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Contamination, Pollution and Quality
Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage (HWTS) network
Posted on 31 Mar, 2022 03:53 PMVision of the network
All Indians must consume affordable safe drinking water.
Goal of the network
To increase safe water coverage in India, specifically in rural, remote and peri-urban areas, with a focus on the poorest of poor through implementation of household water treatment.
Objective of the network
![Safe drinking water, an urgent need (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-03/DW.jpg?itok=t0XdsNfz)
Pharma antibiotics polluting Indian rivers, says Toxics Link study
Posted on 17 Mar, 2022 06:52 PMA new study by Toxics Link, 'Menace of Antibiotic Pollution in Indian Rivers' has found that rivers are now prone to pollution from antibiotic residues.
![Antibiotic residues in rivers can worsen the problem of antimicrobial resistance (Image: PxHere; CC-0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-03/antibiotic.jpg?itok=U5HsLW0f)
Ceramic pot filter - to make drinking water safe
Posted on 07 Mar, 2022 05:42 PMOne of the principal risks to public health is the lack of access to safe drinking water. The Millennium Development Goals by the World Health Organisation (WHO) focus on the target of halving the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water.
![Making drinking water safe (Image: PxHere)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-03/Safe%20drinking%20water.jpg?itok=Vxk4Dplp)
New Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2022 announced
Posted on 02 Mar, 2022 02:07 PMPlastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2022: Centre notifies guidelines on EPR for plastic packaging
![Plastic waste is causing havoc on drains and water bodies (Image source: IWP Flickr Album)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-02/9558453529_8cc3f51588_c.jpg?itok=eFykSkgU)
‘Fleas’ flee the Pashan lake in Pune!
Posted on 24 Jan, 2022 11:17 PMThe calm waters of Pashan lake in Pune city, seldom give us an idea of the hidden wonders they support. Freshwater habitats like this, harbour a wealth of biodiversity ranging from very tiny/ microscopic plants and animals to larger ones – that reside in and around the waters and depend on it for their food, reproduction and survival.
![Pashan lake, threatened by urbanisation, doomed by restoration (Image Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-01/Pashan.jpg?itok=6VkE-LZa)
Goa’s mangrove cover increases while Sunderbans’ shrank: ISFR 2021
Posted on 19 Jan, 2022 01:48 PMGoa’s mangrove cover increases while Sunderbans’ shrank, reports India State of the Forest Report (ISFR) 2021
![Mangroves in Sunderbans (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-01/28432793050_42160dacf9_c.jpg?itok=y3tc-_9R)
Soil arsenic above 14 mg/kg can cause rice to be unsafe for consumption
Posted on 05 Jan, 2022 09:18 PMArsenic exposure, mainly through contaminated groundwater used for drinking, has widely been associated with detrimental health effects (
![Soil contributes more than irrigation to rice-grain arsenic concentration (Image: Arjun Reddy, Pixabay)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-01/paddy-arjun-reddy-pixabay.jpg?itok=02RJFCOi)
Activists urge Chhattisgarh CM to rethink expansion of mining in Hasdeo Arand forest
Posted on 20 Dec, 2021 06:52 PMReconsider decision to expand mining in Hasdeo Arand forest: Activists to Chhattisgarh CM
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