18-07-2012, 12:04 PM
ACTIVITIES OF CENTRAL WATER COMMISSION IN WATER QUALITY MONITORING
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Central Water Commission is monitoring water quality at 371 key locations covering all the major river basins of India .CWC is maintaining a three tier Laboratory system for analysis of the parameters .The Level-I Laboratories are located at 258 field water quality monitoring stations on various rivers of India where physical parameters such as temperature, colour, odour, specific conductivity, total dissolved solids, pH and one Dissolved Oxygen of river water are observed . There are 24 Level-II Laboratories located at selected Division Offices to analyse 25 nos. physico- chemical characteristics and bacteriological parameters of river water. Four (04) Level-III / II+ Laboratories are functioning at Varanasi, Delhi, Hyderabad and Coimbatore where 41 parameters including heavy metals / toxic parameters and pesticides are being analysed. The list of 41 parameters and the corresponding desirable equipment provided in the Level-I, Level-II & Level-III/II+ Laboratories for the analysis of these parameters is given in Table-1 below :
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Central Water Commission is monitoring water quality at 371 key locations covering all the major river basins of India .CWC is maintaining a three tier Laboratory system for analysis of the parameters .The Level-I Laboratories are located at 258 field water quality monitoring stations on various rivers of India where physical parameters such as temperature, colour, odour, specific conductivity, total dissolved solids, pH and one Dissolved Oxygen of river water are observed . There are 24 Level-II Laboratories located at selected Division Offices to analyse 25 nos. physico- chemical characteristics and bacteriological parameters of river water. Four (04) Level-III / II+ Laboratories are functioning at Varanasi, Delhi, Hyderabad and Coimbatore where 41 parameters including heavy metals / toxic parameters and pesticides are being analysed. The list of 41 parameters and the corresponding desirable equipment provided in the Level-I, Level-II & Level-III/II+ Laboratories for the analysis of these parameters is given in Table-1 below :