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Safe water to fight fluorosis
Posted on 12 Jul, 2018 12:06 PMBasubai is a mother of three young children—Ajay (9), Manju (11) and Sonu (13). She is married to Mukesh Singh in Jamniamota village in Bakaner block in Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh.
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Setting safe sanitation example
Posted on 12 Jul, 2018 11:55 AMManohar in Talabpura village of Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh came up with the decision to make a double pit latrine. He is indeed a multi-talented person.
![Manohar's twin pit latrine gets constructed. (Pic courtesy: PSI)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/rsz_img_20171112_173809.jpg?itok=MqLrGPNq)
Micro loans, mega gains
Posted on 11 Jul, 2018 11:07 AMRabia Khatun (45) has been living in the Savda resettlement colony since 2006, the year it was established. All the residents of her previous squatter settlement at Nanglamachi in central Delhi were evicted and resettled at Savda, 50 km away.
![MHT organises poor women around habitat issues in a resettlement colony in Delhi. (Pic: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/img_20180626_115016_orginal_painting.jpg?itok=xREgDrOK)
Solar water purifier with a difference
Posted on 10 Jul, 2018 01:53 PMThe availability of potable drinking water remains a challenge in rural areas in several parts of the country. Commercially available water filters are costly, need electricity to run and reverse osmosis (RO)-based purifiers waste a lot of water.
![NARI solar water purifier (Pic courtesy: ISW)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/rsz_2003.jpg?itok=Utbw_Un9)
Karnataka announces two big water projects in its budget
Posted on 10 Jul, 2018 11:02 AMKarnataka budget focuses on big water projects, misses out on sustainability
![Bengaluru lake (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/23458775979_100e74c42f_z_0_0.jpg?itok=lepYdVyE)
Replacing rice could help India reduce water use'
Posted on 10 Jul, 2018 10:23 AMIndia could address its water, food security by replacing rice cultivation: Study
![Rice field in Assam (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/p_20161005_154637_hdrcom_0.jpg?itok=18cwWtr6)
“Agriculture alone cannot provide for our teeming millions.”
Posted on 06 Jul, 2018 03:15 PMIn India, although we have approximately four months of monsoon (which is basically 45 days of effective rainfall), in drought prone areas, there are only 10-15 days of harvestable rain in the entire season. If you don't get enough rain during those days, it's a cause for worry.
![Watershed management. Image source: India Water Portal](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9738707725_2fa601dd8f_z.jpg?itok=ZfuAsfRO)
Indian villages look to Bhutan for water
Posted on 05 Jul, 2018 08:15 PMA lot has been discussed about the acute water crisis in many parts of India. But who would have thought some villages in rural West Bengal have to depend on a neighbouring nation for water?
![Damini Minj cycles long distance to collect water from Aiba basti. (Pic courtesy: Gurvinder Singh)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/damini_minj.jpeg?itok=eFDUPzQv)
Short Term Course on Advances in Urban Water Engineering and Management at IIT Bombay
Posted on 05 Jul, 2018 07:37 PMUrbanization has posed challenge on water resources in cities. Both the water quantity shortage and deteriorated water quality are the prevailing issues in the cities. Physical losses and non-revenue water are the major concerns of water supply systems in cities.
Polar effect on global climate
Posted on 04 Jul, 2018 03:35 PMPolar regions have a major influence on global climate and this is making researchers working in both the Arctic and the Antarctic to come together to share knowledge and experience.
![Polar regions affect the climate of the entire planet. (Pic source: Pixabay)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/polar-bear-3413072_1920.jpg?itok=TzRA0QN3)