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global-industry norm. Industrial units respecting these norms should be suitably rewarded.
Tree plantation and its density norms should be prepared and implemented for Towns and Industry. Ratio of forests and work area or habitats/structures should be prescribed region wise. It should become statutory requirement for each town and industry. Awareness should be increased to such a level that it becomes a normal mind-set of the public to expect such performance routinely.
c) In Essence
In fact, the whole approach towards this precious resource has to undergo a sea-change to save environment and humanity from the impending disaster. The world community has, to this end, decided to celebrate, every year a World Water Day, to keep the community always aware of the importance of its right attitude towards water.
4th July was celebrated as Water Resource Day, in the year 2007. The theme was, 'People's participation in Conservation of Water resources and Preservation of its Quality'. During the nationwide deliberations, following recommendations came from the Indian Engineers:I) Farmers should go for self-irrigation schemes,
Ii) Communities in Urban as well as in rural areas should introduce various ways of rainwater harvesting
5 Pure Water & Its Qualification
a) Accessibility and its Cost
The primary need of the world-community is to have an easy access to safe drinking water. In Indian context, the challenge is to develop low cost processes and simple equipments and to make them available to each household in thousands of remote villages to enable them to convert the local water into safe drinking water.
Water of different places might have different types of organic and inorganic contents like Ca and CaCO, MgCO,, Zn etc. Similarly Anions in form of Chloride, Flouride, Nitrite, Sulphate, Phosphate etc. and Cations like Manganese, Copper, Nickel, Magnesium, Calcium, Lead, and Iron etc. may be present in water.
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