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Call for Admissions for Graduate Program of Water Science and Policy 2018 at Shiv Nadar University
Posted on 08 May, 2018 03:59 PMEntering its second year, the Graduate Program of Water Science and Policy 2018 at Shiv Nadar University envisages a multi-disciplinary classroom, engagement and content delivered by some of the best minds globally – experts on water who have worked on ground realities, made policies and initiated change.
High resolution maps of Ganga to aid cleanup
Posted on 08 May, 2018 11:33 AMEntire stretch of the Ganga to be mapped using GIS technology
![Maps to rescue Ganga. (Picture courtesy: Hindustan Times)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/ganga_clean_up.jpg?itok=d7Uj0JkI)
Delhi against in-principle nod for alternate landfill sites
Posted on 08 May, 2018 11:09 AMDelhi government opposes in-principle approval for two landfill sites on Yamuna floodplains
![Delhi's garbage (Picture courtesy: Hindustan Times)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/landfills_delhi.jpg?itok=fOcY4lAT)
Treating waste with worms
Posted on 03 May, 2018 07:15 AMEarthworms are considered best friends of farmers, acting as engineers in soils. They are helpful in the decomposition of waste, producing biofertilisers.
![Organic waste can be efficiently decomposed with the help of earthworms. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/25774129708_91c63e4a05_z.jpg?itok=VzdH0kya)
Detecting lead in water with nanoparticles
Posted on 03 May, 2018 06:56 AMNanotechnology deals with particles that are several thousand times smaller than the human hair, and it is being put to use in a variety of applications such as drug delivery and diagnostic tests.
![Nanoparticles from table sugar can be used as sensors to find lead in water. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/35804029721_f4bdcec613_z.jpg?itok=dWLf-WvL)
India Unshackled: A book discussion
Posted on 30 Apr, 2018 03:43 PMAlternative Futures: India Unshackled is a new book that dares to imagine what India could be.
![Joy (L) and Pema (R) in discussion.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/cover_10.jpg?itok=Y0Mw5Wnb)
Anicuts affect Mahanadi's flow
Posted on 26 Apr, 2018 01:02 PMGopal Nishad, a fisherman in his early 40s, is frustrated that there is hardly any fish left in the Mahanadi’s basin at Pitaibandh due to the lack of water in the basin. This basin is located near Rajim-Nawapara in Chhattisgarh, the proposed site for the fourth anicut on the Mahanadi.
![Anicut on the Mahanadi basin at Rajim-Nawapara (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/41425163831_0d3d44336d_o.jpg?itok=6SrFogy4)
Environmentalists irked by draft CRZ notification
Posted on 24 Apr, 2018 12:17 PMEnvironmentalists fear new CRZ rules will favour infrastructure over coastal ecosystems
![Coastal areas might be opened up for ecotourism and infrastructure development.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/ennore_creek_-_fish_boats.jpg?itok=gQUtQ_Sd)
Coastal areas likely to be opened up for development
Posted on 24 Apr, 2018 11:54 AMEnvironment ministry issues draft Coastal Zone Regulation notification
![Fishers depend on the sea and the coast for their livelihoods.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/fishers_coast.jpg?itok=fr5ml3kc)
Treating sewage with plants
Posted on 17 Apr, 2018 04:56 PMA radical new method is fast emerging as an effective and sustainable solution to increasing pollution in urban lakes. Called floating treatment wetlands (FTW), they are artificial islands with plants that stay afloat on the lake. The plants clean the lake through hydroponics system, resulting in a cleaner, beautiful lake and an improved habitat for creatures that depend on it.
![Floating treatment wetland at Neknampur lake. (Pic courtesy: 101Reporters)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/ftw_in_neknampur_lake_1jpg.jpg?itok=w-cuqU_j)