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Water quality and environment standards and categories of most polluting industries from Central Pollution Control Board
Posted on 16 May, 2009 01:42 PMWater quality standard sectiion
The water quality standards section on the site of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), contains data on limits/standards of various indicative water quality parameters, such as coliform, pH, dissolved solids, bod etc, for each designated water use (drinking, bathing etc).
Read the standards and also view this file for water quality and drinking water quality standards from www.groundwatertnpwd.org.in
Monitoring of Indian National Aquatic Resource: This article on the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) website, contains graphs indicating the water-source wise national water quality monitoring network data, water quality trend across different parameters (bod, coliform etc), and water quality trend (measured in terms of bod) in various rivers of India.
Environmental standards section
The environmental standards section of the Central Pollution Control Board website, contains more than 40 industry–specific effluent standards, ranging from battery manufacturing to thermal power plants.
Read the industry–specific standards
Under the same section, read through some of the more recently–notified industry– specific standards and some proposed industry–specific standards here
The CPCB is a national body formed to promote cleanliness of streams and wells in the country by prevention, control and abatement of water pollution, and to improve the quality of air and to prevent, control or abate air pollution in the country.
For more info, click here
17 most polluting industries in India
This site provides information on the list of 17 most polluting industries, identified by the Central Pollution Control Board (Ministry of Environment and Forests). The site provides information on the following sections:
Root Zone technology for the treatment of industrial and domestic waste water - A handbook from Central Pollution Control Board
Posted on 16 May, 2009 12:47 PMRoot Zone Treatment System are planted filter-beds consisting of sand/gravel/soil. The system uses a natural way to effectively treat domestic & industrial effluents.
This handbook on root zone technology for the treatment of industrial and domestic waste water is divided into following sections:
Job opening: Research coordinator, Arghyam
Posted on 16 May, 2009 05:24 AMArghyam Trust based in Bangalore, (www.arghyam.org) focuses solely on water and sanitation with an emphasis on domestic water. We are looking to employ a young dynamic person to be a core member of a new Research & Developmentgroup.
Basic course on groundwater
Posted on 15 May, 2009 03:38 PMObjectives
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
A multimedia course on groundwater management by Advanced Centre for Water Resources Development and Management (ACWADAM), Pune
Posted on 15 May, 2009 01:07 PMThis multimedia course developed by ACWADAM, Pune, is primarily meant for people working in watershed and agriculture projects, to give them a better understanding of groundwater.
Manual on artificial recharge of groundwater by Ministry of Water Resources
Posted on 15 May, 2009 12:18 PMThis manual by the Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India provides the background on the global and Indian water scenario and the emerging challenges related to groundwater depletion and pollut
Groundwater management:traditional knowledge and formal science
Posted on 14 May, 2009 12:35 PMAuthor Sunderajan Krishnan argues that the apparent duality between formal science and one based on traditional wisdom and observations is an illusion and decision making on groundwater management has a lot to gain from traditional knowledge sources.
Financing water crises: World Bank, International Aid Agencies and Privatisation - a report by Navdanya and Research Foundation for Science, Technology & Ecology
Posted on 13 May, 2009 05:31 PMThe report by Navdanya and Research Foundation for Science, Technology & Ecology is in two parts. The first part lists the World Bank projects in three categories – loans given from 1950-1990, water restructuring projects from 1990-2005, and projects at approval stage. The second part of the report includes case studies of World Bank driven water privatization projects in Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.
Course on urban water scenario
Posted on 13 May, 2009 10:06 AM“Urban Waters” served as a background material for Arghyam’s second annual conference on April 2007 at Bangalore. There is a vast body of research on urban water issues; a bewildering number of organizations are working on the subject; and it has a wide array of dimensions.
Household water delivery options in urban and rural India – A working paper by Stanford Centre for International Development
Posted on 12 May, 2009 05:14 PMThis working paper by the Stanford Centre for International Development deals with household water delivery options in urban and rural India. The recent potentially far-reaching policy changes frame the paper on drinking water options for urban and rural India. Given the primacy of drinking water as a national objective, and the policy of decentralization through community ownership, private sector participation and devolution to local governments, it asks: How can India alleviate its household level drinking water deprivation, in the near-to-medium term, and in cost-effective ways?