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ID: 60546
Title: Solid Phase Bioremediation of Butachlor in Contaminated Soil and Evaluation of Leaching Potential.
Author: Shailaja S. M. Rama Krishna and Swamy Venkata Yerramsetty.
Editor: Professor V. Subramanian
Year: 2014
Publisher: Capital Publishing Company.
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution.vol.11 (3) 23-29 (2014)
Subject: water, Environment and Pollution.
Keywords: Butachlor, Leaching, solid phase bioremediation, sunlight, bioaugmentation.
Abstract: Butachlor is a common herbicide which is widely used for weed control of grasses in rice. It is a persistent pollutant in agricultural soil. Leaching experiments were performed to study the relative leaching potential of butachlor in various types of soil matrices. Leaching of butachlor showed up to a depth of 30 cm in all the studied soil matrices, irrespective of pH conditions used. The leaching potential of butachlor was assessed at various pH conditions. Comparatively higher leaching potential was observed in basic pH compared to the neutral and acidic pH of the soil .Soil phase bioremediation o f butachlor was also studied with different soil matrices. Leaching of butachlor showed up to a depth of 30 cm in all the studied soil matrices, irrespective of ph conditions used. The leaching potential of butachlor was assessed at various pH conditions .Comparatively higher leaching potential was observed in basic pH compared to the neutral and acidic pH of the soil. Soil phase bioremediation of butachlor was also studied with different soil matrices. Bioremediation experiments performed in the presence of sunlight showed higher efficiency. Stimulation did not respond positively on the progress of bioremediation. Bioaugmentation along with sunlight showed higher remediation efficiency in all the experiments conducted.
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Literature cited 1: Beestman, G.B. and J.M. Deming (1974). Dissipation of acetanilide herbicides from soils. Agron.J., 66: 308-311. Calvet, R. (1989). Adsorption of organic chemicals in soils. Envir.Health Persp. 83: 145-177.
Literature cited 2: Chen, Y.L. and J.S. Chen (1979). Degradation and Dissipation of Herbicide Butachlor in paddy fields.J.Pesticide Sci., 4: 431-438. Chen, Y.L. and C.C. Chen (1977). Proceedings of the 6th Asian-Pacific Weed Science Society conference. Jakartha, Indonesia.

ID: 60545
Title: Concentration of Lead, Cadmium and Mercury in Common Ponyfish (Leiognathus equulus) from East Java Coast, Indonesia and its Impact on Human Health.
Author: Lilik Chudaifah, Bambang Irawan and Agoes Soegianto.
Editor: Professor V. Subramanian
Year: 2014
Publisher: Capital Publishing Company.
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution.vol.11 (3) 17-22 (2014)
Subject: water, Environment and Pollution.
Keywords: Lead, cadmium, mercury, accumulation, Leiognathus equulus.
Abstract: The objective of this study was to measure the lead, cadmium and mercury levels in the muscle tissues of Leiognathus equulus collected from East Java coast of Indonesia and its impact on human health. All fish collected from these areas present undetectable concentration of mercury. The levels of lead range from 0.002 to 0.007 mg/kg dry weight (d.w.). While the concentration of cadmium in all stations range from 0.019 to 0.025 mg/kg d.w. As metals levels in this fish and the PT WI values were far below the recommended standards, it may be concluded that the consumption of this species from East Java coast is safe for human health.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building.
Literature cited 1: Afonso, C., Lourenco, H.M., DIAS, a., Nunes, M.L. and M. Castro (2007). Contaminant metals in black scabbard fish (Aphanopus Carbo) caught off Madeira and the Azores. Food Chemistry, 101: 120-125. Al-Ghais, S.M. (1995). Heavy metal concentrations in tissue of Sparus sarba Forskal, 1775 from the United Arab Emirate. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 55: 581-587.
Literature cited 2: Belitz, H.D. and W. Grosch (1999). Food chemistry 2nd ed. Springer, Berlin. Castro-Gonzales, M.Iand M. Mendez-Armenta (2008). Heavy metals: Implications associated to fish consumption. Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology, 26: 263-271.

