Accounting for freshwater quality in India

This monograph first describes the popular types of accounting usually followed in case of freshwater resources. Second, it reviews some fo the successful examples of accounting done in select countries from all over the world and focuses on lessons learnt from doing such an exercise in a developing country like India. Third, the change in the quality of water over the period 1993-2003 has been computed for surface water and groundwater. Fourth, the deviation from the national standard (acceptable limit) has been calculated. Fifth, the costs of necessary intervention on account of incremental pollution from the acceptable limit have been estimated. And finally, they have been adjusted against the net state domestic product for Indian states and union territories.