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Small hydro: Too small for a national mission - The need for an assimilated national mission for renewable energy in India
Posted on 24 Feb, 2012 10:58 AMSmall hydropower plant (Source: Ministry of New and Renewable Energy)
Quantitative data on water quality: A compilation of papers that present physico-chemical analyses of various water sources in India
Posted on 24 Feb, 2012 08:31 AMAssessment of physico-chemical quality of groundwater in rural area nearby Sagar city, Madhya Pradesh
This paper presents the results of forty groundwater samples collected from June 2007 to July 2010 in Gambhira and Baheria villages in Madhya Pradesh. The authors conclude that the ground water quality is degraded due to anthropogenic causes.
Once upon a lake: A report on the current status of the lakes of Mahadevpura constituency, Bengaluru with recommendations for restoration
Posted on 23 Feb, 2012 05:55 PMMap of the lakes in Bengaluru, source: ATREE
Trends in private sector participation in the Indian water sector: A critical review - A Water and Sanitation Programme publication
Posted on 23 Feb, 2012 05:54 PMThe study also analyses the direction in which the sector is heading with respect to private sector participation. Since most PPPs are at early stages of operation, this study focuses only on learnings from PPP design and transaction. This study does not seek to assess the operating or financial performance of PPPs.
Challenges for achieving conservation and development - A presentation by Elinor Ostrom at the Khoshoo memorial lecture, ATREE
Posted on 22 Feb, 2012 06:52 PMClimate variability and change in the Himalayas: Community perceptions and responses - An ICIMOD study
Posted on 22 Feb, 2012 05:30 PMThe general objectives of the assessments were:
"In search of old ideas" - A discussion of the draft national water policy 2012, by Jayanta Bandopadhyay in The Telegraph
Posted on 22 Feb, 2012 05:05 PMAuthor: Jayanta Bandopadhyay
Article and image courtesy: The Telegraph
Prevalence of dental fluorosis and associated risk factors in school children from Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu - Paper published in the Indian Journal of Dental Research
Posted on 22 Feb, 2012 01:51 PMA total of 1800 children from all the nine blocks of Kanyakumari district from 6th to 10th standard were examined using type III examination. Dental fluorosis was present 15.8% of the study population and varied from as low as 1.4% to as high as 29.4% in different areas. There was a significant difference in dental fluorosis levels between rural and urban residents.
New water policy more contentious; least helpful in tackling existing issues
Posted on 22 Feb, 2012 12:34 PMAuthor : Dr. Arvind Kumar