Readers guide wq his documents v2

HP IIIndian Hydrology Project
Technical Assistance
(Implementation Support) and
Management Consultancy
Readers’ Guide: Water Quality HIS Documents
April 2013

Hydrological Information System March 2013
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Filename: Readers Guide WQ HIS Documents.docx
Readers’ Guide: Water Quality HIS Documents
Helen Houghton-Carr (editor)
Issue and Revision Record
Rev Date Originator Checker Approver Description
0 09/04/13 HAHC Draft for comment
1 Revised draft for comment
2 Final draft for comment
3 Final

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Contents
Contents i
Glossary ii
1. General 1
2. HIS Manual Water Quality 2
2.1 Other manuals 2
3. Water Quality Training Modules 4
3.1 Overview of the modules
3.2 “Training of trainers” training modules
4
5
4. Other documents 6
4.1 Additional guides
4.2 Technical papers
6
6
5. Archived documents 7
Annex I HIS Manual Water Quality authors 8

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Glossary
ADCP Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler
ARG Autographic Rain Gauge
BBMB Bhakra-Beas Management Board
CGWB Central Ground Water Board
CPCB Central Pollution Control Board
CWC Central Water Commission
CWPRS Central Water and Power Research Station
Div Division
DPC Data Processing Centre
DSC Data Storage Centre
DWLR Digital Water Level Recorder
e-GEMS Web-based Groundwater Estimation and Management System
e-SWIS Web-based Surface Water Information System
FCS Full Climate Station
GEMS Groundwater Estimation and Management System
GW Groundwater
GWDES Ground Water Data Entry System
GWIS Groundwater Information System
HDUG Hydrological Data User Group
HIS Hydrological Information System
HP Hydrology project (HPI Phase I, HPII Phase II)
IMD India Meteorological Department
Lab Laboratory
MoWR Ministry of Water Resources
NIH National Institute of Hydrology
SRG Standard Rain Gauge
Stat Station
Sub-Div Sub-Division
SW Surface Water
SWDES Surface Water Data Entry System
TBR Tipping Bucket Raingauge
ToR Terms of Reference
WISDOM Water Information System Data Online Management
WQ Water Quality

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1. General
The Hydrological Information System (HIS) provides information on the spatial and temporal
characteristics of water quantity and quality variables describing the water resources/water use
system in Indian States and Agencies participating in the Hydrology Project (see Table below).
The information is tuned to the requirements of the decision/policy makers, designers and
researchers to provide evidence to inform decisions on long-term planning, and to design or study
the water resources system at large or its components.
Phase I (1996-2003) Phase II (2006-2014)
States States
Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh
Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh
Goa
Gujurat Gujurat
Himachal Pradesh
Kerala Kerala
Karnataka Karnataka
Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh
Maharastra Maharastra
Orissa Orissa
Pondicherry
Punjab
Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu
Agencies Agencies
Bhakra-Beas Management Board (BBMB)
Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) Central Ground Water Board (CGWB)
Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)
Central Water and Power Research Station
(CWPRS)
Central Water and Power Research Station
(CWPRS)
Central Water Commission (CWC) Central Water Commission (CWC)
Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) Indian Meteorological Department (IMD)
Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR) Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR)
National Institute of Hydrology (NIH) National Institute of Hydrology (NIH)
Hydrology Project Phase I generated many hundreds of documents to assist staff working in
observation networks, laboratories, data processing and data storage centres and data
communication systems to collect, store, process and disseminate hydrometric data and related
information. The majority of these documents, particularly those relating to fundamental principles,
remain valid through and beyond Phase II. Some of the guides, manuals and training material
relating to Phase I software systems (SWDES, GWDES, HYMOS, GEMS, GWIS/WISDOM) have
been naturally superseded as replacement Phase II systems (e-SWIS, e-GEMS) become active.
This guide aims to help HIS users locate and understand documents relevant to Water Quality in
the document library available on the Hydrology Project website http://hydrology-project.gov.in/
through the Guides and Manuals webpage. The primary reference sources are the HIS Manual
Surface Water and the HIS Manual Groundwater (Chapter 2). The water quality contents of the
Manuals are incorporated in the Water Quality Training Modules of the Hydrology Project (Chapter
3). Additional guides and technical papers on water quality that may be of wider interest are also
included (Chapter 4). Non-current documents are still accessible to users, for reference purposes,
through an archive link on the webpage (Chapter 5).

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2. HIS Manual Water Quality
The HIS Manual Surface Water and HIS Manual Groundwater describe the procedures to be used
to arrive at a sound operation of the HIS as far as water quality data are concerned. The relevant
HIS Manual volumes include:
Surface Water Volume 5: Sediment transport measurements: network design, implementation
and operation.
Design Manual
Field Manual
Reference Manual
Surface Water/Groundwater Volume 6: Water Quality sampling: network design,
implementation, operation and maintenance.
Design Manual
Field Manual
Surface Water/Groundwater Volume 7: Water Quality analysis: laboratory procedures.
Design Manual
Operation Manual
Surface Water/Groundwater Volume 8: Data processing and analysis: specification of
procedures for Data Processing Centres (DPCs).
Surface Water Volume 8: Data processing and analysis
Operation Manual
 Part I: Data entry and primary validation
 Part II: Secondary validation
 Part III: Final processing and analysis
 Part IV: Data management
Groundwater Volume 8: Data processing and analysis
Operation Manual
 Part II: Data entry and primary validation - water quality data
 Part V: Groundwater Year Book
Surface Water Volume 10: Surface Water/Groundwater protocols: outline of protocols for data
collection, entry, validation and processing, communication, inter agency validation, data storage
and dissemination, HIS training and management.
Operation Manual
 Data entry forms
Extracts from Surface Water/Groundwater Volume 1: Hydrological Information System and Surface
Water/Groundwater Volume 2: Sampling Principles may also be relevant. For Volumes 1-2 and
Volumes 6-7, there is some inevitable overlap and repetition between the Surface Water and
Groundwater HIS Manuals.
2.1 Other manuals

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Also relevant to Water Quality are the HPI manuals for the SWDES and GWDES software
systems, which will be superseded by e-SWIS and e-GEMS, respectively, in HPII.

