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Indian Railways gets notice for supplying poor quality water
Posted on 06 Apr, 2014 06:13 PMHC issues notice to Indian Railways over poor quality water
Changing pattern: Rainfall maps
Posted on 06 Apr, 2014 03:39 AMRainfall maps for the period of 100 years were created to see the changing patterns and differences over time.
Data used
MET data was used to generate the maps for every year.
Mapping drought for 100 years
Posted on 06 Apr, 2014 02:15 AMThe Indian Meteorlogical Department (IMD) defines drought as ‘the consequence of a natural reduction in the amount of precipitation over an extended period of time, usually a season or more in length, often associated with other climatic factors (viz.
What do the numbers reveal about aquifers in India?
Posted on 05 Apr, 2014 10:54 PMGroundwater is water that is stored underground in aquifers or rock layers than can absorb water. India gets 85% of all its drinking water from this source.
Rainfall is an essential part of monitoring groundwater as it recharges the aquifer and brings groundwater levels up. Rainfall and well levels are important parameters for data collection.
The connection between well-level data and aquifers
Posted on 05 Apr, 2014 07:31 PMGroundwater is water that is stored below the ground in aquifers, or rock layers that can absorb water. India gets 85% of all its drinking water from this source.
Water privatisation, a failed model?
Posted on 05 Apr, 2014 03:12 PMSince water reforms were introduced in India in the 1990s, water privatisation has been propagated as a panacea to the sector's problems.
These bacteria are good!
Posted on 01 Apr, 2014 11:16 PM71% of earth’s surface is covered with water found in rivers, lakes and oceans. Due to massive urbanization and industrialization, these resources are often polluted with garbage and industrial waste among other things. There are several ways of cleaning this wastewater. One such method is bioaugmentation.
Maharashtra reels under hail storms and unseasonal rainfall
Posted on 31 Mar, 2014 11:23 PMMaharashtra reels under hail storms
The importance of transparency and data management
Posted on 31 Mar, 2014 10:17 PMOn 22nd March 2014, Raipur celebrated World Water Day with senior government officials and officials from NGOs and other organisations presenting on the importance of NGOs in disseminating information to the people. They also highlighted the discrepancies in data collected between organisations and the need to improve on this if they were to make a difference to society.
