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T09:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=28881"},"modified":"2018-10-24T15:23:57","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T09:53:57","slug":"uranium-contamination-in-rajasthan-groundwater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/uranium-contamination-in-rajasthan-groundwater\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Uranium contamination in Rajasthan groundwater\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/other-states\/uranium-contamination-in-rajasthan-groundwater-finds-study\/article24116921.ece\">\u2018Uranium contamination in Rajasthan groundwater\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Uranium pollutant<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>News:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Recently a study conducted by Duke University, USA and Central Groundwater Board of India has found widespread uranium contamination in groundwater from aquifers in 16 Indian states.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><u>Important Facts:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>WHO and US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards for uranium level for safe drinking water: 30 micrograms of uranium\/litre<\/li>\n<li>However, in India Uranium is not included in list of contaminants monitored in drinking water specifications provided by the Bureau of Indian Standards<\/li>\n<li><u>Extent of uranium contamination:<\/u><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>16 states in north western, southern and south-eastern India<\/li>\n<li>High prevalence in Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-21267 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.forumias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/p1.jpg?resize=384%2C389\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/p1.jpg?w=384&amp;ssl=1 384w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/p1.jpg?resize=148%2C150&amp;ssl=1 148w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/p1.jpg?resize=296%2C300&amp;ssl=1 296w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/p1.jpg?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/p>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li><u>Causes:<\/u><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Primarily natural factors.<\/li>\n<li>Aggravated by human factors such as a groundwater-table decline and nitrate pollution<\/li>\n<li>Decline in groundwater table induces oxidation conditions. As a result, uranium enrichment in shallow groundwater is enhanced.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Uranium contamination in Rajasthan groundwater\u2019 Uranium pollutant News: Recently a study conducted by Duke University, USA and Central Groundwater Board of India has found widespread uranium contamination in groundwater from aquifers in 16 Indian states. Important Facts: WHO and US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards for uranium level for safe drinking water: 30 micrograms of&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/uranium-contamination-in-rajasthan-groundwater\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018Uranium contamination in Rajasthan groundwater\u2019<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-test-1","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704864178},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28881\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}