An inventory survey (1998-2000) was conducted on land and water use pattern in Gotera mauza under new alluvial zone of the Gangetic delta in West Bengal. The survey revealed that ponds were continuously filled with arsenic contaminated groundwater through peoples’ practice of filling the ponds with Tubewell water in non-rainy periods mainly during pre-monsoon (April […]
Arsenic content of groundwater got reduced through storage in ponds
