Groundwater Quality Assessment: Udhampur District

Perennial springs are a major source of drinking water in the Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir. The region is a tourist hub and is getting rapidly urbanized, putting pressure on water sources. But there is a lack of comprehensive studies on groundwater quality for the region.

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So, Khalid Omar Murtaza and his team from the University of Kashmir decided to analyze groundwater…