Water Quality

National water policy 2002

This policy emphasises planning, development and management of water resources in a national perspective through a well-developed information system and river basin organisations for the integrated and multidisciplinary management of entire drainage basins. It has prioritised water allocation

Publication Date:

08/04/2002

Source: Ministry of Water Resources (India)

Tags:

Water Resources, Groundwater, Water Policy, Water Conservation, Water Quality, Drinking Water, Irrigation, India

India

Contaminated cocktail

it's official now. The Howrah Municipal Corporation (hmc) authorities have admitted that the tap water being supplied to the inhabitants of this town in West Bengal is acidic and unfit for

Publication Date:

14/03/2002

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Water Quality, India, West Bengal

India

Monitoring Ganga on Net

a website www.cleanganga.com has been launched, which could go a long way in improving the water quality of the river. The site is hosted by Sankat Mochan Foundation (smf) members and clean-up

Publication Date:

14/03/2002

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Water Pollution, Water Pollution Control, River Pollution, Ganga, Water Quality, India

India

Polluted Yangtze

The Yangtze River of China is becoming increasingly polluted, according to a report of the Yangtze River Water Resources Authority. In 2001, sewage and industrial waste dumping increased by 11 per

Publication Date:

27/02/2002

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

River Pollution, Industrial Dispersal, Water Quality, Waste Disposal, China

Mining

Environmental impact of coal mining on water regime and its management

Coal mining is one of the core industries that contribute to the economic development of a country but deteriorate the environment. Being the primary source of energy coal has become essential to meet the energy demand of a country. It is excavated by both opencast and underground mining methods and affects the environment, especially water resources, by discharging huge amounts of mine water.

Publication Date:

01/11/2001

Author(s): R.K. Tiwary

Source: Water

Vol:

132

Issue:

1

pp:

185

Tags:

Water Pollution, Mining, Water Quality, Industrial Pollution, Coal, Mining Waste, India, Statistics

India

Contaminated water

at least 500,000 people were affected by waterborne diseases during 1995-2000 in the union territory of Pondi

Publication Date:

14/10/2001

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Water Pollution, Industrial Dispersal, Water Quality, Waterborne diseases, Industry, India, Pondicherry

India

Gaping gap

Official apathy results in the failure of GAP in West Bengal

Publication Date:

14/09/2001

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

River Pollution, Ganga, Water Quality, Ganga Action Plan, India

India

Spent force?

the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (cag) has condemned the Orissa government and the state pollution control board (pcb) for their failure on various fronts, including lapses in

Publication Date:

14/09/2001

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Pollution Control, River Pollution, Chilka, Water Quality, Health Effects, Governance, India, Orissa (Odisha)

Environment

Trace determination of fluoroquinolone antibacterial agents in urban wastewater by solid-phase extraction & liquid chromatograph

Fluoroquinolones (FQs) are among the most important antibacterial agents (synthetic antibiotics) used in human and veterinary medicine. An analytical method based on reversed-phase liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection was developed and validated for the simultaneous determination of nine FQs and the quinolone pipemidic acid in urban wastewater.

Publication Date:

01/08/2001

Author(s): Eva M. Golet, Alfredo C. Alder, Andreas Hartmann & et al

Source: Analytical Chemistry

Vol:

73

Issue:

15

pp:

3632

Tags:

Environment, Water Quality, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Waste Disposal, Drugs, High Performance Liquid Chroma- tography (HPLC), Switzerland, Water Pollution