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Maharashtra mandates reuse of wastewater
Posted on 07 Nov, 2017 07:15 PMReuse of wastewater becomes mandatory in Maharashtra
![Wastewater gets discharged into a drain. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/3206661308_69ea01a910_z.jpg?itok=9dtEngBo)
New flood warning system for Chennai
Posted on 06 Nov, 2017 06:58 PMChennai, which, of late has been experiencing urban flooding often, is all set to get a comprehensive flood warning system being developed by several national agencies and institutions.
![Chennai during the flood in 2015. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/23431905981_443a72901a_z_0.jpg?itok=IpvyYKSq)
New tool to know tsunami better
Posted on 06 Nov, 2017 11:51 AMDisaster management authorities are all set to get a new tool to handle tsunamis. They will be able to know how far the waves will move into the land at different places along the Indian coast.
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Bee in safe hands
Posted on 06 Nov, 2017 11:21 AMStudies suggest that bees are disappearing at a rapid rate in India. Should we be worried? The disappearance of bees has particularly alarming implications for human existence. Honey bees play a very important role in preserving the biodiversity of nature.
![Amit with a bee box installed in a garden at a house in Pune. (Image source: Amit Godse)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/amit1.jpg?itok=huWGO1Mv)
Floods can pollute groundwater
Posted on 03 Nov, 2017 02:56 PMIn December of 2015, when Chennai was flooded and people were marooned, a team of scientists from Anna University was collecting groundwater samples along the Adyar river to investigate if the groundwater in this region was fit for human consumption.
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Marta’s toilets relieve villagers of OD shame
Posted on 03 Nov, 2017 02:03 PM“Earlier, I'd wait till sunset to answer nature's call. In the morning, I'd wait for others to return from the fields so I could go. Quite often, I had to miss school for this very reason. And I'm grown up now; so having a toilet in the house has become a must," says class IX student Jyoti Gaud, a resident of Tiktha Mussallepur village in Jagatpur.
![Marta with one of the villagers. (Source: 101Reporters)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/marta_right_with_a_villager.jpg?itok=7Q86Rhcu)
The jewels of Pardi Kupi
Posted on 03 Nov, 2017 05:15 AMPearl farmer Sanjay Gandate (33) was waiting for my arrival at his house in Pardi Kupi in the Naxal-affected Gadchiroli district in Maharashtra. I had missed my early morning bus to Pardi Kupi and took an autorickshaw instead to reach the village. Sanjay greeted me and took me to Wainganga river.
![Clams in Wainganga river (Source: India water portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0033tps_0.jpg?itok=L_l9mA2S)
Thermal power plants can now use more water
Posted on 31 Oct, 2017 09:04 PMNorms relaxed to allow thermal power plants to use more water
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NCR water bodies disappearing due to urbanisation: Study
Posted on 31 Oct, 2017 08:42 PMStudy says 40 percent of NCR's water bodies lost to urbanisation in 42 years
![Barapullah drain in Delhi (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/barapullah_elevated_corridor_0.jpg?itok=h1muUn6-)
When elephants and humans cross paths
Posted on 30 Oct, 2017 08:37 PMElephants enjoy a special place in India. They play a significant role not only in the Indian ecological system but also in its cultural and religious landscape.
![The Asiatic Elephant (Source: Yathin S K, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/640px-elephas_maximus_bandipur.jpg?itok=jXXcNXRi)