Knowledge Themes
Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act 1974
Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)
State Pollution Control Boards (SPCB)
Environment Protection Act 1986
Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD)
Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD)
Namami Gange Programme
National Water Quality Monitoring Programme
Eutrophication
Biomagnification
Article 252
National River Conservation Plan (NRCP)
Bioremediation
Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETP)
Structural Subtopics
- Point vs non-point sources of pollution
- Eutrophication and cultural eutrophication
- Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) vs Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD)
- Biomagnification and bioaccumulation of heavy metals
- Groundwater contamination (arsenic
- fluoride
- and nitrates)
- Impact of industrial effluents from tanneries and distilleries
- Agricultural runoff and pesticide persistence
- Thermal pollution from power plants
- Marine plastic pollution and microplastics
- Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act 1974
- Namami Gange and Arth Ganga framework
- Bioremediation techniques (Oilzapper and microbes)
- Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) river monitoring
- Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) in industries
- Health impacts (Minamata
- Itai-Itai
- and Blue Baby Syndrome)
Study Material
Full AI-synthesized study material for Water Pollution — Industrial, Agricultural & Municipal Sources is being calibrated.
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