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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">ISPRS-Archives</journal-id>
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<journal-title>The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">ISPRS-Archives</abbrev-journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="nlm-ta">Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.</abbrev-journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="epub">2194-9034</issn>
<publisher><publisher-name>Copernicus Publications</publisher-name>
<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/isprsarchives-XL-8-383-2014</article-id>
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<article-title>Study Relating to the Spatial Distribution of Ground Water Quality for Different Elements using Legacy Data of RWS&amp;S, Andhra Pradesh, India</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Prakash</surname>
<given-names>P.</given-names>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Kumar Das</surname>
<given-names>A.</given-names>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Sandilya</surname>
<given-names>C. V. S.</given-names>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>Geosceinces Division, APSRAC, Ameerpet, Hyderabad, 500038, India</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>28</day>
<month>11</month>
<year>2014</year>
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<volume>XL-8</volume>
<fpage>383</fpage>
<lpage>390</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2014 P. Prakash et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2014</copyright-year>
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<p>The state of Andhra Pradesh, India falls in water stress&lt;sup&gt;4&lt;/sup&gt; area. The primary objective of this study is to examine the spatial
distribution of different chemical elements with respect to its contamination level. About 70 % of drinking water needs in rural areas
and 40 % drinking water needs in urban areas are met from groundwater resources. In the last decades, rapid population growth
coupled with agricultural expansion due to subsidized power to agriculture has significantly increased demand on groundwater
resources. Combined to this, the effect of Global warming has put stress on ground water which is resulting in declines in water
levels and deterioration of ground water quality. This may be evidenced by the fact that the phreatic aquifer which was in use two
decades ago, is existing no more now in some of the parts of the study area and the water is being drawn from deeper aquifers
beyond phreatic aquifers. The study has been carried out for which one or more elements are contaminated and to study its spatial
distribution.</p>
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