GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION: PERFORMANCE, EFFECTS,LIMITATIONS AND CONTROL
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Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
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The decisive role of groundwater as a decentralized source of
drinking water both in rural and urban settings cannot be underrated. It
accounts for nearly 80 percent of the rural domestic water needs, and 50
percent of the urban water needs. The inevitable importance of
groundwater to humankind has led to its over-exploitation which is now
resulting to aquifer contamination. Although many cases of contaminated
groundwater have occurred throughout the globe, few successful
experiences in remediating the problems are identifiable at this time.
Many countries are in the early process of identifying their potential
groundwater contamination problems while others are seeking for its
remedy. At present, many innovative technologies are being evaluated for
their usefulness and swift responses to groundwater contamination
control as the conventional extraction and treatment processes have often
proven to be very expensive and slow with respect to remediating the
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Q Science (General), QC Physics