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The website of the ENVIS Center for Kerala
Posted on 13 Aug, 2009 05:01 PMThe website of the ENVIS Center for Kerala:
Click here
It has a Status of the Environment report:
Click here
There is also a report on water-related diseases:
The Kerala page of the Central Ground Water Board
Posted on 13 Aug, 2009 04:17 PMThe Kerala page of the Central Ground Water Board, Kerala Region :
The following resources are accessible there:
Information about Jalanidhi: A World Bank-assisted Kerala Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project
Posted on 13 Aug, 2009 04:04 PMJalanidhi is the website of the Kerala Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency which implements "Jalanidhi", a World Bank-assisted "Kerala Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project" for sustained delivery of adequate quantity of water and sanitation services in rural areas in four districts of Kerala.
Drinking water assessment and decentralized management plan for Abdasa taluka of Kachchh dstrict in Gujarat
Posted on 13 Aug, 2009 03:18 PMA strategic plan for attaining drinking water security in the taluka was developed after a planning exercise which was completed into two phases.
Website of the Water Resource Departments of the Government of MP
Posted on 13 Aug, 2009 03:11 PMWebsite of the Water Resource Departments of the Government of MP. Contains Ground water assessments, Ground water maps, and ground water availability, Policy and Acts. Also available in the same site, district wise ground water assessment, ground water map and ground water level data, observation well data and peizometer data.
Groundwater contamination near the Union Carbide plant at Bhopal: a draft research report
Posted on 13 Aug, 2009 02:54 PMThis draft research report by the People’s Science Institute (PSI), Dehradun deals with groundwater contamination near the Union Carbide plant at Bhopal. The main objective of PSI's monitoring exercise was to assess the degree of groundwater contamination, if any, in the vicinity of the erstwhile UCIL plant particularly in the context of the huge quantum of the ill-contained toxic wastes lying unheeded inside.
Water and sanitation in rural areas of Madhya Pradesh - a paper by WaterAid
Posted on 13 Aug, 2009 02:30 PMThis paper was done by WaterAid to assess and understand the context of Rural Water and Sanitation programme in the state of Madhya Pradesh. This is a follow up of a desk review and explores the issue of water and sanitation in various dimensions and finds out that the current state of water and sanitation in Madhya Pradesh falls short on equity, inclusion, ensuring water security and sustainability of water sources.
Fluoride-free drinking water supply in North Gujarat - the rise of reverse osmosis plants as a cottage industry
Posted on 13 Aug, 2009 02:25 PMThis study by Carewater focuses on the large number of ‘cottage’ type Reverse Osmosis (RO) plants that came to be marketed for supplying good and safe water to the consumers under ‘packed drinking water’ category, and a big market for which emerged in North Gujarat. For the purposes of this study, ‘fluoride-free water’ means treated water containing prescribed quantity of fluoride and not completely ‘fluoride-free’.
Preparation of guidelines for drinking water protection in Abadasa taluka in Kutch district of Gujarat
Posted on 13 Aug, 2009 01:07 PMThe report prepared by Arid Communities and Technologies (ACT) Kutch, Gujarat on behalf of Sahajeevan Trust aims to prepare a guideline for groundwater legislation to protect drinking water sources in the taluka.
Taluk level rainfall data and analysis for all the districts in Maharashtra from the state government's agricultural department
Posted on 13 Aug, 2009 12:57 PMThis page from the Maharashtra government's agricultural department site gives rainfall information upto taluka level (with data gaps for some periods) for the last 10 years