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	Cooum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		It is likely, that the River Cooum might have derived its name from such a usage.
		The River Cooum, once a fresh water source is today a drainage course collecting surpluses of 75 small tanks of a minor basin.
		This once fishing river and boat racing ground has borne the brunt of the city's unplanned explosion.
	www.firebird.cn /wiki/Cooum (195 words)

	The Hindu : Tamil Nadu News : Cooum, the most polluted Tamil Nadu river Cooum, the most polluted river
		CHENNAI: : The Cooum now has an unenviable distinction: it is the most polluted, followed by the Cauvery, the Noyyal, the Adyar and the Bhavani, according to a survey by Anna University's Centre for Environmental Studies.
		Rivers such as the Cooum, the Adyar, the Cauvery, the Vaigai, the Noyyal and the Tamarabarani were covered.
		The increased TDS content in most rivers was because of human activity and depletion of water that led to concentration of pollutants.
	www.hindu.com /2005/04/29/stories/2005042903560500.htm (508 words)

	GIS/EM4 - From conceptual model to simulation
		The Cooum River is an extremely polluted urban stream that flows through the heart of Chennai, India's fourth largest metropolis, into the Bay of Bengal.
		The Cooum River is one of several rivers in the Madras Basin in Southern India.
		The situation of the Cooum River and surrounding area is an environmental problem situation characterized by both complexity and a high level of uncertainty.
	www.colorado.edu /Research/cires/banff/pubpapers/13/index.html (3295 words)

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		In those days, the Cooum River which had a winding course through the villages of Chetput, Nungambakkam and Chintadripet, had, as it still had a common outlet to the sea along with the North River at some distance to the south of the limits of the Madraspatnam Village.
		The North River (or Elambore River as it was called in those days) flowed parallel to and a mile distant from the coast along the western side of Madraspatnam Village.
		At the site of the present General Hospital, the river took a sharp bend to the east and, when near the sea, it again took another bend to the south; and it then flowed on for about three-fourths of a mile parallel to the shore and joined the Cooum at its mouth.
	www.chennaicorporation.com /aboutcoc/che_history02.htm (498 words)

	Chennai - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Both rivers are placid, and meander slowly on their way east to the Bay of Bengal.
		The estuary of the Adyar River, whose ecology is protected, is the natural habitat of several species of birds and animals.
		A little south of the Fort, across the Cooum River is the Chepauk cricket stadium, another British staple, dating from 1916.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Chennai (4917 words)

	NOTE ON POLLUTION OF CITY WATERWAYS:
		The river carries heavy flood flow during the north-east monsoon period and brings a maximum flood of 7000 C.ft. / Second during storm.
		The portion North of Cooum is North Buckingham Canal and South of Cooum is South Buckingham Canal.
		The Cooum river is a drainage course originating near Sattarai in Tiruvallur Taluk, Chengai-MGR District.
	www.exnora.org /waterways.html (1145 words)

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		The River Cooum winds through the city to the Bay of Bengal, with four or five bridges crossing it, and could not be missed as we went from one place to another.
		As monsoon season was two months off, the Cooum's river bed was much wider than the river itself, and its bright green water moved slowly through channels in the sand.
		In the case of the River Cooum, it was definitely not the water but only the open space that drew them to the river bed.
	onedrous.org /drupal/?q=node&from=10 (1122 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Cooum is an "eye sore" to permanent residents and visitors alike and is not conducive to healthy and decent living.
		Seepage of water from river system to drinking water supply system may be one of the significant factors that result in the contamination of the drinking water by coliform group and fecal streptococci.
		The hydrology and the Hydraulics of River Cooum.
	www2.unescobkk.org /eubios/india/bii74.htm (3815 words)

	Over 1 lakh people evacuated in TN : HindustanTimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The high flow in Cooum river, which caused flooding of many city localities on Saturday in the wake of release of excess water from Poondi Reservoir, had come down to 13,000 cusecs from 14,000 cusecs following corresponding reduction in the inflow into the dam, she said adding further reduction can be expected by Monday.
		However, as the Adayar river, which is also in spate following release of excess water from Chembarambakkam Lake, inundating southern parts of the city continued to be high on Sunday at 12,000 cusecs due to heavy rainfall in Sriperumbudur area, the situation was being monitored closely.
		Thus the flow in the Cooum river was controlled to a maxmimum of less than 14,000 cusecs.
	www.hindustantimes.com /news/181_1564471,001301120000.htm (678 words)

	Debating India - Cooum, the most polluted Tamil Nadu river Cooum, the most polluted river (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Cooum, the most polluted Tamil Nadu river Cooum, the most polluted river
		Assessment of water quality in rivers of Tamil Nadu’, was submitted to the Environment Department on Wednesday.
		The Cooum and the Adyar were found receiving high loads of effluents from Chennai.
	india.eu.org /2462.html (472 words)

