FLUORIDE ISSUE IN GROUNDWATER, ITS HEALTH IMPLICATIONS AND WAY FORWARD

By Ranjit Kumar, IVLP Fellow (Water Pricing and Water Economics), USA, Water Expert, KPMG   Background: Water is essential for all physiological activities associated with humans, animals, and for plant. However, the nature and quality of surface and ground water are widely variable and are determined by the local geological history, including the rocks and hidden ore deposits surrounding the sites for the collection of the water, and other factors, such as the movement of elemental particles and pollutants by lentic and lotic waters and underground aquifers (Datta et al,…

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