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| Water
Quality Status & Statistics (2001) |
| Foreword
The
Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in collaboration with the State Pollution
Control Boards (SPCBs) is monitoring the water quality at 784 sites in different
parts of the country. The monitoring sites are located on the major rivers, medium
and minor rivers, lakes, canals, creeks, ponds, drains, tanks and ground-water
resources. Monitoring is conducted by respective State Pollution Control Boards
on monthly or quarterly basis except at 3 locations of Gangotri, Yamunotri and
Hanumanchatti of Ganga Basin where monitoring is done on an yearly basis. The
data is transmitted by State Pollution Control Boards through a computerised network
and data sheets. After collating and processing the data, CPCB
brings out reports on Water Quality Status
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and Statistics on yearly basis for dissemination of information.
Water quality status vis-a-vis standards at individual sites indicating critical
parameters (in case of deterioration) is also updated regularly on CPCB's web
site. The present report is the twelfth of the series on Water Quality Monitoring
Statistics.
The
present report gives the water quality status and statistics of various rivers,
lakes, canals, creeks, ponds, tanks, drains and wells for the year 2001. The water,
quality profiles alongwith findings of 14 major rivers have been presented in
Chapter 2 and Water Quality Status vis-a-vis standards at the individual sites
indicating crititcal parameters (in case of deterioration) is provided for each
riverine system in Chapter 3, for lakes, canals, creeks, ponds, drains & tanks
in with water quality management in the country.
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(V. Rajagopalan) Chairman, CPCB | |
