For meeting the growing demands of groundwater in hard rock areas, artificial or man-made percolation tanks have become important structures for augmenting groundwater recharge for future development and management of ...

The present work provides an ecological study on the hydrophytic community as well as physiochemical study of water body of the Govindgarh Lake Rewa. Four sample locations were selected in the study area representing various ...

Cadmium is a toxic heavy metal for humans, animals and plants which enters the environment mainly from anthropogenic sources including smelters and by applications of fertilizers and sewage sludge. Effective and economical ...

Chilika Lagoon, situated on the east coast of India is one of the hot spot of biodiversity in the country. The lagoon is highly productive ecosystem with rich fishery resources. There are 34 species of crabs available in ...

Futala lake is one of the prime lake of Nagpur. The lake is a rainwater impoundment with a water spread area of 37.58 hectares and average depth of 4.5 meters during monsoon. Due to increase in population at the vicinity, ...

Many lakes in India are in lime light in recent years because of the problems they are facing. The number of such lakes, and the number of problems of these lakes are increasing. In order to overcome the various problems ...

The seasonal variation during monsoon (August, 2004), winter (January, 2005) and summer (May, 2005) in concentration and distribution of the trace metals (Cd, Co, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb, and Zn) were investigated in surface ...

Water quality index is considered as one of the most effective to communicate information on water quality trend to policy makers and general public. Since aquaria have become a very popular interior decoration for medium ...

The present paper describes the work carried out on two morphologically dissimilar Lakes of Kashmir Himalaya. The physco-chemical parameters assessed, shows considerable variation. It has been recorded that Mansbal, an ...

Wetlands are regarded as direct or indirect life supporting systems for millions of living beings. Human civilizations have started on the bank of major rivers. Based on the need, many lakes and tanks have been made by ...