Water Pollution and Contamination

Tyagi, Paritosh C.

doi:10.4135/9788132104247.n13

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Groundwater Quality Assessment and Management In India1

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“…It has been argued that this set of duties is conflicting where an SPCB that prosecutes a large number of offenders appears ineffective at preventing pollution while an SPCB that seemingly prevents all cases appears to be underreporting and not prosecuting. Furthermore, SPCBs are commonly required to operate with inadequate staff and funding, further decreasing their ability to perform their intended functions (25). The Ministry of Water Resources serves as the apex water administration and policy organization in India.…”

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Examining India’s Groundwater Quality Management

Chakraborti

Das

Murrill

2010

Environ. Sci. Technol.

120

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In a refrain familiar the world over, hastening to provide for growing populations and economies can often woefully outpace consideration of environmental impact. Unfortunately, the tune is often sung until oversight becomes a health risk if not crisis. That the tapping of Indian (and Bangladeshi) groundwaters for drinking and irrigation has led to widespread arsenic poisoning is a notorious example. In this special policy issue, Chakraborti et al. review the decades of policies that have caused India to reconsider its water resource management practices, especially as its green and economic revolutions race ahead.

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Section: Groundwater Quality Assessment and Management In Indiamentioning

confidence: 99%