ID: 60544
Title: Study on Application of Conventional and Non-Conventional Methods for Defluoridation of Ground Water.
Author: P.K.Roy, P. Naskara, D. Ray, G. Banerjee and A. Majumder.
Editor: Professor V. Subramanian
Year: 2014
Publisher: Capital Publishing Company.
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution.vol.11 (3) 9-15 (2014)
Subject: water, Environment and Pollution.
Keywords: Defluoridation, bone charcoal, activated alumina, cement pallet, sand-cement pallet, concrete granule, Moringa olifera seed extract (MOE), Nalgonda technique.
Abstract: Fluoride, as a dissolved constituent of drinking water, is perhaps the only substance providing divergent health effects on the consumer depending upon the relative proportions they are present in. While a fluoride concentration in the range of 0.8 to 1.20 mg/L is considered to be beneficial, concentration above 1.5 mg/L are reported to be harmful to the teeth and bone structure of human and animals .As excess fluoride (>1.5 mg/L) in drinking water is harmful to the human health, necessary removal of excess fluoride is required. This has led to the development of several defluoridation methods. In this backdrop several different mechanisms that is conventional and non-conventional methods have been developed for defluoridation particularly of groundwater. This research work highlights a bench scale model, to experiment different defluoridation techniques such as Nalgonda Technique, Bone Charcoal and Activated Alumina adsorption process, cement, sand- cement, concrete granule filtration process and herbal coagulation flocculation adsorption process. This study deals with the working principle of the processes mentioned above and comparative study of the individual processes.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building.
Literature cited 1: Alagumuthu, G., Veeraputhiran, V. and R.Venkataraman (2010).Adsorption Isotherms on Fluoride Removal: Batch Techniques. Scholars Research Library, 2: 170-185. Ali, H.G., Hegazy, E., Badr, A.H., Found, M.R. and Ei-Hefny (2008). Comparative study on natural products use for pollutants removal from water J. Appl Sci-Res., 1020-1029.
Literature cited 2: Ayoob, S. and A.K. Gupta (2007). Sorptive response profile of an adsorbent in the defluoridation of drinking water. Elsevier. 133: 273-281. Ayoob, S., Gupta, A.K. Bhakat, P.B. and V.T. Bhatt (2008). Investigation on the Kinetics and Mechanism of Sorptive Removal of Fluoride from water using alumina cement granules. Elsevier, 140: 6-14.

ID: 60543
Title: The Effect of Rainfall Events on Nakdong River ' s Water Quality Focused on Kangjung-Koryung Weir Area, Korea.
Author: DongSeob Song and Huan-Kyun Bae.
Editor: Professor V. Subramanian
Year: 2014
Publisher: Capital Publishing Company.
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution.vol.11 (3) 1-7 (2014)
Subject: water, Environment and Pollution.
Keywords: Rainfall events, Precipitation data, river ' s water quality, Kangjung-Koryung weir.
Abstract: In this study, the effect of rainfall events on the river ' s water quality was investigated. The study focused on Kangjung-Koryung Weir area of Nakdong river in Korea. Rainfall events greatly affected the water quality of study area since rainfall runoff may wash-out pollutants on surface near the river. Therefore, the proper stormwater management should be established to maintain desired water quality for the river. However, there were limits to obtain detailed precipitation data since the Korea Meteorology Administration provided rainfall data for a vast area. In our case, precipitation data for the whole city of Daegu was accessible, so detailed precipitation data for the study area could not be obtained. This limit made it difficult to analyze the exact effect of rainfall events on the water quality of the river. Measurements for precipitation around rivers should be installed to ensure the better stormwater management.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building.
Literature cited 1: Bae, H.K. (2007). Modeling approaches to predict conditions of water quality using physical, chemical and hydrological data focused on biological contaminations, Ph.D. dissertation. University of California, Irvine, U.S.A. Ban, Y.B. (1998). Geology and Topography o f Nakdong River Water shed. Nakdong River Researches, 1 (1): 1-31.
