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Contamination, Pollution and Quality
Certified Water Quality Management course by INREM Foundation
Posted on 26 Jun, 2022 05:59 PMAbout the course:
This course on Water Quality Management (WQM) is being organized by INREM Foundation along with Water Quality Network. The course is aimed at equipping participants towards the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) programme of Govt of India. The course is executed in English and Hindi languages.
Improving India's poor environmental performance
Posted on 23 Jun, 2022 08:37 AMOn June 8, Yale University's Center for Environmental Law and Policy and Columbia University's Center for International Earth Science Information Network released a report of the Environmental Performance Index 2022. India ranked lowest among the 180 countries considered, lagging behind Myanmar at 179, Vietnam (178), Bangladesh (177) and Pakistan (176).
![As per the EPI 2022 deteriorating air quality and rapidly increasing greenhouse gas emissions are the primary reasons behind the country's low score (Image: Rawpixel)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-06/pollution.jpg?itok=EJcCbrQo)
Springs spring hope in Kashmir, Himalayas
Posted on 21 Jun, 2022 06:38 PMFreshwater is a rare and critical resource and its availability is declining worldover with urbanisation, industrialisation, climate change and rising temperatures, and a marked decrease in rainfall.
![Verinag spring in Anantanag district of Kashmir (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-06/VERINAG_SPRING_IN_ANANTNAG_DISTRICT%2C_JAMMU_AND_KASHMIR%2C_INDIA_03.jpg?itok=XvXd4qkq)
Regulating water bodies in the Kashmir valley
Posted on 19 Jun, 2022 09:48 AMNature has bestowed Kashmir valley with abundant water resources on which its vast population depends in myriad ways since time immemorial. People derive their livelihoods from the numerous direct and indirect activities related to these water bodies. In spite of their immense benefits, the water bodies and wetlands are treated as wastelands in Kashmir.
![Gil Sar lake, Jammu and Kashmir (Image: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-06/gil-sar.jpg?itok=bmf6EApW)
Fluoride contamination of groundwater in Punjab, a growing concern
Posted on 16 Jun, 2022 02:05 PMNearly 85 percent of the Indian population consumes groundwater and this groundwater can get polluted because of a number of contaminants - with fluoride being an important one.
Fluoride contamination of groundwater - a grave risk to health
![Groundwater contamination in Punjab, a growing problem (Image for representation only, Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-06/Groundwater.jpg?itok=FZu0d9fZ)
Damned by pollution, doomed by beautification
Posted on 15 Jun, 2022 12:58 PMPune has been a water rich city and the Mula and the Mutha rivers that flow through the city are tributaries that join to form the Mula Mutha river in the city that joins the Bhima and then later, the Krishna river.
![The highly polluted and encroached Mula Mutha river in Pune (Image: Alexey Komarov via Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-06/Mula-Mutha_River_in_Pune.jpg?itok=eFZ0Gu-B)
Conserving India’s freshwater ecosystems: A shared vision
Posted on 04 Jun, 2022 12:43 PMWe invite you to share your comments in the feedback form at the end of this article
Freshwater ecosystems are a basis of life and a precious resource, not only because freshwater is limited, but also because of the rich biodiversity they support and the valuable ecosystem services they provide.
![Freshwater ecosystems, in peril! (Image Source: The Nature Conservancy, India)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-06/FWE4.jpg?itok=9n_JqOKl)
Transparent urban river pollution monitoring
Posted on 25 May, 2022 09:33 AMUnprecedented expansion and anthropic activities amongst other reasons lead to choking of urban rivers with municipal and industrial sewage. Around 63% of the total 62 million litres/ day generated sewage is dumped in Indian urban rivers without treatment, as per a Central Pollution Control Board report submitted to National Green Tribunal, India.
![Ulhas river near Khandpe village (Image: Ganesh Dhamodkar, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-05/ulhas.jpg?itok=pCX0_0Ck)
Pond water reuse from a circular economy perspective
Posted on 24 May, 2022 08:06 PMPonds are increasingly getting polluted mainly due to the discharge of wastewater from residential areas, sewage outlets, solid waste dump sites, livestock rearing sites (e.g., dairy, poultry), and fertilizers and pesticides from farmers’ fields.
![Wastewater generated from households in the catchment area of a pond contaminates its waters (Image: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-05/heavy%20metal.jpg?itok=NORc-_QL)