LIST OF TABLES IN THE MAIN TEXT Table Nos. Title of the Table Page No. Table 1: Land-use activities & their potential threat to groundwater quality 3 Table 2: Groundwater monitoring in Metropolitan cities 6 Table 3: Analytical methods and equipment used in the study 7 Table 4) a) Groundwater survey details in Problem Areas 8 Table 4) b) Analysis of Groundwater parameters in problem areas 9 Table 5: Indian Standards& WHO Guideline for Drinking Water 10 Table 6 Profile Of Metropolitan Cities Of India 11 Table 7: Description of groundwater sampling locations in Metropolitan City – Agra 15 Table 8: Description of groundwater sampling locations in Metropolitan City – Meerut 21 Table 9: Description of groundwater sampling locations in Metropolitan City Lucknow 27 Table 10: Description of groundwater sampling locations in Metropolitan CityLudhiana 31 Table 11: Description of groundwater sampling locations in Metropolitan City Coimbatore 35 Table 12: Description of groundwater sampling locations in Metropolitan CityChennai 43 Table 13: Description of groundwater sampling locations in Metropolitan CityMadurai 50 Table 14: Description of groundwater sampling locations in Metropolitan City – Vijaywada 57 Table 15: Table 16: Summery of Groundwater Quality problems in Metropolitan cities Problem areas identified by CPCB 71 74 Table 17: Units under observation in the problem area - Durgapur 76 Table 18: Table 19: CPCB groundwater locations in Durgapur Population statistics for district Howrah 77 78 Table 20: Details of Groundwater Survey locations 80 Table 21: CPCB's Groundwater Survey locations 84 Table 22: Mines operating in Angul-Talcher area 87 Table 23: Ground water Survey locations in Angul-Talcher Area 88 Table 24: Ground water sampling areas 89 Table 25: Major industries in Singrauli Area 92 Table 26: Table 27: Groundwater Survey Locations Survey of Groundwater stations at Vishakapatnam 93 97 Table 28: Groundwater monitoring stations at Patancheru and Bollaram 100 Table 29: Groundwater survey locations 102 Table 30: List of large and medium industries in Cochin 104 Table 31: Groundwater Quality Survey Locations 105 Table 32: Groundwater survey Locations in North Arcot (Vellore) 110 Table 33: Groundwater Quality Survey in Ankaleshwar 113 Table 34: Groundwater Quality Survey in Vapi (Gujarat) 115 Table 35: Groundwater Quality Survey in Chembur, Mumbai (Maharashtra) 117 Table 36: Groundwater Quality Survey in Tarapur (Maharashtra) 120 Table 37: Name and nature of groundwater quality monitoring stations 123 Table 38: Major industrial activities in the problem areas 125 Table 39: Ground Water Quality in problem Areas (1994) 126 Table 40: Ground Water Quality in problem Areas (2002-2004) 128 Table 41: Incidents Occurred due to Geogenic sources and Districts/Villages affected by Arsenic Contamination 131 Table 42: Number of districts affected by groundwater pollution due to contamination of Fluorides in various states of India 131 Table 43: statewise details of contamination of ground water in some areas of the districts due to various contaminants 132