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3. Water Quality Training Modules
The Water Quality training modules are divided into five sets:
Set I: covers surface water and groundwater sampling and on-site analysis, plus chemistry
concepts and laboratory practices for Level I laboratories.
Set II: covers pollution parameters, plus chemistry concepts and laboratory practices for Level II
and II+ laboratories.
Set III – Set V: cover chemistry concepts and laboratory practices for Level II and II+ laboratories.
3.1 Overview of the modules
The modules of the Water Quality training are listed below:
Topic Module Title
Set I 01 Basic water quality concepts
02 Basic chemistry concepts
03 Good laboratory practices
04 How to prepare standard solutions
05 How to measure colour odour and temperature
06 Understanding hydrogen ion concentration
07 How to measure the pH
08 Understanding EC
09 How to measure EC
10 How to measure solids
11 Chemistry of DO measurement
12 How to measure DO
13 How to sample surface waters
14 How to sample Ground Water
Set II 15 Understanding BOD test
16 Understanding dilution and seeding procedures in BOD test
17 How to measure BOD
18 Understanding COD test
19 How to measure COD
20 Introduction to Microbiology
21 Microbiological Laboratory Techniques
22 Coliforms as Indicator of Faecal Pollution
23 How to measure coliforms
Set III 24 Basic aquatic chemistry concepts
25 Oxygen balance in Surface Waters
26 Basic Ecology Concepts
27 Surface Water Quality Planning Concepts
28 Major Ions in Water
29 Advanced aquatic chemistry solubility equilibria
30 Advanced aquatic chemistry
31 Trace Compounds in the Aquatic Environment
32 Potentiometric Analysis of Water Quality
33 Use of Ion Selective Probes
34 Absorption spectroscopy
35 Emission Spectroscopy and Nephelometry
36 Measurement of Fluoride

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37 Measurement of Oxidised Nitrogen
38 Measurement of Ammonia and Organic Nitrogen
39 How to measure Ammonia Nitrogen
40 Measurement of Chlorophyll-a
Set IV 41 Measurement of Phosphorus
42 Measurement of Boron
43 How to Measure Total Iron
44 How to Measure Sodium
45 How to Measure Sulphate
46 How to Measure Silicate
Set V 47 Basic Statistics
48 Applied Statistics
49 Quality Assurance and within Laboratory AQC
50 Inter-Laboratory AQC Exercise
3.2 “Training of trainers” training modules
There are two “Training of trainers” surface water modules relevant to water quality, which may be
of interest to the more advanced user:
Topic Module Title
HIS WQ Training Specifications
Processing of Stream Flow Data

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4. Other documents
4.1 Additional guides
Protocol for Water Quality Monitoring – summary of the design approach and necessary
actions to implement water quality monitoring networks for both surface water and ground
water.
Network and Mandates of WQ monitoring – theme paper discussing water quality monitoring
networks for both surface water and ground water.
Standard Analytical Procedures – summary of standard analytical procedures for water quality
analysis.
Maintenance norms for WQ laboratories – maintenance guidance for water quality
instrumentation and equipment.
Surface Water Yearbook - a template for a Surface Water Yearbook published at a State level.
4.2 Technical papers
An integrated approach to WQ management – a paper considering water quality issues across
India by RC Trivedi, M Villars and SP Chakrabarti.
WQ monitoring system for protecting National Water Resources – Expert Group report.
Groundwater Arsenic contamination in West Bengal – paper by D Chakraborti.
Proceedings of workshop on surface water WQ monitoring – 10 or so technical papers from a
March 2002 workshop on surface water quality monitoring.

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5. Archived documents
The archived water quality documents currently include the Round 1 and Round 2 reports on
within-laboratory analytical quality control, and the Rounds 1, 2 and 3 reports on inter-laboratory
analytical quality control. These reports are now more than 10 years old..

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Annex I HIS Manual Water Quality authors
The following staff of the Hydrology Project contributed to the development of the HIS Manual
Water Quality:
Name Expertise Contribution to Volumes
Mr. B.W.G. Blok Equipment and Information
Technology
SW5
Mr. P.M.A. Boderie Water Quality GW6, SW7, GW7, SW8, GW8
Mr. H. Chowdhary HIS SW8, SW10
Dr. A.N. Khan Water Quality SW6, GW6, SW7, GW7
Dr. K.A.S. Mani HIS GW8, GW10
Mr. P.C. Naik HIS GW8, GW10
Mr. H.J.M. Ogink HIS SW5, SW8
Prof. J.J. Peters Sediment Transport SW5, SW8
Prof. Dr. R.H. Siddiqi Water Quality SW6, GW6, SW7, GW7
Dr. R.C. Trivedi Water Quality SW6, GW6, SW7, GW7
Mrs. M. Villars Water Quality SW6, GW6, SW7, GW7, SW8,
GW8
The manuals were processed by the secretarial staff of the Hydrology Project, including Mrs.
Sangeeta Ghosh, Mrs. Suveera Ahluwalia and Ms. Urmila Panwar. The structure of the Surface
Water Manual was designed by Mr. H.J.M. Ogink. The structure of the Groundwater Manual was
designed by Dr. K.A.S. Mani and Mr. H.J.M. Ogink.

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