HIGHLIGHTS 1999

CPCB PUBLICATIONS

The Central Pollution Control Board continued to collect, compile and publish scientific, technical and statistical reports relating to pollution and the measures to be taken for its effective prevention, control and abatement. During the year 1999, CPCB has published following technical documents:

  • Ready Reckoner Hazardous Waste Management : HAZWAMS/12/98-99.

  • Dimensionless Toxicity Factor – An Approach to Toxicity Testing for Regulatory puropse : LATS/10/98-99

  • Ambient Air Quality Status India – 1996 NAAQMS/10/1998-99

  • Testing and Validation of ‘’BODSEED’’ (A Microbial Mixture), An Alternative to Conventional Sewage Seed in BOD Determination : LATS/11/1998-98

  • Zoning Atlas for Siting of Industries – Mysore District (Karnataka) : EMPAS/10/1997-98

  • Automatic Water Quality Monitoring of River Ganga 1992-95 : ADSORBS/30/1997-98

  • Air Quality At Major Traffic Intersections of Delhi – NAAQMS/11/1998-99

  • Application of Artificial Substratum for Bio-Assessment of Water Bodies : LATS/13/1998-99

  • Hydrobiological Survey to Study the Impacts of A Ship Wreck in the Hughli River : COPOCS/11/1997-98

  • Inventorisation & Mangement of Hazardous Waste in Andhra Pradesh : HAZWAMS/13/98-99

  • Sewage Management in Trans-Yamuna Region of Delhi - Status and Needs : CUPS/45/99-2000

  • State of the Environment Jammu City : PROBES/72

  • Adsorbable Organic Halogens (AOx) - An Introduction : LATS/14/98-99

  • Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Status – 1997 : NAAQMS/12/1999-2000

  • Inventorisation & Management of Hazardous Waste in National Capital Region NOIDA (Gautam Budh Nagar), Ghaziabad, Meerut & Faridabad : HAZWAMS/14/1999-2000

  • Water Quality Status & Statistics ( 1996 & 1997 ) : MINARS/13/1998-99

  • Common Effluent Treatment Plants : PROBES/73/99-2000

Apart from these publications, quarterly newsletter "Parivesh" was brought out on different themes, Viz. Bio-mapping of Rivers, Auto Emission and Technologies for Pollution Abatement in Industries. The Hindi translation of the newsletter on Auto Emission was also published.

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