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The website of the Public Health Engineering Department of Assam, the nodal agency for the rural water supply programmes of the state is available below -

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The groundwater related issues and problems the distrcit include:

This image from the UNOSAT site is an example of satellite-based flood detection and illustrates satellite detected flood water over the affected state of Assam in 2007, and shows areas that are likely to be covered with flood water, based on pre-flood water level data.

The website of Uttar Pradesh Irrigation Department can be viewed below. It contains policy documents, list of inter-state disputes over river water whose basin Uttar Pradesh is a part of, project details, flood works etc.

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"Gasping for Breath" is a study by Janhit Foundation on water pollution in the Hindon river of Western Uttar Pradesh. This substantial scientific report details the gross contamination of the Hindon River with heavy metals and pesticides, and the subsequent contamination of the underlying groundwater water aquifer that his has caused. Consumption of this contaminated groundwater as a drinking water source is shown to be having a devastating effect on the health of the local population. 

The homepage of the Groundwater Directorate of Andhra Pradesh is available below. It contains maps and statistics about well population, groundwater irrigation, categorisation of basins, geology and piezometric network and groundwater levels.

The Andhra Pradesh State of the Environment Report is available at the Environmental Information System (ENVIS) cell of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) here. 

The State Groundwater Profile from the CGWB site can be viewed below. It includes a brief summary of groundwater conditions, aquifer types, average specific yield of the aquifers, types of wells dug, their specific capacity and also findings of groundwater exploration.

The School of Environmental Studies of Jadavpur University has studied the arsenic contamination for the last 19 years. Their website gives some of the details of their work -

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Some of the main findings of the status report on water resources in Tikamgarh and Jhansi districts by Development Alternatives are –