Table of Contents Foreword Foreword Open Access R. H. Sawkar v-v Preface Preface Open Access S. P. Sinha Ray vi-vii Acknowledgements Acknowledgements Open Access Subhajyoti Das viii-viii Introduction Introduction Open Access Subhajyoti Das 1-4 Part I: Water Resources of North Eastern and Eastern India: Perspectives The Water Management in West Bengal: Exploring the Prospects for Sustainability Restricted Access Kalyan Rudra 5-16 Ground Water Resources of Eastern and North Eastern States of India Restricted Access G. C. Pati 17-24 Part II: Resource Potential and Development North Eastern States Scope for Conjunctive Use and Interlinking of Rivers in Assam Restricted Access Chandan Mahanta, Runti Choudhury 25-30 Ground Water Resources of North-Eastern States with Special Reference to Sikkim Restricted Access R. C. Jain 31-38 Hydrogeology of Assam and its Development Prospects Restricted Access Swapna Devi, B. Ray, D. J. Khound 39-47 Ground Water Resources and Development Prospect in the State of Arunachal Pradesh, India Restricted Access Sangita P. Bhattacharjee, Dakhina Rabha 48-56 Ground Water Scenario of Meghalaya State: Prospective Areas for Development Restricted Access G. C. Saha, T. Chakraborty, B. Ray, S. Kent, P. Pandey, V. Kezo 57-62 Challenges in Management of Groundwater Resources of Tripura Restricted Access T. Chakraborty, R. Oraon, V. Sophia 63-69 Groundwater Quality in North-Eastern States Restricted Access Arunabha Majumder 70-73 Part II: Resource Potential and Development Eastern States Glimpses of Surface Water Scenario in Some Eastern and North Eastern States in India Restricted Access S. P. Sinha Ray 75-82 Ground Water Resources of Jharkhand State and its Development Perspective Restricted Access G. K. Roy, T. B. N. Singh 83-89 Groundwater Potential of Bihar: An Insight into its Sustainable Development and Management Restricted Access Restricted Access A. K. Agrawal, S. K. Samanta, Indranil Roy, R. R. Shukla 90-103 Arsenic Contaminated Aquifers in the Middle Ganga Plain and Alternate Aquifer-Based Water Supply Restricted Access Dipankar Saha 104-109 Groundwater Resources Potential and its Management Strategies in West Bengal Restricted Access Amlanjyoti Kar 110-121 Control of Aquifer Geometry on Groundwater Arsenic in the Gangetic Delta, India Restricted Access Madhumita Chakraborty, Abhijit Mukherjee 122-128 Revisiting East Kolkata Wetlands – Management Options with Holistic Approach Restricted Access Somenath Bhattacharyya 129-138 Assessing the Environmental Flows for the Transboundary River Ichamati Restricted Access Tuhin Bhadra, Sugata Hazra, Bibhas Chandra Barman 139-150 Part III: Resource Management: R & D Changing Courses of Eastern Himalayan Rivers: Flood Hazard and Irrigation Aspects and Linking of Brahmaputra – Ganga Rivers Restricted Access Parthasarathi Chakrabarti 151-159 Aquifer Delineation and Suggestive Management – A Case Study from North Twenty Four Parganas District, West Bengal Restricted Access Prachi Gupta, Tapan Talukdar, Supriyo Brahma 160-169 Geomicrobiology of Arsenic (As) Contaminated Groundwater of West Bengal Reveals Microbial Role in Sediment Bound Arsenic Mobilization Restricted Access Anumeha Saha, Balaram Mohapatra, Abhishek Gupta, Amlanjyoti Kar, Atalanta N. Chowdhury, Sufia Khannam Kazy, Pinaki Sar 170-177 Arsenic Modulates Health Hazards Through Dietary Intakes: A Village Level Study from West Bengal, India Restricted Access Nilanjana Roy Chowdhury, Madhurima Joardar, Antara Das, Anuja Joseph, Debapriya Sinha, Rishika Chakraborti, Duhita Kar, Tarit Roychowdhury 178-184 Estimating Water Resource in Wokha, Nagaland Using Geo-Informatics Restricted Access Tanaya Ghosh, Sabita Roy, Sugata Hazra 185-195 Ceramic Membrane Based Plant for Purification of Ground Water for Decontamination of Arsenic and Iron Restricted Access Swachchha Majumdar, Sudhendu Sensarma, Subhendu Sarkar, G. C. Sahoo 196-199 Planning and Management of Water Resources in North East India Restricted Access Gopal Chetri 200-203 Water Security in Jharkhand Restricted Access Kallol Saha