Urban Ecosystems: Preservation and Management of Urban Water Bodies

Koduru, Siddhartha; Dutta, Swati

doi:10.15415/cs.2013.11002

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“…This included nding a way to ful l their needs of water and prevent water scarcity. They understood the necessity of water for both basic facilities and pleasure and tapped it through arti cial sources (Koduru & Dutta, 2013). Traditional water resource harvesting depended on collecting, storing and preserving water for varying uses.…”

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Conservation of traditional water bodies; A study of Gopal Sagar and Roop Sagar, Deeg, Rajasthan

Kaur

Choudhary

Kumar

et al. 2022

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The decline of traditional water bodies in India needs to be addressed for a sustainable water management system in both urban and rural context. Traditional water conservation practices have been overpowered by the growing urbanisation can still reduce environmental stress. Deeg, known as the "city of water palaces," still maintains a number of water storage facilities that several kings over the course of centuries erected to address summertime water shortages in semi-arid zones of India. This research study was undertaken to give empirical evidence to revive and utilise one such traditional waterbody of Gopal Sagar and Roop Sagar in Deeg palace. By assessing the water quality of the water bodies, the paper tries to gauge the immediate impact of such water bodies on the surroundings. Through conversations with technical staff, field observations, and resident interviews, numerous analysis methodologies have been practiced to comprehend the long-term viability of these certain measures. The paper also examines the hydrological system of the associated water body and discusses the conservation practices that can be implemented for the research setting. The comprehensive study has enhanced understanding of the spatio-temporal behaviour of the water bodies which can also be useful in the future for policymakers and authorities in designing or improving similar traditional water bodies anywhere in the India. In order to keep these vital water sources from going extinct in the cities where water is already scarce, it is crucial to monitor, control, prevent, and most importantly educate the public and grassroots institutions.

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Conservation of traditional water bodies; A study of Gopal Sagar and Roop Sagar, Deeg, Rajasthan

Kaur

Choudhary

Kumar

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“…Many of the banks covered in Hyderabad [5] the river bed becoming polluted by the sewage, chemicals, pharmacy industries in capital mixed with rain water and river water. By the bottom of the river bed the water used for the agricultural [6] and encroachments, some areas at the end they are using for vegetable crops and leaf vegetable crops grown on regular basis [7]. A medium irrigation project at aleruNalgonda district near suryapet was built in 1963 nearly 216km from the origin of Musi.Ground water reservoirs for drinking water since 1591 [8], Hyderabad mostly depends on the ground water tanks namely Hussainsagar [9] and Mir Alam Tank [10] were built in 1575 and 1806, these two polluted heavily by the sewage mixes.…”

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Industrial Impurities Contamination in Musi River Ground Water Area in Hyderabad Zone

Hussain,

Prasad,

Verma

2019

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ABSTRACT: Water an essential requirement for the world, the need of saving water when natural resources are available. Present study focuses on the river MUSI which is started from Anathagiri hills and finally connect with river Krishna after travelling nearly 256 KM in state of Telangana state, India. Urbanization and industrialization factors in growing capital Hyderabad changes the natural flow phenomenon of river Musi when it compared with a century back word, around 1925 to 1932 most of the people depends on lakes for drinking water like himayathsagar, usmansagar and some more. On behalf of development taken place in capital of state, water requirements are highly appreciable. But true factors showing that Musi river being polluted from past 2 to 3 decades rapidly, studies needed to rectify the heavy metal additions which are health hazardous includes sewage, chemical industrial dump. The paper focused on the level of impurities with causes and need of purification.

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