• Kumari Gouri
• Manish Kumar

The study present study has been conducted in Bhagalpur Municipal Corporation (BMC) area of Bhagalpur district which is situated in middle of Gangetic plain. This area is very famous for the geogenic contamination of fluoride. The investigation was undertaken in all the 51 wards between 2010-12 for parameters like pH, EC, TDS, TH, bicarbonate, nitrate, Phosphate and especial consideration was given to fluoride. During study it was found that the pre-monsoon season data of groundwater has more contamination levels of physico-chemical parameters, while fluoride contamination was observed higher in mid-monsoon period. Among the wards 39-51 which is in extreme southern part of BMC has higher values of fluoride levels in compare to the northern parts. The water quality of all the wards are contaminated with fluoride and showed adverse effect on residents. During the assessment of health impacts it was observed that the child and women population was more prone to fluoride based disease like dental and skeletal fluorosis. All the sampling points were digitized and mapped on Q-GIS which showed that the significant correlation with ward wise fluoride contamination level and affected people number in each wards.

GIS mapping, Fluoride, Groundwater contamination, Bhagalpur, Fluorosis

"Geospatial Assessment of Fluoride Contamination in Groundwater and Health Hazard impacts in Bhagalpur Municipal Corporation Area, Bhagalpur, Bihar", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.3, Issue 6, page no.44-47, June-2016, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1701409.pdf

"Geospatial Assessment of Fluoride Contamination in Groundwater and Health Hazard impacts in Bhagalpur Municipal Corporation Area, Bhagalpur, Bihar", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.3, Issue 6, page no. pp44-47, June-2016, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1701409.pdf