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This study reviews the groundwater quality level, soil quality in the modern territory, and State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu Limited (SIPCOT) industrial areas. The groundwater quality level is focused on the different regions named as the Residential area, Residential with Part Industry which is mostly focused in Tamil Nadu, India. For the quality checking, the different physico-substance parameters are needed to be evaluated. The novelty of the paper is to review and study the groundwater quality levels with recharge zones in various regions. This study analyses the anthropogenic activities, rock—water interactions and hydro-geochemical process in the selected zone. After that, the quality of groundwater is to be monitored along with human health impacts, potentially harmful elements (PHEs), then the identification of groundwater recharge zones also computed in different areas. The main aim of the study is described about the importance of groundwater quality and their impacts. For that reason, the Water Quality Index (WQI) is used to determine the groundwater quality and Geographic Information System (GIS) technology is used to compute the accurate results of the groundwater recharge zones. As per the WQI index, the groundwater tests are conducted and validated the results with the World Health Organizations (WHO) guidelines. As per the standard tests and norms, the groundwater quality level is analyzed and predicted their soil quality in various States & Districts in India and compared with other countries also. The results of the study are finalized the majority of the parameters in the investigation region are inside as far as possible, the WQI recommends that water is reasonable for local purposes.
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Shanmugamoorthy, M., Subbaiyan, A., Velusamy, S. et al. Review of Groundwater Analysis in Various Regions in Tamil Nadu, India. KSCE J Civ Eng 26, 3204–3215 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12205-022-1412-7
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