What are the two situations of groundwater contamination due to factors other than a reaction with waste materials and chemicals?
What are the two situations of groundwater contamination due to factors other than a reaction with waste materials and chemicals?
Groundwater is the water stored in the subsurface of soil or below the earth surface. The Groundwater may get contaminated due to various factors.These takes place when the pollutants are generated on the surface of earth and they make a way in the water making the ground water polluted.
Groundwater which is the water stored in the subsurface gets polluted due to various contaminants. They may be due to industry effluents , surface runoffs, leaking sewers , agricultural fertilizers. The major contamination of ground water takes place due to the following factors:-
a) Reaction with Waste Materials.
b) Reaction With Chemicals.
c) Storage Tanks.
d) Landfills.
e) Industrial Leaks.
f) Over Pumping.
g) Geogenic Contaminants
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