Suggestions for a modified approach towards implementation and assessment of Ganga action plan and other similar river action plans in India

Water Quality Research Journal of Canada

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 607-626

  Tare, Vinod ^a   Bose, Purnendu ^a   Gupta, Santosh K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Dissolved oxygen; Eutrophication; Nutrient loading; Organic loading; Pollution assessment; River pollution

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION; SOCIAL ASPECTS; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ASSESSMENT; MULTI-TIER APPROACH; RIVER ACTION PLANS (RAP);

RIVERS;

NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION MONITORING; RIVER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; GANGES RIVER; INDIA; KANPUR; SOUTH ASIA; UTTAR PRADESH;

EID: 0347091997     PISSN: 12013080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wqrj.2003.039     Document Type: Article

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