A Malaysian water bill, due for a second review in the country's parliament, provides for capital punishment for those guilty of contaminating water and causing loss of life. The Water Services

Hathli is sub-tributary of river Beas in outer Himalayas. It is getting polluted due to wastewater of Hamirpur town in Himachal Pradesh, India. The pollution impact is severest in the low flow months. Steep slopes, pools, riffles and small waterfalls thus characterize the stream. the streambed consists of stones and cobbles.

The present work aims to study the level of fluoride in bore well, open well, and in handpump water samples of different places of Virudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu, and also to analyse other water quality parameters, like pH, electrical conductivity, turbidity, acidity, alkalinity, total solids, chlorides, iron, sodium, potassium, fluorides and total hardness.

Ten different trace metals in Gagan river water at thirteen different sites in and around Moradabad were estimated by ICP-AES technique and the data was compared with water quality standards prescribed by WHO. River was found to be excessively contaminated for copper, iron, lead concentrations and moderately contaminated for nickel and cadmium.

The quality of ground water samples collected from 7 representatives tubewells in rural areas around Angul-Talcher industrial zone, Orissa was assessed in the rainy, winter and summer from July 2001 to June 2003. A total of 20 physico-chemical characteristics were analysed. Some parameters were found within and some parameters beyond the desirable limit for drinking purpose.