Literature cited 2: Han, K., Noh, J. Kim, J.S. and C. Lee (2012). Application of Stochastic Optimization Algorithm for Waste Load Allocation in the Nakdong River Basin, Korea.KSCE J. of Civil Eng, 16 (4): 650-659. Literature Cited 2: Kim, C.W. (2008). Watershed Characteristics Affecting Water QUALITY IN Urban Streams.Ph.D.Dissertation.University in Seoul, Seoul, Korea. Kim, D.C. and M.J. Ryu (1998). Environment Chemistry, Dongwha Press, Seoul, Korea.

ID: 60542
Title: preparation of water Absorbing pavement Material from Fly Ash.
Author: B.B. Kar and S.K. Dash.
Editor: Professor V. Subramanian
Year: 2014
Publisher: Capital Publishing Company.
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution.vol.11 (2) 99-101 (2014)
Subject: water, Environment and Pollution.
Keywords: Fly-ash, pavement, absorption study, water pollution, concrete
Abstract: Fly ash generated from thermal power plants are considered to be a major environmental pollutant due to the toxic material. As per the recent development ,flyash presently is getting dumped as a waste. Being highly fine in nature ,it has got high contribution n air pollution and water pollution.Many attemprts have been made to utilize fly ash in various aspects such as mine filling,preparation of bricks, different concretes, textiles and many other applications.In concrete most of the research are concentrating on preparation of high tensile strength concrete which can ' t absorb water into it. In the present study, an attempt has been made to prepare a pavement composite which can absorb watr.It has been found that utilization of such a composite material for the purpose of pavement preparation will help for groundwater recharging.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building.
Literature cited 1: Clearfield, A. Stynes (19640.The preparation of crystalline Zirconium Phosphate and some observations on its ion exchange behavior.J.A. Inorg.J.Nucl.Chem., 26: 117-129. Clearfield, A., Nancolas, G.H. and R.H. Blessing(1973) Ion Exchanger and solvent Extraction.Marinsky, J.A. and Marcus, A.(eds).Marcel Dekker, Newyork.
Literature cited 2: Dwyer,J.and A.Dyer(1984).Application of Fly ash in building and cementious material .Chem.Ind(London), 5: 237-242. Gu,B., Wang, L., Wang,S.,Zhao,D.,Rotberg,V.H. and R.C. Ewing (2000).The effect of H+ Irradiationon the cs-ionexchange capacity of Zeolite-NaY.Mater.J.Chem., 10: 2610-2616.

ID: 60541
Title: Undrstanding Levels and sources of PAHs in water of Bharalu Tributary of the Brahmaputra River
Author: Karishma Hussain, Rajesh Rajbangshi and Raza Rafiqul Hoque
Editor: Professor V. Subramanian
Year: 2014
Publisher: Capital Publishing Company.
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution.vol.11 (2) 89-98 (2014)
Subject: water, Environment and Pollution.
Keywords: PAHs,river water,BC, Oc.
Abstract: Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons(PAHs) were assessed in Bharalu River water of Guwahati city area during two seasons of 2012-2013.wate samples of seven representative locations were analysed for USEPA ' s priority 16 PAHs.PAHs were extracted from water samples by orgnic -aqueous partitioning and were cleaned up by a silica column. Qualitative and quantitative analysis of the PAHs were performed by HPLC. Concentrations of ?16 PAHs were found to be in the range 3.351-72.893 ng/ml.when compared with other studies elsewhere , levels of the present study were found to be on higher side.profiles of PAHs were dominated by 3-,4-and 5-ring compounds.Flan,Pyr, BaA, Chry,BkF,IP and ?16 Pas showed good correlations with Oc and TC. Sources of PAHs were empirically explored on the basis of diagnostic ratios, which indicated for pyrogenic sources mainly from diesel, gasoline, coal and wood combustion.Petrogenic signature ratios of PAHs were also found.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building.
Literature cited 1: Agarwal, T. (2009).Concentration level, pattern and toxic potential of PAHs in traffic soil of Delhi, India.Journal of Hazardous Material,171(1-3): 894-900. APHA(19980.Standard methods for the examination of water and wastewater .20th edition.American Public Health Association; American water works Association. Water Environment Federation for Extraction of Water .
