Ground water plays an essential role in human life for their survival. There are several states in India where more than 90% populations are dependent on groundwater for drinking and other purpose. Due to increasing population, industrialization, unplanned urbanization and dumping of sewage at inappropriate place groundwater gets contaminated. Hence there is always needed for concern over the protection and management of groundwater quality. In the present study, an attempt has been made to assess the physical, chemical and heavy metal content in the ground water of Agra.

Today environment is changing very rapidly due to increasing population, urbanization, technology and human activities and we are facing many environmental challenges like global warming, climate change, loss of biodiversity, ozone layer depletion and waste disposal etc. This book provides an overview of current environmental problems and its management. Author wants to create awareness by this book among people who are willingly or unwillingly playing a role of evil for environment because whenever individual will not take part, environment can't be safe and clean. It can be referred by...