The future of underground water quality faces challenges like over-extraction, agricultural runoff, industrial pollution, urbanization, and climate change. Unsustainable use lowers water tables, while fertilizers, pesticides, and untreated effluents increase contamination. Urban growth and impermeable surfaces hinder recharge, and climate change alters precipitation, impacting water quality and availability. Geogenic contaminants like arsenic and fluoride also pose risks. Sustainable management practices, pollution controls, advanced monitoring technologies, and public awareness are essential to secure groundwater quality. Balancing usage with replenishment and addressing contamination sources will be crucial to ensuring safe and sustainable underground water for future generations.
The future of underground water quality depends on various factors, including human activities, climate change, and land use. If current trends of over-extraction, pollution from agricultural runoff, industrial discharges, and improper waste disposal continue, the quality of groundwater could degrade significantly. Contaminants like nitrates, heavy metals, and pesticides may increase, making water treatment more challenging and costly. However, advancements in water management practices, pollution control, and better regulation could help mitigate these issues. Sustainable water practices, such as reducing contamination sources and improving recharge areas, will be crucial to maintaining or improving the quality of underground water in the future.
I agree and reccomend comments from Ms., Mallick and Mr. Mondal.
Additionally, monitoring the levels of bacterial, mycological, protozoon and viral pathogens in both variety of sources for drinking water; as well as treatment technologies for wastewater are imperative toward maintaining the quality of underground water.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: FUTURE OF GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT
December 2023
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7266593
By Akshay Raj Manocha, Ajay Kumar, Bhart Singh
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