Proceedings of the International Conference on Water, Environment, Energy and Society (WEES-2009), 12-16 January 2009 at New Delhi, India, Vol.-3: Recent submissions

  • Contents 
    National Institute of Hydrology (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
  • Acknowledgements 
    National Institute of Hydrology (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
  • Sponsors 
    National Institute of Hydrology (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
  • Preface 
    Jain, Sharad K.; Singh, Vijay P.; Kumar, Vijay; Kumar, Rakesh; Singh, R. D.; Sharma, K. D. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
  • 128-Toxic Effect of Cadmium as Affected by Humic Acid on Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) and Antioxidant Changes . 
    Haghighi, M.; Kafi, M.; Taghavi, T. Sadat; Kashi, A.; Fang, P.; Gui-Xiao, L. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    We studied the binding of Cd to humic acid. The influence of a Cd-humic complex on enzyme activities (superoxide dismutases, peroxidases), availability of Cd and biomass compared with the behavior of no treatment (control). ...
  • 129-Dry Ecological Sanitations for Dry Land—A Review. 
    Avvannavar, Santosh M.; Mani, Monto (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    The objective of this paper is to make a hypothetical comparison on the environmental benefits of two sanitation techniques, viz. dry (minimum water) vs. water based, for rural areas. It is a well known fact that sanitation ...
  • 130-Trace Element Concentration Levels from Ash Pond in Semi-Infinite Aquifer. 
    Singh, A. Mritunjay Kumar; Singh, B. Gurdeep (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Distribution of trace elements concentration levels due to leaching from ash pond in semi-infinite aquifer has been studied. Analytical solution has been obtained for predicting the trace elements concentration levels by ...
  • 131-Assessment of Drinking Water Quality in Delhi City. 
    Gupta, R. K.; Chaturvedi, M. K.; Bassin, J. K. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Assessment of water quality at treatment plant and consumer ends in Delhi city was undertaken during June to November 2006 to assess the quality as per BIS 10500:1991. Physicochemical and microbiological quality of treated ...
  • 132-Water Quality Surveillance of Panchana Dam Irrigation Project (PIP), Karauli, Rajasthan. 
    Datta, Subroto; Sharma, Ambika (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Water is a unique liquid, without it life is not possible. Water chemistry provide precious parameters to evaluate the environmental impact assessment of the project. Water pollution refers to degradation of water quality. ...
  • 133-Pollution Status of Lake Budha Pushkar of Central Aravalli near Ajmer, Rajasthan. 
    Chouhan, C. S.; Sharma, K. C. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    In the present investigation it is focussed on the determination of water quality such as temperature, pH, free CO2 electrical conductivity, total hardness, total alkalinity, D.O., phosphate, chloride, calcium, magnesium, ...
  • 134-Treatment of Fluoride Chemical Industry Wastewater for Defluoridation. 
    Joshi, Vijaya; Kelkar, P. S.; Andey, Subhash; Devotta, Sukumar (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Effluent from industrial processes constitutes a major source of contamination of fluoride in water. Wastewater containing fluoride are commonly treated with lime or calcium salt along with aluminium salt to bring down the ...
  • 135-Estimating Arsenic Affected Water by Adaptive Sampling Procedure. 
    Pal, Sanghamitra (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Water quality issues and Arsenic contamination are a fundamental source of concern for agencies involved in the provision of water supplies throughout the world. Bangladesh and West-Bengal have faced a major problem regarding ...
  • 136-Chemical Composition of Bulk Precipitation Chemistry around an Industrial Region, in Bangalore, Karnataka, India . 
    Prasad, B. C. Nagendra; Pasha, G. S. Munawar; Shankara, G. P. Shiva (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Acid rain is one of the major problems in the world. It is increasing day by day due to rapid urbanization and rapid industrialization. Recently, acid rain problems have also extended to Asia, because of significant increase ...
  • 137-Headloss -Flow Relationship in a Scale Model Stormwater Pollutant Trap 
    Saberi, Hamid K.; Nikraz, H.; Hepburn, Will (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    The main focus of urban rainwater run-off disposal has traditionally been providing structurally sound drainage systems with the capacity to carry runoff from many different surfaces as quickly and efficiently as possible, ...
  • 138-Seasonal Climate Variations and Watershed Hydrology and Water QualityResponse . 
    Mishra, Ashok; Singh, V. P. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Water is the most valuable natural resource to maintain ecological balance and sustain life on earth. In recent years, especially in the post technological revolution era, climate is being alleged to have changed, with ...
  • 139-Urban Runoff in Khartoum and its Effect on the Nile Water Quality. 
    Ahmed, M. Elmuntasir I.; Digna, R. F. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    This paper infers upon the quality of urban runoff from Khartoum-Sudan (a typical urbanized community that lies on the banks of the Nile-system) and its effect on the Nile water quality. In addition, the correlation of ...
  • 140-Estimating Assimilative Capacity of Kanhan River Using MIKE-11. 
    Sargaonkar, Abha P.; Kelkar, P. S.; Gupta, Apurba; Devotta, Sukumar; Mhaisalkar, Vasant A. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Rivers and streams are the important components of the biosphere as they serve dual purpose as a major resource for utilization and waste assimilation, River supports multitude of uses such as drinking, bathing, irrigation, ...
  • 141-Estimation of Dissolved Oxygen and Biochemical Oxygen Demand in River Hindon, India Using Dissolved Oxygen Balance Technique. 
    Sharma, M. K.; Jha, Ramakar; Choubey, V. K. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    River Hindon, a tributary of river Yamuna, India receives waste-water from municipal and industrial areas of Saharanpur, Muzaffarnagar and Ghaziabad regions without prior treatment. Further, the river also receives non-point ...
  • 142-Modelling of Dissolved Oxygen Behaviour in Fast Moving Shallow Hilly Streams. 
    Singh, R. P.; Barman, M.; Ojha, C. S. P. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Surface water is highly susceptible to contamination with ever growing urbanization and industrialization worldwide. A variety of wastewaters are discharged into streams/rivers leading to depletion of Dissolved Oxygen (DO) ...
  • 143-Hybrid-Cells-in-Series Model Incorporating Adsorption for Solute Transport in a Stream. 
    Ghosh, N. C.; Mishra, G. C. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Most trace elements and many anthropogenic organic compounds are known to associate with sediments. Adsorption and de sorption take place under non-equilibrium conditions. Coupling the non-equilibrium adsorption kinetics ...

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