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