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Water woes of Bawana and Bhalswa slums in Delhi - Women pay the heaviest price for poor water supply and sanitation facilities- An article in India Water Review
Posted on 29 Aug, 2012 06:31 PMThe current global water crisis is preventing water from reaching slum dwellers. The condition of women under such a grim situation is deteriorating further as they continue to fetch water for various domestic purposes.
"Crop failure resulting from failed monsoon drives farmers to suicide in Saurashtra" - Roundup of the week's news (20-26 August 2012)
Posted on 28 Aug, 2012 11:57 AMNear complete crop-failure drives farmers to suicide in Saurashtra, Gujarat
River diversion schemes versus waste water recycling for Bangalore city - An article in Current Science
Posted on 26 Aug, 2012 12:02 AMThis article published in the journal Current Science has been written in response to the earlier article published in Current Science that highlights the acute water scarcity t
Resource availability for water supply to Bangalore City, Karnataka - An article published in the journal Current Science
Posted on 25 Aug, 2012 03:05 PM
This article published in the journal Current Science highlights the acute water scarcity that the city of Bangalore has been facing ove
Multiple stocking and multiple harvesting - A useful concept for surplus water in states like Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal
Posted on 24 Aug, 2012 07:43 PMIn this system, stocking density is high, maximum being 12000 nos./ha.. The pond is prepared in the same way as in the case of composite fish farming. No extra management works are necessary. However, anursery pond is a prerequisite in the system. Fish culture is done continuously for 3 years, wherein harvesting and restocking starts right from the 4th month of stocking.
INSOFAR's Newsletter 2: Innovative organic farming in India,presented by researcher Arun K Sharma at Jodhpur
Posted on 24 Aug, 2012 07:16 PMIt is a pleasure to present an update on organic research in India, written by senior researcher Arun K. Sharma at the Central Arid Zone Research Centre in Jodhpur.
Prevalence of dental caries and dental fluorosis among 12 and 15 years old school children in relation to fluoride concentration in drinking water in an endemic fluoride belt of Andhra Pradesh- Article in Indian Journal of Public Health
Posted on 24 Aug, 2012 06:46 PMThis article in the Indian Journal of Public Health is a case study on negative effects on fluoride on 12- 15 years old school going children.
A story of an innovative farmer in Vijayapura - Wastewater reused to grow fodder and even vegetables
Posted on 24 Aug, 2012 04:32 PMFarmers near the small town of Vijayapura are faced with a decline and disappearance of groundwater. Bore-wells as deep as 1100 feet have gone dry. Apart from the great loss in money that they face they also have no livelihoods to eke out a living. Some innovative farmers have started to use the towns waste-water to grow fooder and even vegetables.
FAQ on Reverse Osmosis (RO) systems
Posted on 23 Aug, 2012 12:18 PMThe Reverse Osmosis FAQ, is meant to provide a section dealing with TDS in RO Systems, clear what the term means and how relevant an RO system is to the readers.
The most popular FAQs are listed below. Please click on a topic to view more detailed information:
Interstate water dispute and federalism - Governance of interstate river water in India - A paper published in the journal Civil and Environmental Research
Posted on 23 Aug, 2012 11:25 AMThis paper published in the journal Civil and Environmental Research examines the methods and policies used before independence to tackle the problem of interstate river water dispute.