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  • VI-3-Cadmium Removal from Aqueous Solutions by adsorption on Sawdust. 
    Varma, V. Geetha (Indian Association of Hydrologists, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, 2012)
    The presence of highly toxic Cadmium in effluent streams is a major environmental issue. Electroplating, mining and metallurgical operations and refineries are the major source of Cd present in wastewater streams. The ...
  • VI-4-Arsenic Management Strategies for Ground Water Irrigation in Murshidabad District. 
    Holder, S.; Banerjee, A.; Saha, R. N.; Naha, N. (Indian Association of Hydrologists, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, 2012)
    Soluble inorganic arsenic found in ground water is poisonous. It pollutes water, land and crops, ultimately affecting human health. The most dangerous aspect for human is, when arsenic releases into ground water from ...
  • VI-5-Assessment of Ground Water Quality in Metropolitan Town of Meerut. 
    Jain, C. K.; Singh, R. D. (Indian Association of Hydrologists, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, 2012)
    Urban settlements and growing industrial development, combined with rapid increasing demand for water, are causing more and more water quality problems during recent years. India is also facing increasing scarcity of water ...
  • VI-6-Fluoride Content in the Groundwater of Dabwali. 
    Singh, Bhupinder; Bansal, Manjeet (Indian Association of Hydrologists, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, 2012)
    High concentration of fluoride in the groundwater of different parts of the world is responsible for widespread fluorosis. Haryana, a small state in India is one such region where high concentration of fluoride is present ...
  • VI-7-Removal of Organics and Colour from the Wastewater of Denim Industry. 
    Singh, Rajesh; Choubey, V. K. (Indian Association of Hydrologists, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, 2012)
    Textile Industry consumes considerable amount of water for dyeing, finishing, and sizing. The wastewater from the manufacturing facility is high in color (10000-15000 Pt Co), COD (2000-5000 mg/L), TDS (7000 — 9000 mg/L), ...
  • VI-8-Geoelectrical Investigations and their Correlation with Groundwater Depth and Quality in Kaithal District of Haryana. 
    Goyal, S. K.; Narula, A. K.; Sethi, G. K.; Manisha; Choudhary, B. S. (Indian Association of Hydrologists, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, 2012)
    The present study was carried out to investigate broad hydrogeological conditions by identification and characterization of the aquifer formations in terms of expanse and depth in Kaithal district of Haryana state. Vertical ...
  • VI-9-Water Quality Status of India in Changing Environment. 
    Sharma, M. K.; Singh, Omkar; Choubey, V. K. (Indian Association of Hydrologists, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, 2012)
    Water is a central resource supporting human activities and ecosystems. The hydrologic cycle, a fundamental component of climate, is likely to be altered in important ways by climate change. Significant changes in average ...
  • VI-10-Geogenic Contaminants in Groundwater of North East India -Status and Treatment Options. 
    Jain, C. K.; Singh, R. D. (Indian Association of Hydrologists, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, 2012)
    Ground water forms the major source of water supply for drinking purposes in most part of India. For proper utilization of water for various purposes, understanding of geo chemical controls and study of the extent of ground ...
  • VI-11-Assessment of Ground Water Quality using Spatial Variability Analysis. 
    Singh, Omkar; Sharma, M. K.; Choubey, V. K.; Singh, R. D. (Indian Association of Hydrologists, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, 2012)
    Groundwater is a significant source of water in many parts of India. Proper management of groundwater is very important to meet the increasing demand of water for domestic, agricultural and industrial uses. The information ...
  • VII-1-Development of an Information System for Research Papers Related to Hydrology. 
    Goel, Manoj; Chalisgaonkar, Deepa; Agarwal, Rajesh (Indian Association of Hydrologists, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, 2012)
    Any challenging water resources project or research requires the time-consuming task of literature search. The rapid growth of research in hydrology during the last fifty years is of unique interest to researchers as it ...
  • VII-2-Assessing the Potential for Rooftop Rainwater Harvesting - A Hope for Semi-arid Region in Haryana. 
    Singh, Omvir; Sushila (Indian Association of Hydrologists, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, 2012)
    Rainwater harvesting is one of the promising ways of supplementing the surface and underground scarce water resources in areas where existing water supply system is inadequate to meet the demand. Rainwater harvesting is ...
  • VII-3-Capacity of Water Harvesting Techniques for Water Management. 
    Khullar, N. K.; Walia, Sushma (Indian Association of Hydrologists, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, 2012)
    Water is essential to all life on earth. The water that future generations will inherit will have to be the one in which ground water plays its full developmental, productive and environmental role. Regions with high ...
  • 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)
  • 201-Earthquake Hazards on Historic Hydraulic Structures - The Qanats of Barn. 
    Salih, Abdin; Salamat, Alireza; Sadeghi, Niloofar (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Earthquakes are natural hazards which not only demolish buildings and old monuments, but also ruin historic and new hydraulic structures which could be important water supplying systems in the devastated regions. Some of ...
  • 202-Optimisation of Hydropower in a Multi-Objective Context. 
    Rosbjerg, Dan; Ngo, Long Le; Madsen, Henrik (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Application of optimisation techniques to reservoir operation has become a major focus of water resources planning and management. Traditionally, reservoir operation has been based on heuristic procedures, embracing rule ...
  • 203-Study on Inter-Plant Economical Operation of Cascade Hydropower. 
    Jiqing, Li; Changming, Ji; Xiaowei, Zhou; Yushang, Zhang (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Regional Operation of Electricity market has begun in China. With the development of China's market economy, hydropower will enter the arena of bidding for connection to the grid in the light of "fair, impartial and open" ...
  • 204-Spatial Multiple Criteria Decision Making for Site Selection of Pumped Storage Hydropower Plants. 
    Ahmadi, Hassan; Shamsae, Abolfazl (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    The first stage in development and design of Pumped Storage Hydropower Plants (PSHP) is finding the optimum location. In the current study we investigate the application of methods developed in the decision sciences: Spatial ...