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Guidelines for drinking water quality - World Health Organisation (2008)
World Health Organisation provide the guidelines for drinking water quality to protect public health. These guidelines vary among countries and regions Posted on 21 May, 2009 11:14 AM

This document published by the World Health Organisation is divided into the following chapters:

1: Introduction
2: The Guidelines: a framework for safe drinking-water
3. Health-based targets

Maharashtra's experience on implementation of groundwater act: a presentation
A presentation on issues that led to groundwater act of Maharashtra, experiences and lessons learnt from the implementation Posted on 21 May, 2009 10:53 AM

This is a presentation from the Groundwater Surveys and Development Agency of Maharashtra on the issues that led to the Groundwater Act of Maharashtra and the experiences and lessons learnt from the  implementation.

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Know about the water you consume - quality parameters, diseases and water treatment
The document is a guide that details drinking water quality parameters, treatment and disease protection Posted on 21 May, 2009 10:17 AM

This document by the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage (TWAD) Board describes the details about the water used for consumption in terms of :

Heavily polluting industries identified by Ministry of Environment & Forests
Ministry of Environment & Forests identifies 64 types of large, medium and small-scale industries and classifies them as "Red Category" on the basis of the emissions or hazardous waste they generate Posted on 21 May, 2009 10:12 AM

This document by the Central Pollution and Control Board (CPCB) highlights the types of polluting industries classified by the Ministry of Environment & Forests, Go

Central Pollution Control Board conducts stream classification on the basis of designated best use
The classification sets primary water quality criteria to Indian rivers, in order to understand the best use of water Posted on 21 May, 2009 09:56 AM

This document  was prepared by the Central Pollution Control Board in its report entitled 'Scheme for Zoning

The Bihar groundwater (regulation and control of development and management) act (2006)
The act aims to regulate and control the development and management of groundwater in Bihar Posted on 21 May, 2009 09:55 AM

This document from the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) site is divided into the following chapters:

Chapter 1: Preliminary

  • Short title, extent and commencement
  • Definitions
Master plan for artificial recharge of groundwater in India (2002) and its critical assessment and suggestions for revision
CGWB plans to harness monsoon run-off through artificial recharge techniques, but the critical assessment of the plan show doubts about its implementation Posted on 20 May, 2009 02:44 PM

Master plan for artificial recharge of groundwater in India (2002)

World Health Organisation provides fact sheets of water-related diseases, their causes and measures for prevention
World Health Organisation provides information on number of water related diseases, their causes, distribution, scope of the problem and interventions to control the disease Posted on 20 May, 2009 01:16 PM

This site by the World Health Organisation (WHO) provides access to water and sanitation related disease fact sheets, which provide information on the disease and how it affects people, the causes, distribution, scope of the problem and th

GIS based correlation between groundwater quality parameters and geological units: a research paper
The paper introduces the methodology to correlate groundwater quality parameters and geological units using statistical analysis through GIS Posted on 20 May, 2009 01:02 PM

In this paper, on the GIS Development site, a methodology is presented that utilises GIS to quantify the spatial geologic data and statistical analysis to determine the relation be

Mapping chlorophyll-a in upper lake Bhopal using IRS-1C data: a study
The study finds direct relation between areas showing high concentration of chl-a and untreated sewage Posted on 20 May, 2009 12:56 PM

This paper on the GIS Development site describes the findings of a study that aimed at mapping chlorophyll-a in upper lake, Bhopal using Irs-1C data

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