tailieunhanh - Water Pollution Control - A Guide to the Use of Water Quality_10

Có một sự tôn kính các nước trong gần như tất cả các tôn giáo lớn trên thế giới. Hầu hết các tín ngưỡng tôn giáo liên quan đến một số sử dụng nghi lễ của nước "thánh". Độ tinh khiết của nước như vậy, niềm tin được biết đến của lịch sử và chưa biết nguồn gốc thần thoại | WMO UNESCO 1991 Report on Water Resources Assessment Progress in the Implementation of the Mar del Plata Action Plan and a Strategy for the 1990s. World Meteorological Organization Geneva and United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization Paris. Water Pollution Control - A Guide to the Use of Water Quality Management Principles Edited by Richard Helmer and Ivanildo Hespanhol Published on behalf of the United Nations Environment Programme the Water Supply Sanitation Collaborative Council and the World Health Organization by E. F. Spon 1997 WHO UNEP ISBN 0 419 22910 8 Case Study I - The Ganga India This case study was prepared by Y. Sharma Introduction There is a universal reverence to water in almost all of the major religions of the world. Most religious beliefs involve some ceremonial use of holy water. The purity of such water the belief in its known historical and unknown mythological origins and the inaccessibility of remote sources elevate its importance even further. In India the water of the river Ganga is treated with such reverence. The river Ganga occupies a unique position in the cultural ethos of India. Legend says that the river has descended from Heaven on earth as a result of the long and arduous prayers of King Bhagirathi for the salvation of his deceased ancestors. From times immemorial the Ganga has been India s river of faith devotion and worship. Millions of Hindus accept its water as sacred. Even today people carry treasured Ganga water all over India and abroad because it is holy water and known for its curative properties. However the river is not just a legend it is also a life-support system for the people of India. It is important because The densely populated Ganga basin is inhabited by 37 per cent of India s population. The entire Ganga basin system effectively drains eight states of India. About 47 per cent of the total irrigated area in India is located in the Ganga basin alone. It has been a major source of .