Environmental impact assessment (EIA) of hard rock quarrying in a tropical river basin—study from the SW India

2020 ◽  
Vol 192 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Vandana ◽  
Shiekha E. John ◽  
K. Maya ◽  
Syam Sunny ◽  
D. Padmalal
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Environmental Impact Assessment ◽  
Hard Rock ◽  
Tropical River

scholarly journals Environmental and ecological hydroinformatics to support the implementation of the European Water Framework Directive for river basin management

2006 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 239-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. van Griensven ◽  
L. Breuer ◽  
M. Di Luzio ◽  
V. Vandenberghe ◽  
P. Goethals ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Water Framework Directive ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Environmental Impact Assessment ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
Basin Scale

Research and development in hydroinfomatics can play an important role in environmental impact assessment by integrating physically-based models, data-driven models and other Information and Communication Tools (ICT). An illustration is given in this paper describing the developments around the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) to support the implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive. SWAT operates on the river basin scale and includes processes for the assessment of complex diffuse pollution; it is open-source software, which allows for site-specific modifications to the source and easy linkage to other hydroinformatics tools. A crucial step in the world-wide applicability of SWAT was the integration of the model into a GIS environment, allowing for a quick model set-up using digital information on terrain elevation, land use and management, soil properties and weather conditions. Model analysis tools can be integrated with SWAT to assist in the tedious tasks of model calibration, parameter optimisation, sensitivity and uncertainty analysis and allows better understanding of the model before addressing scientific and societal questions. Finally, further linkage of SWAT to ecological assessment tools, Land Use prediction tools and tools for Optimal Experimental Design shows that SWAT can play an important role in multi-disciplinary eco-environmental impact assessment studies.

Environmental Impact Assessment of Anthropogenic Activities and Conceptual Restoration Strategy for Kham River in Aurangabad, India.

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 663-682
Author(s):  
Vedant Ramchandra Karhade ◽  
Amol Laxman Kamble ◽  
Shraddha Balwant Vangujare ◽  
Prasanna Santosh Wadgaonkar ◽  
Ganesh Sonaji Gadekar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Environmental Impact Assessment ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
Anthropogenic Activities ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Environmental Evaluation

In present study, the environmental impact assessment of the anthropogenic activities on the Kham River is carried out. 8Km stretch of the Kham River from downstream of Harsul Lake to the upstream of Chavani Bridge in the Aurangabad city has been selected as the study area for the assessment with regards to water quality, flooding risk, ecological and aesthetical aspects using Battelle environmental evaluation system. For the water quality monitoring eight sampling stations along the length of the river were selected and samples were taken in each season for laboratory analysis of Dissolved oxygen, Biochemical oxygen demand, pH, Total dissolved solids and total suspended solids. The results of the water quality analysis shows that the water quality in the upstream stretch of 3kms upto Himayat Baug is considerably good in comparison to the remaining 5kms stretch from Himayat Baug to Chavani Bridge. The cross sectional survey of the river basin is carried out to measure the extent of the enchorachment along the basin. The results of the cross sectional survey shows that the river basin has mean width of 36.16 meters. The ecological assessment was carried out along the vicinity of the river basin and the species of flora, birds and fishes were listed. The result of the ecological survey shows that the river has variety of species of flora and birds and fishes are found in the upstream reach of the river. The survey of recreational and historically important monuments along the basin was carried out and those places were listed for study of aesthetical aspects. The results of aesthetical survey shows that there are many places of that importance along the vicinity of the basin namely Harsul Lake, Himayat Baug, Bibi-ka-Maqbara, Panchakki, Makai Gate, Barapulla Gate, Mehmood Gate and Siddarth garden. The Battelle environmental evaluation system result shows a negative impact of – 375 units and the conceptual strategies for the restoration of Kham River are also recommended.

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