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January 11, 2023
Creating a pool of water quality trainers at scale
Developing core skills of trainers through the Trainer Certification Program
Strengthening skills of participants to impart training in their respective work areas (Image: INREM Foundation)
August 11, 2022
India’s rivers in trouble due to high fertilizer load and heavy monsoons
This could lead to water quality crisis reinforcing the need for basin-specific management strategies
Around the world, more than a fifth of nitrogen released by human activity ends up in aquatic ecosystems (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
July 14, 2022
Ichamati: River of poetry is dying a slow death
The river is faced with the dual problem of flood plain encroachment and growing levels of water pollution
Illegal transverse check dams (Badhals) built on Ichamati near a village in Basirhat (Image: Prithviraj Nath @ TheWaterChronicles)
May 25, 2022
Transparent urban river pollution monitoring
A study develops a decision support tool to identify polluted river stretches
Ulhas river near Khandpe village (Image: Ganesh Dhamodkar, Wikimedia Commons)
November 12, 2021
Water can kill!
Mass fish deaths can pose a challenge to the environment, biodiversity and fisherfolk who depend on them for their livelihoods. Why do they happen?
Algal blooms in a pond in Tamil Nadu (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)
August 4, 2021
Biodiversity - crucial for survival of freshwater ecosystems!
Detritivores, scavenger organisms inhabiting freshwater bodies such as streams are crucial for the survival of water bodies. However, anthropogenic changes are killing them!
View of a s stream in Kerala (Image Source: Firos AK via Wikimedia Commons)
Rapid assessment of the flood situation at Tilak Tajpur Panchayat in Sitamarhi, Bihar
The Rapid Assessment Report of Tilak Tajpur Panchayat prepared by GPSVS is attached herewith
Eklavya Prasad
Posted on 04 Aug, 2009 09:30 AM

Queries, request for information & additional clarifications can be sought via the comments section.

Download here: Rapid assessment report - Tilak Tajpur Panchayat

Safe piped water: managing microbial water quality in piped distribution systems - A WHO publication
The book addresses factors affecting the presence and growth of micro-organisms in piped networks as well as practice of water supply organisations that can directly or indirectly influence them
World Health Organisation (WHO)
Posted on 12 May, 2009 05:47 PM

Microorganisms occur in piped distributions from source water, through contamination during distributions and because of growth. Different organisms may cause a range of adverse health effects. Effective management varies with the organisms and their origin.

Basic course from water-research.net on hardness of water and its health impacts, water testing for bacteria, coliform, nuisance bacteria, viruses and pathogens in drinking water
The course provides information to private well owners about water evaluation and wastewater treatment systems
Brian Oram
Posted on 01 May, 2009 02:18 PM

Hardness of water
Source South Asia Water & Sanitation News:Issue 8 (30 Sep 08)
Source South Asia Water & Sanitation News:Issue 8 (30 Sep 08)
IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC)
Posted on 13 Oct, 2008 09:26 PM

Since its foundation in 1968, the IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC) has facilitated the sharing, promotion and use of knowledge so that governments, professionals and organisations can better suppo
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