	District Pofile - CHENNAI
		Cooum runs through the heart of the city and enters the sea in-between the university buildings and the Fort.
		Though the river Adyar can be traced to a point near Guduvancheri village, it assumes the appearance of a stream only after it receives the surplus water from the Chembarambakkam tank as wells as the drainage of the areas in the south-west of Chennai.
		The river has no commercial importance, but the fishermen in the neighbourhood make their living by fishing in the river.
	www.chennai.tn.nic.in /chndistprof.htm (3161 words)

	Martin J. Bunch, PhD - An Adaptive Ecosystem Approach to Rehabilitation and Management of the Cooum River Environmental ...
		This research investigates the application of an adaptive ecosystem approach to the problem of the Cooum River and environs in Chennai (formerly Madras), India.
		During the dry (non-monsoon) season, the upper reaches of the river are dry and flow in the river may be attributed primarily to the production of sewage by the city's population.
		Complexity of the problem is due as much to human factors (population growth, poverty, uncontrolled urban development, jurisdictional conflicts, modes of behaviour of the citizenry, and institutional culture) as to physical characteristics of the system (flat topography, tidal action, blockage of the river mouth by sand bar formation, and monsoon flooding).
	www.yorku.ca /bunchmj/pages/PhD_abstract.html (517 words)

	Dream of a chennaivasi. Dreams Limited!!
		The green pasture running along the cooum shores extended to the length of the river it appeared as if there is no end to it.
		It was a beautiful evening, cooum was so clean and pure I could see reflection of amber colored evening sky in the cooum waters; I could also see reflections of passing snow white clouds.
		I saw people enjoying their evenings sitting on the green lawn along the cooum course; some were even having a small picnic and dinner parties under the lights laid throughout the cooum course.
	cooumdream.rediffblogs.com /2004_31_10_cooumdream_archive.html (1619 words)

	Metroblogging Chennai: Will Cooum ever become Thames of Chennai ?
		The encroachment on the banks of the Cooum River by unauthorized construction caused the city to be flooded during the last year rains and the Government has taken steps to remove these unauthorized constructions.
		Now a park is developed close to Cooum River after Iron Bridge and a Fountain installed as we enter the Sivananda Salai from Iron Bridge.
		Though a tidy sum appear to be allotted for cleaning the rivers at Chennai, there does not seem to be any visible activity towards beautifying the Cooum.
	chennai.metblogs.com /archives/2006/04/will_cooum_ever_become_thames.phtml (754 words)

	About Chennai - History
		In 1743 plans were prepared for enlarging the Fort on the west side and for diverting the course of the river further west.
		The river on the west side was diverted to its present course, and its old bed was built up and included in the Fort.
		The filling up of the old bed of the North River, the extension of the west front of the Fort and the consequent increase in its area formed from third stage.
	www.spiritofchennai.com /aboutchennai.htm (7285 words)

	AU: Azariah, J (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Earlier hydrobiocoenological study revelated that River Cooum is heavily contaminated with enterocoelic bacteria such as E. coli, faecal coliform and faecal streptococci.
		A direct relationship between the condition of the river mouth in allowing or preventing the flushing of the estuary with incoming tidal water and the bacterial density of the estuary was noted.
		On the southern site of the river mounth the incidence of faecal coliform decreased in Station that were located far away from the river mounth.
	www.furg.br /furg/revistas/atl/at5(2)10.htm (296 words)

	List of rivers in India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rivers that flow into the sea are sorted geographically, along the coast starting from the Bay of Bengal in the east moving along the Indian coast southward till Kanyakumari and moving northward along the Arabian Sea.
		Rivers that flow into other rivers are sorted by the proximity of their points of union to the sea (the lower in the list, the more upstream).
		Purna River in Amravati, Akola, Buldhana, Jalgaon, Navsari districts of Gujarat, Maharashtra Madhya Pradesh
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_rivers_in_India (753 words)

	Chennai - GEOGRAPHY & CLIMATE
		Two rivers meander through Chennai, the Cooum River (or Koovam) in the central region and the Adyar River in the southern region.
		Both rivers are heavily polluted with effluents and trash from domestic and commercial sources.
		The Adyar, which is much less polluted than the Cooum, is de-silted and cleaned periodically by the state government.
	www.indiainside.info /chennai/geography.htm (570 words)

	RESEARCH PAPERS
		The Koratallaiyar and the Cooum River deposits can be divided into three groups based on radiocarbon calibrated ages: 9,710-8,430 yrs BP, 5,910-5,490 yrs BP and ~900 yrs BP.
		It is a seasonal river with high flows during the southwestern monsoon and periodic floods late in the wet season.
		The present course of the river is likely to have been determined at least primarily from this event, and possibly also associated with stronger monsoon systems in the Early Holocene as recognised for South Asia.
	www.bestindia.com /jgsi/Oct04_abst.htm (4162 words)

