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The GAP (Ganga Action Plan) – a project to clean up the polluted waters of the Ganga - plans to intercept and divert municipal sewage falling into the river from 25 large urban conglomerates in thee states. Name them.

Of the following indications of the health of a water body, which is the most widely accepted means of measuring how polluting an effuent is?

Wetlands are very rich and diverse ecosystems. Of the wetlands of international importance in the world, a large number are subject to moderate or high threat. Which convention signed in Iran protects this specific ecosystem (wetlands) on a global basis?

‘Water harvesting’ has emerged as a sensible method of meeting the water shortfall in a cost-effective manner and is now being applied in most cities to raise the groundwater levels. Water harvesting is the

The report of a UNEP/ILEC joint project has identified water-level fluctuation as one of the six major problems confronting the world’s lakes and reservoirs. The water level in which the sea has been rising rapidly in the recent years making it necessary to protect cities, railways, and roads from the rising water?