Literature cited 2: Beasley, G. and P. Kneale (2004) Assessment of heavy metal and PAH contamination of urban streamed sediments on microvertebrates. Water Air and Soil Pollution, 4(3): 563-578. Chen, Y., Zhu, L. and R. Zhou(2007). Characterization and distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon in surface and sediment from qiantang River, chaina. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 141(1): 148-155.

ID: 60540
Title: Studies on physicochemical parameters to assess the water quality at selected sites of River Hooghly, a Tributary of the Ganges, West Bengal, India.
Author: Rajib Das, Paramita Karmakar and Susanta Nath.
Editor: Professor V. Subramanian
Year: 2014
Publisher: Capital Publishing Company.
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution.vol.11 (2) 81-88 (2014)
Subject: water, Environment and Pollution.
Keywords: Hooghly river, physicochemical analysis, water quality.
Abstract: The physico-chemical characteristics of Hooghly river water and drain water falling in the same river have been studied. Five sampling stations namely, Bataghat (BATA), Bagkhal(BAGK), Baromandir ghat (BARO), Ghoshpara (GHOS),and sakherbazar ghat (SAKH) are situated in highly populated as well as industrial belt of West Bengal ,India. Sampling was done between November 2009and June 2010 to measure transparency , dissolved oxygen, free carbon dioxide, pH, alkanility , hardness, calcium, magnesium , and salinity. Alkanility at Bataghat river water and Baghkhal sewage water almost maintained more than desirable limit(IS: 200 mg1??) and other places maintained high alkanility during water.pH was almost acidic which was not desirable (IS: 6.5to 8.5). Though dissolved oxygen maintained desirable limit in river water ,but free carbon dioxide was very high almost throughout the study period.Hardness reached upto 360mg 1??in river water at Bataghat which was more than desirable (IS: 300 mg 1??).The study indicated that the Hooghly river water is polluting regularly and becoming unsuitable for aquatic animals. People who used to bathe in the river wee found affected by different skin diseases and had serious gastric problem like dysentery due to intake of water.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building.
Literature cited 1: Addinsoft (2010).software .informer.com APHA (1995).standard methods for the examination of water and waste water .19th Edn. American Public water Health Association , Washington D.C.
Literature cited 2: Chakraborty , D. and T.K. Gupta(2003).Rapid estimation of major wastewater discharges to river Hooghly between the stretch of palta to Dhankheti Khal.WestBengal Pollution control Board, 1-19 Cieszynska,M., Wesolowski,M., Bartoszewicz,M., Michalska, M. and J. Nowacki(2012).Application of physicochemical data for water -quality assessment of watercourses in the Gdansk Municipility (south Baltic coast) Environ . Monit.Assess, 184: 2017-2029.

ID: 60539
Title: Performance studies on Biological Treatment of Slaughterhouse wastewater using Mixed Culture in Sequencing Batch Reactor.
Author: Pradyut Kundu, Anupam Debsarkar and Somnath Mukherjee.
Editor: Professor V. Subramanian
Year: 2014
Publisher: Capital Publishing Company.
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution.vol.11 (2) 67-79 (2014)
Subject: water, Environment and Pollution.
Keywords: slaughterhouse wastewater, sequencing batch reactor, carbon oxidation, ammonia oxidation.
Abstract: The slaughterhouse and meat processing units generate large volumes of wastewater containing high organic and nitrogenous substances (COD,NH4+-N), which require considerable degree of treatment before discharge to the water body. In this regard, selecting an effective system is important. Amongst various biological treatment systems sequencing batch reactor (SBR) is comparatively noble bioreactor system for treating waste containing carbon and nitrogen simultaneously .The performance of a 20 L sequencing batch reactor (SBR) treating wastewater discharged from a local small-scale slaughterhouse was examined in the laboratory at ambient temperature. The reactor was operated under three different variations of aerobic -anoxic sequence,viz.4+4,5+3 and 3+5 hours of total react period with influent soluble COD(SCOD) and ammonia nitrogen level 1000?50 mg/L & 90?10 mg/L and 2000? 50 mg/L & 180?10 mg/L , respectively. It has been observed that 80 to 96% of SCOD removal would be possible at the end of eight hours of overall reaction period, irrespective of the length of the aerobic react period. In case of 4+4 aerobic-anoxic operating cycle, reasonable degree of nitrification 89.48% and 81.58% corresponding to initial NH4+?N value of 87.52 mg/L and 185.24mg/L respectively, along with 94.07% and 90.23% of organic carbon removal corresponding to initial SCOD value of 1015.24mg/L and 2028.55mg/Lrespectively,have been achieved after eight hours of react period for treatment of slaughterhouse wastewater in SBR.