	Chennai Online News Service - View News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The high flow in Cooum river, which caused flooding of many city localities yesterday in the wake of release of excess water from Poondi Reservoir, had come down to 13,000 cusecs from 14,000 cusecs following corresponding reduction in the inflow into the dam, she said, adding further reduction can be expected by tomorrow.
		However, as the Adyar river, which is also in spate following release of excess water from Chembarambakkam lake, inundating southern parts of the city continued to be high today at 12,000 cusecs due to heavy rainfall in Sriperumbudur area, the situation was being monitored closely.
		Thus the flow in the Cooum river was controlled to a maximum of less than 14,000 cusecs.
	www.chennaionline.com /colnews/newsitem.asp?NEWSID={94461FA9-49CC-47D3-8A5D-CD0C2DEE313F}&CATEGORYNAME=CHENNAI (692 words)

	Cooum River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cooum was not as bad long time back.
		The 2004 tsunami cleaned the mouth of the river - but the pollution is back with in a short period.
		The river is narrow, placid, slow and meandering.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cooum_River (180 words)

	wamp1
		Rivers have historically been the centres of civilisation.
		Chennai, has a network of four main waterways - the Adyar river, the Cooum river, the Buckingham Canal and the Otteri Nullah.
		The two waterways - Adyar and Cooum are natural rivers flowing East, draining into the Bay of Bengal, while the Buckingham Canal running along the East coast is a sea-level navigation canal.
	www.exnora.org /wamp.html (625 words)

	Vision 2020 -- Why India has no Silicon Valleys
		There was a time, within the memory of the old people of the city, when the Cooum was a pleasant place to stroll by, a river where people could bathe and whose water they could drink.
		That sand deposit has now spread to the extent of completely blocking the mouth of river Cooum and preventing it from being flushed daily by the tides in the sea.
		As part of that scheme, the sand that accumulates near the river mouth should be removed periodically.
	www.blonnet.com /2001/12/03/stories/040320mn.htm (1487 words)

	Gobar Times Magazine (Environment for Kids Monthly) - Centre for Science and Environment
		Also, due to the land specifications necessary to construct dams, the displaced people generally were hill or river inhabitants, but were moved to plains, deserts, or mountains—less desirable, less productive lands.
		While it seemed like a good idea, it resulted in the displacement of the people who had been living on the banks of rivers and canals for many years.
		Nearly 29,400 families were living along the waterways in Chennai—the Buckingham Canal, the Cooum river, the Adyar river, the Otteri Nullah and the Virugambakkam-Arumbakkam drain.
	www.gobartimes.org /gt20040615/gt_covfeature1.htm (769 words)

	Occasional Papers
		The situation is complicated by high levels of population growth, poverty, uncontrolled urban development, jurisdictional conflicts, mechanistic management approaches, flat topography, monsoon flooding, tidal action, and blockage of the river mouth.
		The book is based on papers presented at nine special sessions at the 1992 annual meeting of the Canadian Association of Geographers, and consists of 19 fully-referenced chapters that provide an excellent cross-section of important issues on the public agenda.
		This book critically examines the reasons for the establishment of the Ontario conservation authorities, the principles upon which they were created, and the evolution of their programs and activities regarding integration of land and water management.
	www.fes.uwaterloo.ca /geography/research/publications.html (5009 words)

	Adyar River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Adyar River, originating from the Chembarambakkam Lake (Chengalpattu district), is one of the rivers which passes through Chennai, South India, and joins the Bay of Bengal.
		The Adyar River contributes to the estuarine ecosystem of Chennai.
		Most of the wastes of the city is drained into this river and Cooum River.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Adyar_River (103 words)

	WISE NC; N-DEVICE DUMPED IN INDIAN RIVER; GROUP SEEKS INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Both reports say the material is sealed within a double-walled steel container and that there is no danger of contamination to the river.
		The workers say they dumped the material into the river as a way of protesting a decision by the company to transfer their foreman, Alister d'Monte, to Bombay.
		According to Indian officials, the company had reported the radioactive device as missing on 23 September, although the material was, according to another report, actually dumped into the river six days earlier.
	www10.antenna.nl /wise/400-1/3902.html (380 words)

	Demolition along Cooum started - India News - Webindia123.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Tiruvallur District Administration today started demolition of encroachments along the Cooum river, which led to flooding in residential areas due to overflowing of the river following heavy rain.
		A four-storeyed hostel complex and another four-storeyed building, which housed class rooms, built at an estimated cost of Rs 20 crore, were brought down by the authorities.
		A granite company, which had also encroached land on the river banks, was also demolished by the authorities.
	news.webindia123.com /news/showdetails.asp?id=194262&cat=India (242 words)

	Marco Polo - Wednesday, November 23, 2005 Entries
		The extent of the land transferred to the British was the whole area contained within the traditional village limits of Madraspatnam, which in those was from the sea shore to a few hundred yards north of the mouth of the river Cooum, which today is right upto the northern bounds of George Town.
		The Coovum river, as we know has a winding path and its course was through the villages of Chetput, Nungambakkam and Chintadripet.
		, the river took a sharp bend to the east and, when near the sea, it again took another bend to the south; and it then flowed on for about three-fourths of a mile parallel to the shore and joined the Cooum at its mouth.
	o3.indiatimes.com /marcopolo/archive/2005/11/23.aspx (390 words)

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