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Water Pollution

Assessing aquifer vulnerability to arsenic pollution using DRASTIC and GIS of North Bengal Plain

Geographic Information System (GIS) was utilized to apply a modified DRASTIC method to assess the aquifer vulnerability to pollution of English Bazar Block of Malda District, West Bengal, India. In the western, central and southern parts of the study area the aquifer is prone to contamination. Therefore, in these regions pesticides, which may contain arsenic or arsenic rich groundwater, should not be used in irrigated land or mango orchards. In order to understand the reliability of the aquifer vulnerability, sensitivity analysis was carried out.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2007
Surajit Ckakraborty, P. K. Paul, P. K. Sikdar
Journal of Spatial Hydrology
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Tags:
Groundwater Pollution, Arsenic, Groundwater Quality, Pesticide Use, Remote Sensing, Geographical Information Systems (GIS), West Bengal, Maldah
Water Pollution

Sewage canal: how to clean the yamuna

Several crore rupess have been sunk into plans to clean up the Yamuna. The authorities have been busy chasing targets to fulfill these plans. But the river remains dirty. This book analyses the strategies adopted to clean up the Yamuna, one of India's holiest and dirtiest rivers.

Publication Date: 
Jan 2007
Suresh Babu S V, Bharat Lal Seth
Centre for Science and Environment
Tags:
Pollution Control, River Pollution, Rivers, Yamuna, Water Quality, India, Delhi
Mining

Groundwater quality evaluation in stone quarry area

Stone quarrying is a small scale labor oriented industry which has provided jobs to many people but at the same time it has brought a host of environmental problems in the vicinity. The study is carried out to understand the ground water quality in the stone quarry area of Bangalore District.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2007
D. Paramesha Naik, Ushamalini, R. K. Somashekar
Journal of Industrial Pollution Control
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Water Pollution, Mining, Stone Industry, Groundwater Quality, India, Bangalore (D)
Water Resources

Local approaches for a global water revolution: a case study of communal water management in Ladakh, India

The mismanagement of water is one of the most pressing development problems of the day. This research argues that, in some circumstances, an often-neglected form of water management, communal property management, can offer a viable solution to this problem. India has a rich history of traditional water management. Within India, the region of Ladakh was examined as an example of successful communal water management.

Publication Date: 
Dec 2006
Natalie Denise Boyd
Saint Mary's University
Tags:
Water Pollution, Water Resources, Water Management, India, Ladakh
Water Pollution

The Tungabhadra river basin: proceedings of the first stakeholder meeting

A stakeholder workshop for the Tungabhadra basin was organised by the Society for Promoting Participative Eco-system Management (SOPPECOM) and the UNESCO Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science of Dundee University in Scotland in Hospet, India (Karnataka) on 9-10 January 2007.

Publication Date: 
31/12/2006
Society for Promoting Participative Ecosystem Management
Tags:
Water Pollution, River Pollution, Tungabhadra, Industrial Pollution, India, Karnataka, River Basin
Water Pollution

Hindon river: gasping for breath - a paper on river pollution

This study evaluates the presence and extent of toxic pollutants within surface and groundwater resources of the Hindon river catchment. The devastating impacts of this contamination of water resources of the health of those living within the catchment is highlighted.

Publication Date: 
Dec 2006
Heather Lewis
Janhit Foundation
Tags:
River Pollution, Pesticides, Surface Water, Hindon, Groundwater, Water Quality, Health Effects, India, Uttar Pradesh
Environment

Cost of pollution in China: economic estimates of physical damages

This is a draft edition of the "Cost of Pollution in China: Economic Estimates of Physical Damages" report, which will be presented at the international conference on Sustainable Development in Beijing, China on March 2, 2007. The purpose of this conference edition is to present the findings of the studies undertaken in China over the past about 3 years as well as to obtain relevant comments and feedback from the conference participants that could be included in the final edition of the report.

Publication Date: 
31/12/2006
The World Bank
Tags:
Pollution, Water Pollution, Air Pollution, Environmental Flow, Health Effects, China
Water Pollution

 Water from Guanting reservoir in China unfit for drinking

Water from the Guanting reservoir, Beijing's fourth largest drinking source, was not fit for human consumption or irrigation during the month of October, the Chinese capital's environmental

Publication Date: 
30/12/2006
Down to Earth
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0
Tags:
Water Pollution, Lakes, Water Quality, Reservoirs, Irrigation, China
Water Pollution

Haryana to get new canal

The work of the 110-km long Bhakhra Mainline-Hansi Branch-Butana multi purpose Link Canal in Haryana will be completed by October 2007, an offficial spokesman said in

Publication Date: 
29/12/2006
Business Line (New Delhi)
Tags:
Dams, Irrigation
Water Pollution

Huge conservation effort rescues tiny pig

Discharge of treated effluents from dyeing and bleaching units in the State's textile belt into the sea will be the only permanent solution to be problem of ecological damage, which can also enable

Publication Date: 
29/12/2006
Hindu (Chennai)
Tags:
Water Pollution

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