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Literature cited 1: Al-Mutairi,N.Z., Hamoda, M.F. and I.A. Al-Ghusain (2007). Slaughterhouse wastewater treatment using data seeds as adsorbent. Journal of Environment science and Health, 55: 678-710 Al-Mutairi, N.Z. Al-sharifi, F.A. and S.B. Al-shammari (2008).Evaluation study of a slaughterhouse wastewater treatment plant including contact-assisted activated sludge and DAF. Desalination,225: 167-175.
Literature cited 2: American public Health Association (APHA) (1991). Standard Methods for the Examination of water and wastewater (22nd edn) APHA,AWWA, WPCF, Washington, D.C. Boopathy,R., Bonvillain, C., Fontenot, Qand M. Kilgen(2007) Biological treatment of low-salinity shrimp aquaculture wastewater using sequencing batch reactor. International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation, 59: 16-19.

ID: 60538
Title: Operation of Brick Kilns in Bangladesh-A Comparative study.
Author: A.H. Tehzeeb and Muhameed A. Bhuiyan.
Editor: Professor V. Subramanian
Year: 2014
Publisher: Capital Publishing Company.
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution.vol.11 (2) 55-65 (2014)
Subject: water, Environment and Pollution.
Keywords: Hybrid Hoffman kiln, fixed chimney kiln,vertical shaft kiln,zigzag kiln, environmental impact.
Abstract: This paper presents an investigation on current use of brick kiln technologies in Bangladesh. There are around five thousand established and numerous make-shift brickfields of various capacities all over the country. Most of the kilns in Bangladesh are fixed chimney (FCK) type, which are somewhat old technology and sources of pounding pollutions. Recently the department of Environment (DoE) of the Bangladesh Government has directed brickfield owners to switch to comparatively better environment friendly technologies like Zigzag, Hybrid Hoffman (HHK) and vertical shaft (VSK) kilns. Most of brickfield owners are not familiar with these kilns and thus reluctant to make over due to lack of industrial knowledge and financial support. However few companies have implemented these technologies on pilot-scale and are yet to demonstrate their full financial viability. As such, broad range technical information along with financial analysis of these technologies is presented here. A set of recommendations are prepared in relation to these technologies suited to their investment opportunity. land accessibility, energy and raw-material supply, labour availability and other requirements. Amongst the three technologies, HHK is the most suitable one-for large -scale production where as FCK if modified and converted into Zigzag kiln will be relatively fuel efficient and less polluting. On the other hand VSK, which are comparatively smaller in capacity,can be made popular in rural Bangladesh . The payback periods of these three kilns ar 3.14, 3.27 and 2.62 years respectively, whereas CO2 emission potentials are 22.20, 15.86 and 28.54 tco2e, respectively compared to 38.06 tco2e for FCK.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building.
Literature cited 1: Bangladesh Bureau of statistics (BBS) 2011.population and housing census 2011, preliminary results, statistics division, Ministry of planning (MOP), Government of the People ' s Republic of Bangladesh. Bangladesh university of Engineering and Technology (BUET) (2007).small study on air quality of impacts of the North Dhaka brickfield cluster by modeling of emissions and suggestions for mitigation measures including financing models. Prepared by chemical Engineering Department, BUET.
Literature cited 2: Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) (2007).Improving kiln efficiency of the brick making industry in Bangladesh. Project Design Document Form (CDM-SSC-PPD).Date 24-10-2007,version 02.World Bank. Washington D.C. Literature cited 2: Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) (2009).Improving kiln efficiency in the brick making industry in Bangladesh. project Design Document Form (CDM-SSC-PPD), version 02/17/2009.World Bank, Washington D.C.

