The ground water quality of Gujarat state has been examined. The values of various constituents analysed were found in the range: pH up to 9.06, EC up to 31200 us/cm, CO3 up to 96 mg/I, HCO3 up to 2135 mg/1, Cl up to 6035 ...

The assessment of groundwater quality status was carried out in one of the 10 inhabited islands of Lakshadweep, namely, the Kadamat Island. All the available information on rainfall, groundwater potential, water quality, ...

With only twenty five percent population living in urban areas, India has cities amongst the biggest in the world. In most of Indian cities, the urban growth is concomitant with rise in water demand for community as well ...

Ground water samples from twenty three observation wells, representing the shallow unconfined aquifer, were tested in pre and post monsoon period of 1994 and 1995 for detection of iron content in ground water of Guwahati. ...

Water available from various sources, whether from the surface or underground, has to be analyzed for its intrinsic quality. A comparison has to be made before any particular source can be adopted for human consumption. ...

Competing demands from domestic, industrial and recreational sectors are likely to snatch a large portion of the good quality water from agricultural sector. With its own escalating demand, the agricultural sector has to ...

The selection of the best irrigation subsystem is examined in the multiobjective context. Mabi Bajaj Sagar Project, a major irrigation project in India is taken for the case study. Three phase methodology is proposed to ...

Disinfection process typically carries out the control of pathogenic organisms in drinking water. It is generally felt that once the disinfectant is added to drinking water, it is safe to consume the same. However, this ...

In India several parts of Rajasthan and Maharashtra drinking water is contaminated with elevated concentrations of nitrate from agriculture and untreated sewage. Nitrate if further reduced to nitrite, can cause methemoglobinemia ...

Batch and continuous studies were conducted for the aerobic treatment of black liquor from an agricultural residue based krafl pulp mill using pure cultures of bacterial strain Aeromonas formicans. Batch experiments were ...