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| Basin
Sub Basin Inventory of Water Pollution - Cauvery Basin Report |
| Foreword
The Cauvery River
is one of the major ilnterstate rivers of the country flowing eastward through
the States of Karnat~a and Tamilnadu, and draining into the Bay of Bengal. In
terms of catchment area, it is the eighth largest' among the fourteen major river
basins in our c.ountry
The river and its tributaries pass through important
urban centres of Banglore, Mysore and mandya in Karnataka; and mettur, Coimbatore,
Erode, Tiruchirapalli and Kumbakonam in Tamilnadu. Water abstraction and other
activities in these urban centres have affected the water quality of river Cauvery
from Hoggenkal to Grand Anicut; and in the Hebballa, Vrishabhavati, . Bhavani,
Noyyal and Amravathi tributaries
GThe study reported herein was undertaken
wi th the obj ecti ve of formulating an action plan to restore and maintain the
water quality at such | |
levels as
are needed to. sustain the designated best use of the different stretches of the
river. The gt.ate Pollution Control Boards of Karnataka, Tamilnadu and Kerala
collected the- data of the basin. The data were reviewed, compiled, edited and
presented inthe form of Comprehensive River Basin report by Prof. A.S. Murty,
Consultant, in accordance with the guidelines 0£ Central Pollution Control Board
.
Shri T. Venugopal, Dr. R.C. Trivedi, Dr. (Mrs.) K.K. Saxena, Shri
V. Rajan and Shri R.~. Bhardwaj coordinated with the State Pollution Control Boards
in planning, collection of data and in bringing out this document
The Cooperation
received from State Pollution Control Boards of Karnataka, Tamilnadu and Kerala
in this important assignment is gratefully acknowledged.
I trust, the document
will be useful to all concerned with t,he quality of river waters. |
Dilip Biswas Chairman, CPCB | |
