The Groundwater Geochemistry and the Human Health Risk Assessment of Drinking Water in an Area with a High Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology (CKDu), Sri Lanka

<table class="table-group" id="tab7"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left"> </td><td class="align_center">Hazard index (HI)</td><td class="align_center">Hazard evaluation index (HEI)</td><td class="align_center">Hazard pollution index (HPI)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">CKDu endemic area (GK)</td><td class="align_center">2.65</td><td class="align_center">5.04</td><td class="align_center">0.63</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Reference area (DMB)</td><td class="align_center">0.95</td><td class="align_center">1.73</td><td class="align_center">0.22</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>The estimated hazard index (HI), hazard evaluation index (HEI), and hazard pollution index (HPI) values for the drinking water samples collected from CKDu endemic and reference areas, Sri Lanka.</div>

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Table 7: The Groundwater Geochemistry and the Human Health Risk Assessment of Drinking Water in an Area with a High Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology (CKDu), Sri Lanka 

Table 7 | The Groundwater Geochemistry and the Human Health Risk Assessment of Drinking Water in an Area with a High Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology (CKDu), Sri Lanka 