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Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz international prize for water
Nominations are being accepted for a new global Prize to be awarded biannually: the "Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water" Posted on 29 Oct, 2009 04:35 PM

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On 21 October 2002, His Royal Highness Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz – Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and Aviation and Inspector General – announced in Riyadh that nominations were being accepted for a new global Prize to be awarded biannually: the "Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water". 

The Prize Council, headed by His Royal Highness Prince Khalid Bin Sultan Bin Abdulaziz, includes leading scholars from around the world. The General Secretariat of the Prize is headquartered in the Prince Sultan Research Center for Environment, Water and Desert, at King Saud University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

News updates - Oct 24 - 29, 2009
News updates from Oct 24-29 Posted on 29 Oct, 2009 04:11 PM

 

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National Institute of technology,Rourkela looking for a speaker
Posted on 29 Oct, 2009 03:42 PM

Looking for a speaker who has initiated Water conservation,Rain water Harvesting etc for the Seminar we are hosting on December 20 ,at Hotel Swoosti Premium,Bhubaneswar,Orissa.

 

Bijoy K Das,

President - NITRAAB

National Institute of technology,Rourkela at Bhubaneswar

Contact - bijoydash@sify.com

Be the Change' Conference on Food, Health and Climate Change, Bhoomi Network, Bangalore
Posted on 29 Oct, 2009 01:13 PM

Bhoomi Network is organising a 2 day 'Be the Change' Conference on Food, Health and Climate Change at St.John's Auditorium, Kormangala, Bangalore - 35.

Hydrofracturing - A new approach to revitalize bore-wells
This brief examines the various hydrofracturing techniques, principles, equipment involved, procedure and operative processes, as well as performance limitations of the method. Posted on 28 Oct, 2009 05:38 PM

Hydro-fracturing is a new approach to revitalise bore wells to improve its yield, by injecting water at high pressure in the failed bore wells to break up fissures, clean away mud and other impurities, thus bringing it in contact with adjacent water bearing bodies, and thereby yield water.

National symposium on climate change and rainfed agriculture, CRIDA, Hyderabad
Posted on 28 Oct, 2009 12:36 PM

Symposium on Climate Change and Rainfed Agriculture

Date: February 18-20, 2010

Venue: Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA), Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh

Award-winning initiatives taken up by the City Managers' Association Karnataka on urban water management - Case studies
Case studies that describe the work of the City Managers' Association Karnataka in water management Posted on 28 Oct, 2009 12:36 PM

The following case studies describe the work of the City Managers' Association Karnataka in water management covering rainwater harvesting, watershed development, drinking water and water body restoration initiatives, set in an urban context. These initiatives were implemented in association with urban local bodies - Town Municipal Council Kundapura, Town Municipal Council Hosadurga, City Municipal Council Chitradurga, Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) and the Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development and Finance Corporation (KUIDFC).

Electrical well logging techniques for ground water exploration
A presentation describing the techniques of electrical well logging for groundwater exploration Posted on 28 Oct, 2009 08:12 AM

A concise explaination of the techniques used for groundwater exploration.Electrical well logging is a kind of geophysical logging tool for ground water exploration. It involves the continuous recording of electrical resistance, resistivity and spontaneous potential (SP) of formations of a drilled bore hole. This helps to identify the formations and also delineate freshwater aquifers from saline aquifers.It is also used to delineate the fracture system in hard-rock terrain, for rejuvenation of poor/low-yielding bore wells.

Mumbai college -- need a speaker on water quality
Posted on 27 Oct, 2009 06:02 PM

 

We are planning a conference on water purification processes in February 2010. Can we seek participation of an expert in giving a talk to the students for 45-60 minutes?

Regards,

Dr R S Waghmare 
Thadomal Shahani Engg College
Rd No 32 TPS III Near National College Bandra(W) Mumbai 400050

 

Floods in AP,India - Concept Note to Enable the Flood Affected Communities in Rehabilitation and Disaster Management
A group of 6 senior NGOs in Andhra Pradesh collectively decide to take up rehabilitation and disaster management in the flood affected villages Posted on 27 Oct, 2009 05:58 PM

'Alliance for 5 Life Sustaining Elements' ( ALSE), is a group of 6 senior NGOs (list  is available in the concept note) who are working in the rural development sector since 2 to 3 decades in Andhra Pradesh, have collective

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