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Groundwater
Some ideas to save water in huge quantities: Letter to the 2012 Draft National Water Policy Committee
Posted on 01 Mar, 2012 03:03 PMAuthor: Shyam Agrawal
Utilisation of human urine as a source of nutrients for banana and maize cultivation - A compilation of research papers
Posted on 01 Mar, 2012 02:24 PMSource separated anthropogenic liquid waste (Human urine) - A potential plant nutrient for banana cultivation
In India, water problems are 'man made': Comments on the draft water policy-2012
Posted on 29 Feb, 2012 11:02 AMAuthor : Nagesh Hegde
Draft National Water Policy 2012 - Dialogue organised by NEER Foundation, Meerut on February 18, 2012
Posted on 27 Feb, 2012 10:07 AMGuest post by: Raman Kant Tyagi
Mayadantha Male (The miracle of rain) - All India Radio Karnataka programme on rainwater harvesting
Posted on 26 Feb, 2012 04:37 PM"The miracle of rain : Let the earth overflow"
Water resource accounting as a tool for urban water management - An illustration in NCT- Delhi - Journal of Indian Water Works Association
Posted on 24 Feb, 2012 10:41 PMThe paper discusses the natural resources accounting in the context of national/regional policy first, and then places water resource accounting within it. Subsequently, the methodology as well as study framework adopted for resource accounting are discussed.
Quantitative data on water quality: A compilation of papers that present physico-chemical analyses of various water sources in India
Posted on 24 Feb, 2012 08:31 AMAssessment of physico-chemical quality of groundwater in rural area nearby Sagar city, Madhya Pradesh
This paper presents the results of forty groundwater samples collected from June 2007 to July 2010 in Gambhira and Baheria villages in Madhya Pradesh. The authors conclude that the ground water quality is degraded due to anthropogenic causes.
"In search of old ideas" - A discussion of the draft national water policy 2012, by Jayanta Bandopadhyay in The Telegraph
Posted on 22 Feb, 2012 05:05 PMAuthor: Jayanta Bandopadhyay
Article and image courtesy: The Telegraph
Prevalence of dental fluorosis and associated risk factors in school children from Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu - Paper published in the Indian Journal of Dental Research
Posted on 22 Feb, 2012 01:51 PMA total of 1800 children from all the nine blocks of Kanyakumari district from 6th to 10th standard were examined using type III examination. Dental fluorosis was present 15.8% of the study population and varied from as low as 1.4% to as high as 29.4% in different areas. There was a significant difference in dental fluorosis levels between rural and urban residents.
New water policy more contentious; least helpful in tackling existing issues
Posted on 22 Feb, 2012 12:34 PMAuthor : Dr. Arvind Kumar