River Pollution In India And Its Management

India has been traditionally well-endowed with large freshwater reserves, but increasing population, urbanization and agricultural growth in recent decades are causing overexploitation of surface and groundwater. As consumption of water grows, wastewater increases significantly and in the absence of proper measures for treatment and management, is polluting existing freshwater reserves. As a result, water pollution has emerged as one of the nation’s gravest environmental threats. This book draws a link between water pollution generated by different industries and the various economic activities of the Indian economy using the Input-output framework. It constructs a detailed water pollution coefficient matrix involving different types of water pollutants. The book estimates the total amount of water pollution generated directly and indirectly in different sectors and activities, and also calculates the water pollution content in India’s foreign trade sector. It also accounts for defensive expenditure from water pollution and estimates Green GDP for the extent and scope of environmental challenges. Analysis of the result indicates the variation in the pollution content of different economic activities. Finally, the book offers a portfolio of policies and assesses the implications of such policies on pollution generation in India.

Cities have been known by the rivers that flow nearby-Landon and Thames, Rome and the Traverse, Paris and Seince, Banaras and Ganga. The Delhi and Yamuna sound unfamiliar, although the river is the main source of water supply to the city and plays most crucial role in its growth. The increase of population and activity in the Yamuna watershed is placing increasingly exigent demands upon its ecology.

