Looking for detailed information on issues related to water? Here is a collection of research papers, reports and some interesting links to information that you need.
Two tutorials on Wastewater. The Basic tutorial explains the sources of wastewater and the triple R strategy (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) to tackle the problem. The Advanced tutorials goes into more details with description of pollutants and their effects, statistics of the level of pollution, technologies available to treat wastewater and reduce and recycle approaches
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Biological Waste Water Treatment
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Wastewater recycling in industries, communities and from rivers
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The Sheaffer Modular Reclamation and Reuse System provides several economic and environmental advantages to existing communities and new developments
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Water Quality Parameters and Drinking Water Quality standards
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Some measures for developing policy and planning tools for water management
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Learn about the types of watewaters, their treatment, technologies in place and policy framework.
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Industrial water management in India
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Arghyam supported a study by TIDE on the Tirupur textile industry cluster. This study collected data on effluent load, studied the current treatment and disposal practices and the effect on surface and groundwater and reviewed the available technology options.
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Full report (23 MB zip file)
Industries identified by Ministry of Environment & Forests, Govt. of India as heavily Polluting and covered under Central Action Plan
  http://www.cpcb.nic.in/pollutingintro1.htm
Handbook on application of root zone technology for treatment of domestic & industrial waste water
  http://www.cpcb.nic.in/pciiiihandbook.htm
Vetiver plants that have long been known to provide economical protection against soil and water loss, and more recently they have also been found to be useful for water purification are still rare in India.
  http://www.indiatogether.com/2006/may/env-vetiver.htm
An IDS-Water White Paper introducing grey water
  http://www.idswater.com/Common/Paper/Paper_166/Introduction%20to%20Greywater%20Management.htm
A simple 'air shower' device which, when fitted into existing showerheads, fills the water droplets with a tiny bubble of air. The result is the shower feels just as wet and just as strong as before, but now uses much less water.
  http://www.technologynewsdaily.com/node/5141