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Thermal power plants can now use more water
Posted on 31 Oct, 2017 09:04 PMNorms relaxed to allow thermal power plants to use more water
![An NTPC thermal plant (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9370453956_17dc80bf5b_z_1_1.jpg?itok=eV5RnaPU)
When elephants and humans cross paths
Posted on 30 Oct, 2017 08:37 PMElephants enjoy a special place in India. They play a significant role not only in the Indian ecological system but also in its cultural and religious landscape.
![The Asiatic Elephant (Source: Yathin S K, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/640px-elephas_maximus_bandipur.jpg?itok=jXXcNXRi)
Best purifier for borewell water
Posted on 30 Oct, 2017 02:40 PMIn India, most families depend on borewell or well water. Most cities like Bangalore, Mumbai, Pune, etc get well or borewell water for drinking. Borewell water is usually safe to drink but it is not 100 percent pure because of its hardness and contamination level.
![RO water purifier. Source: https://www.bestrowaterpurifier.in/](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/home-page-banner.png?itok=jEpYyxZq)
Groundwater diviners vs science
Posted on 30 Oct, 2017 02:22 PMIn many parts of the world including India, groundwater diviners or dowsers are considered to have special powers to precisely find the site that yields groundwater for drilling borewells. Irrespective of the level of literacy, villagers and farmers are highly influenced by these groundwater diviners.
![Unscientific method of using groundwater diviners will only escalate the cost of borewell digging. (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/14628694347_4c2b172000_z.jpg?itok=mqQdJw6L)
Huge dam proposed in Arunachal
Posted on 25 Oct, 2017 09:48 AMNiti Aayog proposes 300-metre high dam in Arunachal Pradesh
![A river in East Siang (Source: Wikimedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/800px-river_in_east_siang_district_arunachal_pradesh_2.jpg?itok=f7RtjCbo)
Are people in villages less thirsty?
Posted on 18 Oct, 2017 07:49 PMIn India, there has been a stunning growth of inequality in the last 25 years and a spectacular growth of inequality in the last 15 years. It is not just a question of wealth and income; inequality is visible in every sector. It is visible in water whether (it is) water for irrigation or drinking water.
![An upcoming building in Mumbai has a pool on every floor. At the same time, migrant labourers rely on tapping municipal leakages for their drinking water. India has more inequality than the rest of the world.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/cover_image_0.jpg?itok=j5oDER5y)
New guidelines for industries on groundwater use?
Posted on 17 Oct, 2017 02:14 PMNew guidelines proposed by the Centre on groundwater usage by industries
![A well in Rajasthan (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/27560459605_dd7aeae4a2_z_0_2.jpg?itok=VfWZ8bR9)
Alien fish enters Telangana waters
Posted on 17 Oct, 2017 01:45 PMAlien fish spotted in Telangana waters after Krishna-Godavari interlinking
![Prakasam Barrage across Krishna river (Source: Subhash Chandra via Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/krishna_river_vijayawada_0.jpg?itok=btOr_Ykx)
WASH with nutrition for better health
Posted on 13 Oct, 2017 05:13 PMIt’s complicated! That should pretty much sum up the relationship between WASH strategies and nutrition outcomes. Obviously, when there are unsafe water, pitiable and inadequate sanitation conditions with woeful hygiene practices, it will inadvertently lead to public health implications.
![Improper WASH practices can compound health problems among the undernourished. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/3220100289_56a406ab96_z.jpg?itok=-_MPXRKz)
Water cup works where authorities fail
Posted on 12 Oct, 2017 09:58 AMHistorians will tell you that an explosion of creativity occurs the moment the world starts complaining that there is nothing left to invent, or that the search for solutions has come to an end.
![Effective watershed management can solve the water crisis in Maharashtra. (Source: IWP Flickr photos--photo for representation only)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/20785591581_6c2d02a0d4_z_1_0.jpg?itok=uGT8cMZB)