India

This presentation made at the Seminar on Packaged Water Industry in India, organised by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on 30th June 2009, gives a basic picture of the Packaged Drinking Water market in India - overall market size, size of various segments, factors driving industry growth and industry trends, as well as case study of some packaged water brands

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The Big Necessity - The unmentionable world of human waste and why it matters By Rose George

Prakash Kumar, an ecological sanitation consultant with UNICEF/Stockholm Institute provides an update on some recent work on ecological sanitation in India:

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1. We are in the process of supporting I I T Delhi for nutrient recovery project for developing complete process for converting liquid urine in to the crystalline form.
2. We are in the final stage of supporting SCOPE for demonstration of ecosan toilet in a govt. middle school at Musiri, Trichy.
3. Comprehensive evaluation of Tamilnadu ecosan project will be taken up shortly.
4. Last batch of training of CCDU officials have been completed . This year total 5 batches got training on ecosan.

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The Foundation for Ecological Security (FES) is looking for a couple of young and enthusiastic professionals with interest in rural development issues to work with their Aravali Coordination Office team at Bhilwara, Rajasthan.

CSE is looking for Reporters for Down To Earth magazine, based in Delhi, South and East India.