ID: 60537
Title: Fuzzy and Neuro-Fuzzy Modelling for prediction of Effluent COD for a Real Scale UASB Reactor Treating Distillery Wastewater.
Author: Ashok L. Varne and J.E.M. Macwan
Editor: Professor V. Subramanian
Year: 2014
Publisher: Capital Publishing Company.
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution.vol.11 (2) 45-53 (2014)
Subject: water, Environment and Pollution.
Keywords: UASB reacor, spent wash, COD, fuzzy model, ANFIS model, biogas, pH.
Abstract: The high rate anaerobic processes are used for treatment of industrial wastewater. These processes are subjected to many disturbances due to variation in quantity and quality of wastewater. Neuro-fuzzy (ANFIS) and fuzzy models were developed for prediction of effluent COD for an USAB reactor treating distillery wastewater. Different combinations of input parameters were assessed to obtain the ANFIS model. A fuzzy rule based model was developed with same combination of input parameters as ANFIS model. Expert ' s knowledge, plant operator ' s opinion and trend of the data were considered during model development. Parameters required for daily monitoring and operation of the plant were used for model development .Statistical parameters like the correlation coefficient (R) and root mean square error (RMSE) were used to assess the performance of these models.The value of 0.8922 and 1334.69for R and RMSE were observed with the ANFIS model where as 0.8197 and 4208.34 were obtained with the fuzzy model respectively. These values indicate good agreement between the predicted and observed values of effluent COD and satisfactory performance of the models.The modeling approach discussed in this paper will be useful for assessment of performance of the real scale UASB reactor and to control the operation of the plant.
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Literature cited 1: Belanche,L.A., Vades,J.J., Comas, J., Roda, I.R. and M. Poch(1999). Towards a model of input-output behavior of wastewater treatment plants using soft computing techniques.Environmental Modelling & software, 14: 409-419. Cakmakci, M. (2007).Adaptive neuro-fuzzy modeling of anaerobic digestion of primary sedimentation sludge.springer.Bioprocess Biosyst Engineering, 30: 349-357.
Literature cited 2: Carrasco,E.F., Rodriguez , J., Punal , A., Roca, E. and J.M. Lema(2004).Diagnosis of acidification states in an anaerobic wastewater treatment plant using a fuzzy-based expert system.Control Engineering practice, 12: 59-64. Estaben,M., Polit, M., and J.P. steyer(1997).Fuzzy control for an anaerobic digester.Control Eng.Practice, 5(98): 1303-1310.

ID: 60536
Title: Seasonal variation of phytoplankton Diversity in Relation to Eutrophication of Mathura Beel, a Floodplain Lake in West Bengal ,India
Author: Sudipta kumar Maiti, Sarmistha saha, Suman Adkikary, Aniruddha mukhopadhyay and Tapan saha.
Editor: Professor V. Subramanian
Year: 2014
Publisher: Capital Publishing Company.
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution.vol.11 (2) 37-44 (2014)
Subject: water, Environment and Pollution.
Keywords: Mathura beel, cyanophyceae, phytoplankton,eutrophication.
Abstract: current study deals with the phytoplankton structure and seasonal variation in Mathura Beel (wetland), a floodplain lake in Gangetic plane of West Bengal ,India.The generic composition of phytoplankton was studied monthly during August 2008 to February 2011. All the relevant calculations were done according to three seasons viz.pre-monsoon, monsoon and post-monsoon. A total of 96 species belonging to 87 genera were identified under six algal classes.Chlorophyceae showed their maximum species diversity with 45% where as cynophycean algae showed maximum relative density i.e 93.11% throughout the study period Microcystis aeruginosa (45.08%) followed by Aphanocapsa rosena(15.53%). Phytoplankton species of Bacillariophyceae, Euglenophyceae,Xanthophyceae and Dinophyceae were negligible in number.Maximum and minimum phytoplankton diversity was found in post -monsoon (H ' =0.38) and pre-monsoon(H ' =0.09) respectively.Cynophycean algae (D=0.97) dominated in pre-monsoon season. The temperature increased upto 2?c in pre-monsoon season during the study period.Dominance of cynophycean algae (Microcystis sp.) has been found to be the main reason of eutrophication in Mathura beel.
