Implementation of water safety plan for a large-piped water supply system.

A water safety plan for the city of Nagpur was developed by the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) and Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC). Possible hazards were identified through field visits. Based on this, an improvement plan was drawn up to suggest corrective actions and a time frame for implementation.

An Approach to Demand Pattern Estimation: Monte Carlo Simulation and Fractal Analysis.

Day to day activities of urban population in normal routine conditions are largely affected by the operation of the urban water supply system. In addition, the working hours, pattern of shift duties and living standards in a society decide the quantum of water use at different times in a day. This demand pattern is an important parameter for water supply agencies in order to ensure safe and reliable water supply.

Application of GIS in water distribution system assessment.

Water distribution system (WDS) is the most important component of water supply chain--supplying water from source to consumer. When supply system is poorly maintained, contaminants enter into the supply pipes through cracks and this leads to significant public health risk. Being underground, pipe condition assessment is a difficult task.

Multivariate analysis of groundwater resources in Ganga-Yamuna basin (India).

Groundwater quality data on physico-chemical, bacteriological and heavy metal concentrations in three cities (Faridabad, Allahabad and Varanasi) in Ganga-Yamuna basin was subjected to multivariate analysis (MVA) using SPSS. The factors extracted showed high loading (> 0.3) of various parameters, such as Cl, conductivity, TDS, hardness, Na, Mg, and SO4, indicating contamination due to leaching of pollutants.

Evaluation of monitoring sites for protection of groundwater in an urban area.

Monitoring for seasonal variation and changes in groundwater is a costly project. Assessing groundwater at selected monitoring sites and for site-specific indicators may reduce the cost of subsequent monitoring. In this context, the present study developed a method to assess groundwater using a combination of multivariate and univariate statistical techniques to identify critical sites of contamination.

Dynamic weighting system for water quality index.

Water quality standards are developed world over by National and International agencies for pollution control decision-making. Use-based water quality classification criteria and Water Quality Indices (WQIs) also play important role in assessment of water resources for their suitability with reference various uses. Formulation of value function curves and weights assigned to parameters in WQIs are often defined by local water experts and hence WQIs are known to inherit subjectivity.

Estimation of land use specific runoff and pollutant concentration for Tapi River basin in India.

Non-point source (NPS) pollution is the result of various land use practices such as agriculture, sites of construction and waste disposal, urban development and so on. The control of NPS pollution is possible by regular monitoring and assessment on watershed basis to educate people for implementing well-known structural and non-structural measures. Recent trend is to use GIS based modelling tool for assessment of rainfall-runoff and non-point loading.

Development of an overall index of pollution for surface water based on a general classification scheme in Indian context.

Various National and International Agencies involved in water quality assessment and pollution control have defined water quality criteria for different uses of water considering different indicator parameters. Classification schemes for water quality criteria/standards developed by these agencies differ in addition to terminologies used such as Action level, Guide level etc. in defining the concentration values in these classes.