When environmental awareness first started, it was predicted that the world was headed towards doom. It was predicted that things could and would go drastically wrong if environmental abuse continued. What went wrong? Or rather, what went right?

But the important thing today is that we are 'aware' of where we stand. We are aware of what the future holds for us if we continue at our current rate of environmental abuse.

In India, the trouble lies between our vast population and growing industrialization. The environment and ecology suffer as a result of the two.For centuries, mankind has used the water available to him in rivers, lakes, and streams. It has provided both food and drink, been used for recreation, energy, cooling, waste-disposal, etc., Man-made lakes and reservoirs have been created, rivers dammed, watercourses altered, and canals and aqueducts constructed. Inevitably, the quantities of water available have affected what has been done with it. And, equally inevitably, human activities have had their effects on the waters.