Water bodies remain under risk from encroachment, shrinking of catchment area and pollution. In 2010, India's first ever diatom data basing was done in ten different water bodies at ten different stations in Haryana.
Water bodies are still vulnerable to encroachment, decrease in watershed size, and pollution. In 2010, a pioneering effort was made in India to create a database of diatoms in ten different water bodies located at ten various sites in Haryana.