Groundwater quality: Northern India

This
report gives
a summary of the information
currently available on
groundwa
ter q
uality i
n
nor
thern Indi
a, inc
orpora
ting 23 of the
28 Indian
states, but e
xcluding
the
five s
outher
n st
ates
of
Mahar
ashtra,
Andra Pr
ades
h, Orissa
, K
arnataka
and
Ta
mil Nadu. These
(esse
ntiall
y pe
nins
ular India
)
have
been de
scribed i
n the ‘South
ern
In
dia’ leafl
et
(BGS, 2000).
The northern st
ates cover
an area
of
around
2.24 million
km
2
stre
tching
fro
m the
Arabi
an Se
a coas
t in t
he west, t
hroug
h Rajast
han,
Madhya P
radesh, H
aryana and Punj
ab
to Jammu
&
Kas
hmir i
n the nor
thern
Himal
ayan r
egion,
to the
easte
rn st
ates borderi
ng Ne
pal,
Bhut
an,
Bangl
adesh
,
Chi
na a
nd Bu
rma