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Literature cited 1: Adoni, A.D.(1985).Workbook on Limnology.Department of Environment, Government of India, New Delhi. Bary,B.M.(1959).Species of Zooplankton as a means of identifying different surface waters and demonstrating their movements and mixing.Pac sci., 13(1): 14-54.
Literature cited 2: Bhaumik, U., Jha, B.C., Mitra, K.and G.K. Vinci(2003).Fish yield optimization in beels : some case studies from west Bengal.Bulletin of Central Inland Fishries Research Institute, Barrackpore,125: 43-54. Biswas, M.(2008). Participatory management of ecosystem services: A study of wetland in West Bengal .Ph.D. thesis.School of water Resources Engineering , Jadavpur University , Kolkata, India.

ID: 60535
Title: Impacts of and Adaptations to sea level Rise in Malaysia.
Author: Md. Sujahangir Kabir sarkar, Rawshan Ara Begum, Joy Jacqueline Pereira, Abdul Hamid Jaafar and M.Yusof Saari
Editor: Professor V. Subramanian
Year: 2014
Publisher: Capital Publishing Company.
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution.vol.11 (2) 29-36 (2014)
Subject: water, Environment and Pollution.
Keywords: Sea level rise, impacts, adaptation measures, Malaysia.
Abstract: Sea level rise (SLR) due to global warming would severly affect the coastal areas of many countries of the world through inundation of coastal areas and islands, shoreline erosion,and destruction of important ecosystems such as wetlands and mangroves.Asignificant increase of sea level would hamper the economy, trade,tourism, biodiversityand livelihood.This aricle attempts to highlight a snapshot of physical ,economic and social impacts of SLR and adaptation measures needed in Malaysia. In Malaysia, the total mangrove would be lost with 90 cm rise in the sea level and destruction of coastal bunds could inundate 1000km? agricultural lands. Malaysia would be needing 5750 million us$ PPP additional economic cost for SLR in 2030. In addition, Malaysia would lose 7000km? land areas and more than 0.05 million population would be displaced by 1m SLR in 2100 if no adaptation measures are taken. The country ' s total cost of SLR with and without adaptation would be 160.92 and 655.09 million US $ /year respectively under A2 scenario. Thus, adaptation measures are necessary to reduce the possible impacts of SLR in coastal zones. Adaptation measures such as coastal defenses, beach nourishment, offshore barriers, floodgate, mangrove creation etc. should be taken to limit the negative impact of SLR in Malaysia. These adaptation measures and responses should be mainstreamed with local policy , planning and resilience-building strategies.
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Literature cited 1: Arlington Group planning+Architecture Inc.(2013). Sea level rise adaptation premier, a tool kit to build adaptive capacity to canada ' s south coasts. Prepared for the British Columbia ministry of Environment. Baharuddin, M.K.(2007).Climate change-Its effects on the agricultural sector in Malaysia.National seminar on socio-Economic Impacts of Extreme weather and climate change, 21-22 june,2007 Malaysia (online access on June 21,2013): http://www.met.gov.my/index .php?option =com_content &task =view&id=110&Itemid=147.
Literature cited 2: Bijlsma, L., Ehler, C.N., Klein, R.J.T., Kulshreshta, S.M.,McLean,R.F.Mimura, N., Nicholls,R.J.,Nurse,L.A., Perez Nieto, H.,Stakhiv, E.Z., Turner, R.K.and and R.A.Warrick(1996).coastal zones and small islands .In: Watson,R.T., M.C.,Zinyowera and R.H.Moss(eds). Climate change 1995 -Impacts, Adaptations and Mitigation of climate change : scientific -Technical Analyses.Cambridge University press, Cambridge,U.K. Burkett,V.R. and M.A.Davidson(Eds)(2012).coastal Impacts ,Adaptation and Vulnerability: A Technical Input to the 2012 National climate Assessment.Cooperative Report to the 2013 National climate Assessment.

