Freshwater Management

Contents Foreword. Preface. 1. Pollution of freshwater ecosystems in Bangladesh/Dilip Kumar Datta. 2. Biological treatment of tannery soak liquor in a bioreactor using Halophilic Bacteria/O. Lefebvre N. Vasudevan K. Thanasekaran and R. Moletta. 3. Treatment of Tannery wastewater using cyanobacteria with special reference to Chromium an eco friendly technology/V. Shashirekha L. Stanley Abraham and Mahadeswara Swamy. 4. Flux and chemistry of Tannery effluents a case study in Nepal/Dilip Kumar Datta and Chandra Dev Prasad Sah. 5. Photosynthetic rate of Rhizoclonium riparium (Chlorophyta cladophorales) exposed to copper and its use like bioindicator/W. Montoya E.J. Pena and R. Benitez. 6. The dietary intake of Po 210 and Pb 210 through the fishes by the coastal population/A. Sadiq Bukhari M.M. Shahul Hameed P. Raja and P. Shahul Hameed. 7. Dose estimates to public due to intake of radionuclides through consumption of aquatic dietary sources in the coastal environment of Kalpakkam/V. Kannan A. Thilakavathi Anitha Manu J. Thulasi Brindha M.A. R. Iyengar and R. Ramesh. 8. Dimensionless toxicity index a tool to assess freshwater quality/K. Parvathi R. Naresh Kumar J. Rajesh Banu and R. Nagendran. 9. Impact of surface water on the groundwater quality in and around Najafgarh drain Delhi/Bhawna Sharma Manish Kumar and AL. Ramanathan. 10. Geochemical characteristics of groundwater in the Pondicherry Region India/M.A. Sivasankaran and R. Ramesh. 11. Urban water supply and wastewater reuse an integrated approach/N.K. Ambujam. 12. Reutilization of industrial solid waste for industrial effluent treatment/C. Namasivayam and K. Prathap. 13. Over exploitation of ground water and salt water intrusion problems and prospects/D. Rudrappan. 14. Management strategies to control seawater intrusion/Madhavi Ganesan and S. Thyumanavan. 15. Benefits of the networking of the surplus Indian rivers/P.M. Natarajan and Shambu Kallolikar. 16. Adequacy of national laws for wetlands in India a critical examination/S. Ganapathy Venkatasubramanian and T.V. Lakshmanan. Index. The book deals with all aspects of freshwater and its status with regard to quality quantity recent developments and future planning. Evaluation of pollution availability reuse management strategies biological treatment seawater intrusion and suitable utilization of freshwater have been discussed by various authors. This book is expected to be useful for researchers students scientists social scientists engineers and technologists working in the field of water resources both nationally and internationally. 182 pp.…