Water Quality Assessment And Management In India

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.

Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6) of the UN General Assembly states that ‘Governments to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all’. It concentrates on all aspects of the water cycle: water; water resources management; water-use efficiency; water quality; waste water management; sanitation and health; and protecting freshwater ecosystems’. Contrarily, we daily witness the most perplexing paradox of merciless waste and pollution of water despite being aware that water is inadequate and is not going to last for long. Water inadequacy, be it physical, economical or quality related, is spreading fast to cover every continent. Although allocation of water to domestic sector in terms of total water use is quite less yet as per United Nations statistics water is impacting over 2 billion people who live in countries experiencing high water stress and about twice this number experience water scarcity at least for a month every year. The current book dwells upon the water quality issues and its impact on water supply scenario in general and domestic sector in particular. The book has been divided into seven chapters namely: Water Resources: Supply and Demand; Water Pollution; Water Quality Parameters and Standards; Laboratory Analysis of Water Samples; Raw Water Treatment; Treatment of Polluted Water; and Tips for Water Conservation. The topics covered in this book are quite relevant to civil engineers in general and public health engineers in particular, environmental specialists, agricultural engineers and all those concerned with water in any manner. It should prove to be a valuable reference for field practitioners, researchers, and policy makers. The topics/chapters included in the book have direct relevance to several Government sponsored programs such as National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) and Namami Gange Programme of the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Development and Promotion of Clean Technologies of MoEF, and Many schemes of CGWB and CPCB. It can prove to be a valuable academic asset for libraries of colleges and universities worldwide.

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 guidebook, now thoroughly updated and revised in its second edition, gives comprehensive advice on the designing and setting up of monitoring programmes for the purpose of providing valid data for water quality assessments in all types of freshwater bodies. It is clearly and concisely written in order to provide the essential information for all agencies and individuals responsible for the water quality.

This book attempts to cover various issues of water quality in the fields of Hydroecology and Hydrobiology and present various Water Treatment Technologies. Sustainable choices of water use that prevent water quality problems aiming at the protection of available water resources and the enhancement of the aquatic ecosystems should be our main target.

This book, the second volume in the series, continues to raise contextual issues and presents perspectives regarding multifaceted challenges in management and governance of water in India. This volume attempts to broad base and expand the dialogue started in the first volume and would touch upon issues that need immediate discussion but have been left unattended like politics and management of groundwater, efficient utilization of water in agriculture (irrigation) and improving water use efficiency and building resilience. As in the first volume, this book presents a set of suggestions and recommendations in each chapter that can help frame policy guidelines in the country.

Comprehensive Water Quality and Purification, Four Volume Set provides a rich source of methods for analyzing water to assure its safety from natural and deliberate contaminants, including those that are added because of carelessness of human endeavors. Human development has great impact on water quality, and new contaminants are emerging every day. The issues of sampling for water analysis, regulatory considerations, and forensics in water quality and purity investigations are covered in detail. Microbial as well as chemical contaminations from inorganic compounds, radionuclides, volatile and semivolatile compounds, disinfectants, herbicides, and pharmaceuticals, including endocrine disruptors, are treated extensively. Researchers must be aware of all sources of contamination and know how to prescribe techniques for removing them from our water supply. Unlike other works published to date that concentrate on issues of water supply, water resource management, hydrology, and water use by industry, this work is more tightly focused on the monitoring and improvement of the quality of existing water supplies and the recovery of wastewater via new and standard separation techniques Using analytical chemistry methods, offers remediation advice on pollutants and contaminants in addition to providing the critical identification perspective The players in the global boom of water purification are numerous and varied. Having worked extensively in academia and industry, the Editor-in-Chief has been careful about constructing a work for a shared audience and cause