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Call for innovations and best practices for the National Workshop on 'Managing Water for Sustainable Water Supply, Sanitation and Irrigation Services', CWS–SuGWM and VRUTTI-EU-IWRM, Hyderabad
Posted on 12 May, 2014 11:38 AMAbout the workshop:
10% of Odisha coast prone to erosion
Posted on 12 May, 2014 08:38 AM10% of Odisha coast prone to erosion: Study
![Coastal erosion (Source: GFGD)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/n36908548_35312894_3365.jpg?itok=EQDQ0XJm)
UP Pollution Control Board issues notice to 956 units for polluting Ganga
Posted on 12 May, 2014 08:19 AM956 units in UP gets notice for polluting Ganga
![Ganga river in Varanasi, UP (Source: Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/aerial_view_ganga_river_banks_varanasi_india_2012_0.jpg?itok=M0aCM11u)
Small steps to win the big battle against water scarcity
Posted on 11 May, 2014 09:29 PMThe recent World Water Development Report by the United Nations has projected that India's demand for water is likely to surpass availability by 2050.
![Every drop counts (Vinoth Chandar via Flickr)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/water_scarcity.jpg?itok=ovS_Qk97)
Will the Rs. 392 crore fund help Raipur's growing slums?
Posted on 10 May, 2014 12:11 PM"The life of the people living in slums in any part of the country is a curse", says Rohit Jagat, a 30 year old resident of Shakti Nagar slum in Raipur.
![Tankers supply water to Maharajh Bandh](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc04798-children_of_maharajh_bandh_area_taking_drinking_water_from_takers-tp_0.jpg?itok=Ay0dMx-v)
Tulsi leaves as a purifier or a Reverse Osmosis filter? Which would you choose?
Posted on 09 May, 2014 01:43 PMSummer temperatures and water-borne diseases such as hepatitis, typhoid, cholera and gastroenteritis go hand in hand. So besides maintaining good hygiene, it is also important to monitor and maintain the quality of drinking water to prevent these diseases.
Drinking water sources
![Tulsi leaves can purify water (Source: Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/tulsi_0.png?itok=lCHQCHsu)
Applications invited for the post of 'Executive Director', Centre for Water Resources Development and Management (CWRDM), Kozhikode, Kerala
Posted on 07 May, 2014 02:32 PMGet more information on the opportunity
Know more about CWRDM.
Download the opportunity information document from below.
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Tribals of Tawa reservoir left leader-less
Posted on 07 May, 2014 11:19 AMTawa reservoir in Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh, irrigates several thousand hectares of land. It is here that Sunil Gupta, popularly known as Sunil Bhai, rose to prominence in 1995 when he led the struggle of the tribals displaced by the reservoir.
![Sunil Bhai; Source: Samarendra](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sunil_bhai.jpg?itok=P6TaJz_w)
80 countries agree to save oceans in UN-backed summit
Posted on 05 May, 2014 12:25 PM80 countries join hands to save world's oceans
![Oceans of the world (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/oceans_of_the_world.jpg?itok=Eg8wAUC5)
NGT prohibits commercial extraction of groundwater in Maharashtra
Posted on 05 May, 2014 10:33 AMNGT prohibits groundwater extraction in Maharashtra's 12 districts
![Groundwater extraction (Source: Karuna Society)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/borewell-6.gif?itok=zQX2COas)