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Pollution Problems of the Groundwater Regimes in Calicut City, Kerala, due to Cannoly Canal

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Kerala state occupies the south-west part of India, between 8° 17′ 30″ and 12° 47′ 40″ north latitude and 74° 51′ to 77°24′ 47″ east longitude. The majestic western ghats and the Arabian sea on the west have given Kerala distinctive physical and cultural features. Kerala enjoys a tropical monsoon climate and receives good monsoon rains i.e., south-west monsoon [June–September] and north-east monsoon [October–December]. The average rainfall is about 3000 Mm. The state, with a total area of 38,863 sq. km, has a groundwater potential of 5000 Mm3. Even though it receives fairly good average rainfall, bulk of our rural population depend on groundwater for multipurpose activities.

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  1. Environmental Studies Division, Centre for Water Resources Development and Management, Kunnamangalam, Calicut, 673 571, Kerala, India

    T. K. Jalaja, E. Nirmala, Nirmala Stephen & S. R. Nair

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  1. Hydroscience and Geotechnology Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering, Saitama University, 255 Shimo-ohkubo, Urawa, Saitama, 338-8570, Japan

    Kuniaki Sato (Dr., Professor) (Dr., Professor)

  2. Institute of Earth Science and Technology, Kyoto University, 3-5-22 Kitahama, Chuo-ku, Osaka, 541-0041, Japan

    Yoshiaki Iwasa (Dr., Professor Emeritus) (Dr., Professor Emeritus)

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Jalaja, T.K., Nirmala, E., Stephen, N., Nair, S.R. (2000). Pollution Problems of the Groundwater Regimes in Calicut City, Kerala, due to Cannoly Canal. In: Sato, K., Iwasa, Y. (eds) Groundwater Updates. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-68442-8_78

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