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| Water
Quality Statistics of India 1992 |
| Foreword
The Pollution Control
Boards have been assigned the tasks for prevention and control of water pollution
and for maintaining or restoring the wholesomeness of water. One of the pre-requisites
for such functions is monitoring of water quality to ascertain its status and
trends. With this in view, a network of 480 monitoring stations has been set up
over the years. Various river stretches, lakes and some groundwater sources are
included in this network. The stations are operated by the Central Pollution Control
Board (CPCB) and the State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs).
To expedite
the process of data transmission, computerised facilities have been progressively
introduced. So far, the Central Board and 18 State Boards are interconnected through
NICNET and SIRNET .. | |
The present
report is based on collation and analysis of water quality data collected from
various stations during 1992. This is the fifth in the series of annual statistical
data of water quality. In addition to the statistical analysis of data, the report
contains a summary statement (Table 2.2) relating to the desired and existing
water quality levels atvarious monitoring stations with specific reference to
the critical parameters. .
We hope, the data contained in this report
will be useful to the regulatory agencies, entrepreneurs, researchers, planners
and others concerned with water quality management. . |
Dilip Biswas Chairman, CPCB | |
