Groundwater is a vital element to sustain life and the rapid growth of population, urbanization and agricultural activities leading to depletion in groundwater level and deterioration in its quality due to geo-genic and anthropogenic activities (CGWB, 2011; Chopra and Krishan, 2014a, b; Krishan and Chopra, 2014; Krishan et al. 2013a,b; 2014a, b, c, d; Lapworth et al. 2014a, b; Lohani and Krishan, 2015; MacDonald et al., 2013, 2014; Rao et al. 2014).Water is not only essential for the lives of animals…
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