ID: 60534
Title: Assessment of Chemical quality of water in the Halabja-Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
Author: Dana A. Mohammed Barzinji and Dilshad G.A. Ganjo
Editor: Professor V. Subramanian
Year: 2014
Publisher: Capital Publishing Company.
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution.vol.11 (2) 19-28 (2014)
Subject: water, Environment and Pollution.
Keywords: Water pollution, Halabja, heavy metal
Abstract: A study of water pollution was conducted at Halabja-sulaimani. Water samples were collected from five different locations in a radial manner around and within Halabja town. Water sources included artesian wells, drilled wells and Kahreezes. Before the chlorination and disinfection process, water samples were collected and then chemical and bacteriological analyses were conducted. The field works commenced according to a regular schedule twice per month, starting in June and ending in November 2007.The chemical evaluation of the well waters in the present study based on standards given for drinking water by the world Health Organization guidelines, can be assessed as good -quality ; ranging from moderately hard to hard. Saturated by oxygen and healthy with regard to biological oxygen demand. The maximum and minimum of reactive phosphorus, nitrate, nitrite and chloride were 0.05-4.29mg at p-po? 1??, 0.83-8.40 N-No? 1?? and 1.42-25.16mgl??, respectively. All water samples during the investigation period revealed pollution by nickel, lead, molybedinum and chromium. In all investigated sites, cations were dominated by calcium followed by magnesium, sodium and potassium in order of decreasing concentrations.
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ID: 60533
Title: Assessment of Heavy Metals in Top Soil around a proposed Uranium Tailings pond in Southern India.
Author: K.Brindha and L. Elango
Editor: Professor V. Subramanian
Year: 2014
Publisher: Capital Publishing Company.
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution.vol.11 (2) 13-17 (2014)
Subject: water, Environment and Pollution.
Keywords: Soil Pollution, agriculture, Uranium tailings, heavy metals, agrochemicals.
Abstract: The concentration of heavy metals such as copper, Iron, Manganese, Lead, and Zinc in top soil around a proposed uranium mining and tailings pond area in Nalgonda district, Andhra Pradesh, India was determined. Fourteen soil samples were collected in July 2010 and analysed as per standard procedures.The mean concentration of copper, iron, manganese, lead and zinc in the soil was 0.19, 54.48, 2.0, 0.33 and 0.34mg/kg respectively. This study provide the spatial variation in concentration of heavy metals as a baseline data for impact assessments of the proposed uranium mining and tailings storage activity in future.
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Literature cited 2: Brindha, K. and L. Elango (2010).Study on bromide in groundwater in parts of Nalgonda district, Andhra Pradesh. Earth Science India, 3(1): 73-80. Brindha, K. and L. Elango (2012).Groundwater quality zonation in a shallow weathered rock aquifer using GIS. Geo-spatial Information Science, 15(2): 95-104.

ID: 60532
Title: Groundwater Arsenic in South-East Asia: Extent, Effects and Solutions.
Author: Prahakar Sharma, Gaurav Goel, S.M. Ashekuzzaman, Gaurav Saini and Ranvir Singh.
Editor: Professor V. Subramanian
Year: 2014
Publisher: Capital Publishing Company.
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution.vol.11 (2) 1-11 (2014)
Subject: water, Environment and Pollution.
Keywords: Arsenic, Health hazards, groundwater, agriculture, Bangladesh, India.
Abstract: Ground water is a clean source of drinking water. However, the presence of elevated concentrations of inorganic arsenic in groundwater, particularly in the regions of Bangladesh and the Eastern part of India, is a cause for concern. Most people residing in this geographic location have no alternative but to drink arsenic contaminated groundwater, which has arsenic concentrations above the permissible limit (0.01mg/L). As a result, approximately 123 million people in India and Bangladesh face higher risk of cancer, as well as risk other cardiovascular and neurologic diseases. Many techniques for getting rid of arsenic from drinking water are available. In this paper, we focus on the region of eastern India and Bangladesh to examine the extent of arsenic contamination and its toxic effects on humans, explore the sources of arsenic in this geography, and compare and contrast the technologies of arsenic removal.
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