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3 Salinity Problems in Groundwater and Management Strategies in Arid and Semi‐arid Regions
Balaji Etikala1, Narsimha Adimalla2, Sughosh Madhav3, Srinivasa Gowd Somagouni4, and P.L. Keshava Kiran Kumar4
1Department of Geology, Sri Venkateswara University,