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Central Water Commission

• Status of trace and toxic metals in Indian rivers

  <p>This comprehensive study conducted by Central Water Commission on 387 river water quality stations covering 16 river basins found that water samples at 171water quality (WQ) stations were within the permissible limit for all purposes, while 100 stations were beyond the permissible limit due to presence of two or more toxic metals. Water was considered unfit for use as per BIS standards in 92 WQ monitoring stations due to presence of Iron beyond permissible limit.</p>

  • 01/06/2014

  • Central Water Commission
  • • Heavy Metals
    • Rivers
    • India
    • River Pollution
    • Water Quality
    • Water Pollution
    • Drinking Water Standards
    • River Basin

• National register of large dams 2014

  <p>National Register of Large Dam (NRLD) is a compilation of the large dams in the country prepared as per information received from the State Government / Authority concerned. The lists of dams have been regrouped as per their location within the territory of a State. The sole purpose of the NRLD is to provide basic information about a dam to any interested party who can then approach the State Government / Authority concerned for further information. At present there are 4845 completed large dams and 347 large dams are under construction in India.</p>

  • 01/01/2014

  • Central Water Commission
  • • Dams
    • India
    • Dam Safety
    • Rivers
    • Central Water Commission (CWC)
    • Hydroelectricity
    • Irrigation

• Cumulative impact and carrying capacity study of Siang sub-basin including downstream impacts

  This EIA study for Siang river sub basin and Subansiri river sub basin in Brahmaputra river valley commissioned by Central Water Commission warns that the proposed 44 dams, meant to establish a capacity of 18,293 MW, will affect the river ecology and biodiversity and the region all the way down to Assam. Read full text of this report.

  • 01/12/2013

  • Central Water Commission
  • • Hydroelectricity
    • River Basin
    • Arunachal
    • Carrying Capacity
    • Environment Impact Assessment (EIA)
    • Development
    • Environment
    • Water Quality
    • Ecology
    • Biodiversity
    • Fisheries

• Water and related statistics 2013

  The publication is being brought out once in every two years and covers a wide range of data on water resources and its related resources in the country. It comprises six chapters & two appendixes. Summary

  • 01/12/2013

  • Central Water Commission
  • • Water Resources
    • Statistics
    • India
    • River Basin
    • Dams
    • Irrigation
    • Reservoirs
    • Fisheries
    • Hydroelectricity
    • Agriculture
    • Environment
    • Finance

• Financial aspects of flood control, anti-sea erosion and drainage projects

  A flood may cause innumerable problems such as loss of agricultural produce, water logging, erosion of land, health hazards and loss of human lives. Heavy rain causes flood. Inadequate rain causes drought.

  • 01/04/2013

  • Central Water Commission
  • • Flood Control
    • Finance
    • Drainage
    • India
    • Central Water Commission (CWC)
    • Floods
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  Report of the committee on pollution caused by leather tanning industry to the water bodies/ground water in Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh

  This report by the committee led by Director, NIH, Roorkee presents facts about the present state of Unnao’s water bodies / ground water, how much of Unnao’s ground water is affected so far and which particular tanning units are responsible for polluting water bodies in the region.

  • 01/01/2013

  • Central Water Commission
  • • Water Pollution
    • Industrial Pollution
    • Leather Industry
    • Unnao (D)
    • Uttar Pradesh
    • Groundwater Pollution
    • Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP)
    • Groundwater Quality
    • Health Effects
    • Arsenic
    • Sewage
    • Heavy Metals
    • Drinking Water
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  National register of large dams 2013

  This is a compilation of dams in the country prepared by the Central Water Commission as per information received from the owners of the dams.

  • 01/01/2013

  • Central Water Commission
  • • Dams
    • Dam Safety
    • River Basin
    • India

• River basin atlas of India

  The ‘River Basin Atlas of India’ is an outcome of joint project ‘Generation of Database and implementation of Web Enabled Water Resources Information System (India-WRIS) in the country’, is a timely publication

  • 01/10/2012

  • Central Water Commission
  • • River Basin
    • India
    • Atlas
    • Water Resources
    • Rainfall
    • Hydrology
    • Rivers
    • Dams
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  National register of large dams 2012

  <p>According to this comprehensive compilation of the large dams in India prepared by Central Water Commission, there are 4818 completed large dams and 375 large dams are under construction.</p>

  • 01/08/2012

  • Central Water Commission
  • • Dams
    • India
    • Dam Safety
    • River Basin

• Integrated hydrological data book, 2012

  Integrated Hydrological Data Book is a compendium of important hydrological information on major basins consolidated at the national level. This present issue of the data book provides updated basin/site-wise

  • 01/03/2012

  • Central Water Commission
  • • Water Quality
    • River Basin
    • Hydrology
    • India
    • Sedimentation
    • Land Use
    • Statistics
    • Drainage
    • Surface Water
    • Irrigation