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Excerpt from CSE's latest film on the rich man's excreta and poor man's water
Posted on 15 Dec, 2007 07:35 AMTo quote : "CSE's latest film shows the relationship between rich man's shit and
"Water Conflicts in India" - New book
Posted on 10 Dec, 2007 12:25 PM "Water Conflicts in India: Million Revolts in the Making" Edited by K.J.Joy, Biksham Gujja, Suhas Paranjpye, Vinod Goud, S
Documents released by Water Aid on the occasion of World Toilet Day
Posted on 22 Nov, 2007 10:19 AMTwo useful documents from Water Aid (www.wateraid.org) released on the occasion of World Toilet Day.
Opening for India Program Director in a reputed international organisation
Posted on 19 Nov, 2007 10:39 AMThird Sector Partners (www.thirdsectorpartners.com) has been retained by a large and reputed international organization working on issues related to water, sanitation and hygiene, to recruit a Program Director for its India program. The charity's mission is to ensure provision of safe and effective water and sanitation for poor and marginalized communities.
Cloud seeding for increasing rainfall
Posted on 16 Nov, 2007 08:18 PMDue to the heat from the Sun the water in the rivers, lakes and Oceans becomes water vapour. As this hot moist air rises into the sky the temperature gets reduced at 7oC per km height in the sky.
Hydrology links compiled by C.P Kumar of NIH, Roorkee
Posted on 16 Nov, 2007 09:47 AMC.P. Kumar of the National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee provides a list of web communities on hydrology:
Book review: "Waterscapes"
Posted on 15 Nov, 2007 09:52 AMWaterscapes: Cultural Politics of a Natural Resource edited by Amita Baviskar
Watershed cartoons from WASSAN
Posted on 05 Nov, 2007 10:28 AMThere isn't a lot of humour we have come across so far, in the water sector. Here is something though, from WASSAN (www.wassan.org) WASSAN has a set of cartoons on their site, based on their watershed project experiences.
Water resource website-www.allaboutwater.org
Posted on 04 Nov, 2007 02:03 PMwww.allaboutwater.org is an interesting site for laypersons but also to an extent for water resources researchers, covering a wide range of facts relating water vis-Ã -vis our planet and the human race and presenting its information in a clear, user-friendly way.