WhereisRajgurunagar?:NorthofPuneTaluka:Khed,DistrictPune.

WhatarethenaturalsourcesofWater?
GroundwaterandBhimaRiverthereare2canalsstartingfromBhima.
Apretty
oldarticle
abouttheTalukatalksaboutthe2canalsasseeninthemap.

WhichMunicipalityisresponsibleforwatersupplyinRajgurunagar?
TheAlandiMunicipalCorporationcouldnotlocatetheirwebsite.
Page2of
http://mpcb.gov.in/relatedtopics/CHAPTER1.pdf

WhatisthecurrentstateofAlandi,ingeneral?
Amongotherchallenges,oneofthekeyissuesforwatersupplywithinAlanditownitself
highlightslackofskilledmanpower.
http://mpcb.gov.in/images/pdf/Alandi_Concept_Plan.pdf

Howiswatersupplydistributionhandled?
Mostlyviaprivatewatersupplierssomepasttendersareavailableonline.

Whatisthestatusofgroundwaterinthedistrict?
http://cgwb.gov.in/District_Profile/Maharashtra/Pune.pdf

CanwemonitorthewaterqualityinBhimariver?
MaharashtraPollutionControlBoard(MPCB)hastheWaterQualityMonitoringNetwork.
http://mpcb.gov.in/envtdata/envtwater.php

ClickonPunetoaccessthePuneregionstationdata.
http://mpcb.gov.in/envtdata/wqwebpg.php?rgnId=17
PotentialdataentryerrordataforDec2014seemstohavebeenenteredforDec2015.

StationCodesforBhimaRiver?:28,11881192.
Reference:
http://mpcb.gov.in/images/pdf/NWMP.pdf

Whatisthefrequencyofwatermonitoringatthesestations?
Monthly:28and1188,Quarterly:11891192.

DoestheGovernmentacknowledgetherespollution?Anysteps?
Yes,thereis
BhimaRiverPollutionControlActionPlan
(inMarathi).
http://mpcb.gov.in/images/pdf/bhima.pdf

In2010,27chemicalfactoriesintheTalukadistrictwereorderedtoshutdown.
http://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/factoriespoisonkhed890

DoesthePresshighlightthepoorwaterqualityinBhimariver?
Itdoes.Recentwebarticlesincludethefollowing:
2011:Bhimariverexpeditiontohighlightriverpollution
link
2012:Pollutioncontrolboardfor100%treatmentofBhimariverin2years
link
2014:RiversinPunemostpollutedinMaharashtra
link
2015:BhimacarryingpollutedwaterintoKarnataka
link
2015:Now,Maharashtra'sBhimarivertobecleanedup
link
2015:CleanerMuthatoflowwithsomehelp
link

Contactdetailsoffieldoffices?
http://mpcb.gov.in/aboutus/offices.php
http://mpcb.gov.in/rti/righttoinform.php

WaterQualityinIndia

Whatarerulesandregulationsforwaterquality?
http://envfor.nic.in/division/waterpollution

WhatisthestatusofwaterqualityinIndia?
https://data.gov.in/datasetgroupname/waterquality

WhatarehabitationsaffectedbyWaterquality?
https://data.gov.in/catalog/waterqualityaffectedhabitations

AnyrecentreviewofwaterqualitymonitoringinIndia?
2013:
http://www.ripublication.com/irph/ijict_spl/17_ijictv3n8spl.pdf
2005:
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/environment/envpdf/pap_wasess5a2india.pdf

IsthereanymajorinvestmentbytheGovernmenttowardsruraldrinkingwater?
ThereismorethantripletheinvestmentfromTenthtoEleventhplanperiod.

PlanningCommissiondata:
https://data.gov.in/catalog/investmentsruraldrinkingwater
PlanPeriod

InvestmentsinRuralDrinkingWater, InvestmentsinRuralDrinkingWater,
19512012inCentre(Rs.InCrore)
19512012inState(Rs.InCrore)

First(195156)

Second(195661)

30

Third(196166)

48

Fourth(196974)

34

208

Fifth(197479)

157

348

Sixth(198085)

895

1530

Seventh(198590)

1906

2471

Eighth(199297)

4140

5084

Ninth(19972002)

8455

10773

Tenth(200207)

16254

15102

Eleventh(200712)

39211

49000