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Everything you need to know about water purifiers
Posted on 01 Jul, 2013 11:00 AMPure, clean and safe drinking water isn’t available easily these days. Growing population, industrial development and environmental degradation are all causes for this. Given this situation, it becomes even more important for us to be aware of purification techniques and the available water purifiers in the market to ensure that our drinking water is of good quality.
![Filter of a water purifier](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/water_purifier1.jpg?itok=THQAQZgR)
Toilet under the open sky for 73% of rural India
Posted on 01 Jul, 2013 10:00 AMToilet under the open sky for 73% of rural India
The Planning commission has found that 73% of rural India practices open defecation despite many sanitation programmes encouraged by the government. The main reason for this is the unavailability of toilets.
![Open defecation continues due to lack of toilets](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/od.png?itok=c-yfw14s)
Another Bangalore lake becomes a garbage dump
Posted on 27 Jun, 2013 03:48 PMSarakki Lake is one of the bigger stand-alone lakes in Bangalore, and was once a great year-round recharge area for Sarakki, Jaraganahalli, Puttenahalli, Chunchagatta and Kothanur. It is now a cesspool of sewage, and is polluting the air, water and land around it. India Water Portal volunteer Sucheta Ramprakash covered
![Garbage fills Sarakki Lake](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/7347964444_87e30d832e.jpg?itok=mrezTqC0)
Sustainable living: it's simple!
Posted on 26 Jun, 2013 04:00 PMOasis Breeze and Mana Sarovar Apartments are two apartment complexes like any other in Bangalore. They have a huge water problem. Residents use water without realising how much they are wasting and depend on water tankers without realising how much they are using. To monitor better usage, individual water meters were set up in each household of the apartments.
![Sustainable living Source: Mercer Island Pulse](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/green_planet.jpg?itok=Qwobsfqf)
Uttarakhand - ravaged by God or Governance?
Posted on 26 Jun, 2013 07:23 AMIf you thought that Uttarakhand was a land populated solely by tourists, I wouldn’t blame you. After all, that’s been the focus of the media in relation to who’s been affected by the recent floods – pilgrims at the Char Dhams and at Hemkund Sahib. The numbers are staggering, no doubt.
![House washed away by the Uttarakhand floods](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/pickofweek4_1.jpg?itok=XOgPoNls)
Fight water-borne diseases before they happen
Posted on 25 Jun, 2013 11:07 PMThe monsoon brings with it water-borne diseases like diarrhoea, cholera and dysentery, which cause suffering and death. Although this is a recurring theme annually, not enough measures are taken to prevent this. The state of Assam decided to take some action in May of this year.
![Mobile labs that tested water samples in Assam](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/mobile_vans.jpg?itok=kbGPIR9D)
Wonder women of many Tamil Nadu villages - Water and Sanitation Promoters
Posted on 24 Jun, 2013 09:32 PMSanitation is a familiar term but is often misunderstood to mean the building and using of toilets but this isn’t true. It covers a whole range of thought and action both pre and post latrine use, which includes cleanliness, personal hygiene and the safe disposal of the urine and faeces.
![Wonder women of Sanarpudur, Namakkal (Tamil Nadu)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/img_5190-2.jpg?itok=2ieomvjq)
Elitist Delhi scores low on environmental awareness
Posted on 23 Jun, 2013 08:18 AMEnvironmentalist Robert Swan, the first person to walk the North and South Pole, was in Delhi last year. He launched phase IV of Project Search, which aimed to promote environmental awareness and sustainable lifestyles among students. Swan noted that not many Delhiites scored high on topics of environmental awareness.
![Yamuna in Delhi, Image: PEACE](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/yamuna_in_delhi_0.jpg?itok=lni500He)
Even climate change discriminates between women and men!
Posted on 23 Jun, 2013 04:15 AMWe await a future that could be hotter and drier because of climate change. This is increasingly recognized as a global concern and available data suggests that it is increasing the frequency and severity of weather-related hazards in South Asia.
![Floods in Bihar; Image: Sharada Prasad](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/floods-in-bihar-sharada-prasad.jpg?itok=HJ41HR0y)