High levels of pesticide contamination found in groundwater that most of Delhi, India relies on

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?High pesticide levels in groundwater?

Jayashree Nandi, TNN Jun 18, 2012, 06.06AM IST

NEW DELHI: The groundwater that most of Delhi relies on when water shortage leaves taps dry is probably far more contaminated than we can imagine.

A recent study by a team from the civil engineering department of IIT-Delhi on the groundwater quality in the Palla-Burari region has made some alarming revelations. The water samples tested from this area contain moderately high levels of pesticides; some of them residues of long-banned pesticides, such as DDT. This region has close to 80 borewells and five Ranney wells that meet about 15% of Delhi's water needs....