Water is of the prime importance for all the human activities and so its management and conservation is most essential. In this present age, when every man is aware of the importance of sustainable environment, training the mass in environment management is the need of hours. It is necessary to change people s attitude towards the importance of water. A new environmental behaviour is necessary, in which quantitative demands and confrontation must be replaced by qualitative appreciation and co-ordination. This will hopefully lead us into a new era of human harmony, which can bring changes to the well being of life on the earth. The book presents the most important aspects of pollution, conservation and management of aquatic environment. Factual studies and research-based recommendations are also included in this book. This book is a unique compilation of 40 research articles, which must be useful to the students pursuing advanced and specialized courses, academicians, researchers, scientists, administrators, industrialists and the concerned people in general. Contents Chapter 1: Impact of Sewage Pollution on Primary Productivity of Wetland of Jharkhand (Santal Pargana), India by Arvind Kumar & C Bohra; Chapter 2: Assessment and Management of Water Pollution: A Review by S Ananthi, P Uma Maheshwari, K Usha Rani, R Saravanan & A Arun; Chapter 3: Quality of Water in Fruit and Vegetable Processing Industries and their Management by R Saravana Kumar, G Manimegalai, A Solaimalai & M Baskar; Chapter 4: Wastewater Quality of Major Drains of Delhi Draining Wastewater to River Yamuna and Assessment of Water Quality of River Yamuna at Delhi Stretch by P K Behera, R C Trivedy & P C Mishra; Chapter 5: Management and Reclamation of Water for Silk Reeling by C Doreswamy & Ramakrishna Naika; Chapter 6: Quality Assessment of Water from Fish Processing Industries and Their Pollution Management by R Saravanakumar, A Solaimalai, G Manimegalai & M Baskar; Chapter 7: Management of Water pollution in Ponds Used in Trapa-cum-Fish Culture Practices by Shivesh Pratap Singh & Surendra Gupta; Chapter 8: Pollution Potential Studies of Groundwater Around Two Mining Areas in the Western Part of Sundargarh District, Orissa by S K Dash & H K Sahoo; Chapter 9: Studies on Selected Major Elements and Nutrients in Rushikulya Estuary (East Coast of India) by Tapan Rani Mahapatro; Chapter 10: Pesticide and Fish: A Workhouse for the Detection, Evaluation and Abatement of Water Pollution by Biplab Sarkar, S Adhikari, Partha Bandyopadhyay, Bidhan C Patra & S Ayyappan; Chapter 11: Utilisation of Municipal Wastewater in Aerobic Composting of Solid Organic Waste of Bhubaneswar City by S P Panda, D K Behera & C S K Mishra; Chapter 12: Bacteriological Evaluation of Marketed Mineral Water by S Sumathy, R Gowrisankar & S Ramesh; Chapter 13: Evaluation of a Relationship Between BOD and COD for River Nagavali and River Kolab in Koraput District, Orissa by Saswat Kumar Mohanty, Dipika Patnaik & Swoyam P Rout; Chapter 14: Seasonal Variations in the Water Quality Index for Vani Vihar Lake in Bhubaneswar, Orissa by Hrushikesh Behera, Swoyam P Rout & Laxmidhara Pal; Chapter 15: Groundwater Quality of Ghataprabha Command Area, Karnataka by C K Jain, C P Kumar & M K Sharma; Chapter 16: Study on Water Quality of Subansiri River in Assam: An EIA Approach for a Proposed Hydroelectric Power Project by B K Baruah & D Baruah; Chapter 17: Bacteriological Assessment of Boiling Water and Point of Use Aqua Purifying Systems by S Vanaja Indhumathy, R Gowrisankar & S Ramesh; Chapter 18: Physico-chemical Analysis of the Water Samples in the Freshwater Ponds of Canchipur, Manipur by L Geetabali Devi & B Manihar Sharma; Chapter 19: Groundwater Quality Index Near Industrial Area by Deepali A Sohani, G R Chaudhary & V S Shrivastava; Chapter 20: Analysis of Heavy Metals in Groundwater from Coal Mining Area in Jamtara District, Jamtara, Jharkhand by K K Prasad; Chapter 21: Luni River: A Case Study by N K Bohra; Chapter 22: Influence of Freshwater Influx on Calcium and Magnesium Concentrations in the Rushikulya Estuary by Tapan Rani Mahapatro; Chapter 23: Ecological Study of the Macrophytes of Ikop Lake, Manipur: Morphometry and Qualitative Analysis by Ch Nivanonee & B Manihar Sharma; Chapter 24: Physico-chemical Analysis of the Bhavani River Water Collected from the Kalingarayan Dam, Tamil Nadu by B Reginaa & B Nabi; Chapter 25: Water Supply of Kollam Municipality of Kerala: Problems and Solutions by M K P Royee & V R Prakasam; Chapter 26: Removal of Dyes by Adsorption Technique: A Review by Satish N Vaishnav & V S Shrivastava; Chapter 27: Geochemistry and Environmental Evaluation of The Bharalu River Sediments by P K Das & Ranjan Borah; Chapter 28: Potability of Dug Wells of Mayyanad Panchayat, Kerala by S Reshma & V R Prakasam; Chapter 29: Environmental Impact of Limestone Mining on River Yamuna, Giri and Tons in Sirmour in H P with Special Reference to Biological Water Quality Monitoring by T B Singh & Devendera Singh; Chapter 30: Bio-Ecology of Potable Water by N K Bohra, S Mutha & P K Aggarwal; Chapter 31: Pollution Impact on the Hydro-biology of River Nakatia at Bareilly by Neelima Gupta, V K Verma & D K Gupta; Chapter 32: Status of Freshwater in 21st Century: A Review by Anil Kumar, Seema Tripathi & P Ghosh; Chapter 33: Assessment of Water Quality of Mosam River of Baglan of Maharashtra by Saprobity System by S N Nandan & N H Aher; Chapter 34: Assessment of Irrigation Water Qualities by A Solaimalai, R Saravanakumar, M Baskar & K Sankaranarayanan; Chapter 35: Irrigation with Poor Quality Water on Soil and Crop by A Solaimalai, R Saravanakumar, M Baskar & K Sankaranarayanan; Chapter 36: Sustainability of Paddy Cultivation in a Tannery Effluent Polluted Agricultural Environment by R Venkattakumar; Chapter 37: Nutrient Uptake and Yield of Sorghum as Influenced by Irrigation Methods, Levels of Coir Waste Incorporation, Placement of Hydrophillic Weirs and Sectors Under Saline Water Irrigation by A Solaimalai, K Sankaranarayanan & M Bhaskar; Chapter 38: Irrigation Water Quality of Ghataprabha Command Area, Karnataka by C K Jain, C P Kumar & M K Sharma; Chapter 39: Management of Poor Quality Water for Irrigation by A Solaimalai, R Saravankumar, K Sankaranarayanan & M Baskar; Chapter 40: Red Mud Pond Near NALCO Industry: A Future Death Trap for Aquatic Fauna and an Agent for Degradation of the Environment by B N Beura, Alaka Sahu, S K Sahu & Ashok K Panigrahi.

This book presents up-to-date information on the status of water resources in India. It presents an assessment of the surface water and groundwater condition to help stakeholders take the necessary actions to control pollution and make the country’s water resources sustainable. The book addresses various topics, including forest-water interactions for governing water quality at catchment scales, water quality status, rainwater harvesting methods, acid-mine drainage, water pollution, management strategies, drinking water quality, and treatment of industrial wastewater. Given its scope, the book offers a valuable tool for policy planners who wish to improve the current situation and move toward sustainable water resources in India.

This book highlights the institutional, legal, and policy measures to manage water pollution in India, and discusses how effective they have been in improving the overall quality of the country’s surface and groundwater resources. It also reviews the status of wastewater generation, collection and treatment in urban areas to provide insights into the gaps in wastewater treatment. Further, it offers a detailed analysis of the wastewater treatment systems available and examines the human health impacts of water pollution in the country, as well as the future trajectory of investment in wastewater treatment systems and potential sectors for reuse and recycling of wastewater, briefly assessing the market demand for treated wastewater. Lastly, it investigates the factors influencing the environmental sustainability and economic viability of wastewater treatment as well as future areas of research in the field.