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Contamination, Pollution and Quality
Enhancing water security through responsible tourism
Posted on 18 Mar, 2021 01:24 PMManisha Shah, Arghyam, Bangalore highlights the issues related to water scarcity and quality in the tourist destinations in India and shares the work of the ForWater collaborative.
![Water tankers cater to the needs of populations in tourist destinations in India (Image Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-03/Private%20water%20tankers1.jpg?itok=mZUbvcYO)
India’s pandemic generation: Inching closer to ecological disasters
Posted on 17 Mar, 2021 11:20 PMIndia is all set to usher in a ‘pandemic generation’, with 375 million children (from newborns to 14-year-olds) likely to suffer long-lasting impacts, as per the State of Environment Report, 2021.
![Environmental crisis leading to more vulnerabilities among the marginalised communities. (Image: Pixabay)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-03/ecology.jpg?itok=hhcZbS4j)
Half of government schools and anganwadis devoid of tap water supply: Report
Posted on 17 Mar, 2021 11:01 PMTap water supply to government schools and anganwadis in a grim state: Panel report
![A Mini-Water Supply (MWS) serves the local school (Source: IWP Flickr album)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-03/3864319470_2f55237d4c_c_1.jpg?itok=Xgfb1ixb)
Revival of Ganga wetlands gets government's attention
Posted on 03 Mar, 2021 02:18 PMJal Shakti Ministry draws focus towards revival of Ganga wetlands
![Receding Ganga river at Sangam (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-03/2934020083_c28c745673_c.jpg?itok=qVxTHuB9)
Study detects high levels of arsenic in cooked rice in Bihar
Posted on 03 Mar, 2021 08:01 AMExtensive evidence of elevated arsenic in the food chain, mainly rice, wheat and vegetables exists.
![Median excess lifetime cancer risk of 2 per 10,000 from food arsenic exposure in Bihar. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-02/Arsenic_Poisoning_0.jpg?itok=nULY11Qq)
Fluoride and nitrate - a health problem in Anantapur
Posted on 28 Feb, 2021 03:26 PMUrban and rural areas rely on groundwater for drinking and around 90% of the rural people depend on groundwater for domestic purposes.
![Non carcinogenic risks for adults are more prone to risk greater than those children and infants in the study area (Image: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-02/4606099994_944ff1a5af_o.jpg?itok=3qoJk8Q6)
Call for Papers for 'The Filtration Event- FILTECH -2022', Cologne, Germany
Posted on 14 Feb, 2021 04:41 PMAbout FILTECH-2022:
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Budget 2021: Environmental conservation or business as usual
Posted on 13 Feb, 2021 08:46 AMThis year’s budget was tabled when the country was grappling with the economic fallout of the COVID-19 induced crisis. The government was expected to provide an effective response to the pandemic-induced recession.
![There is a need to estimate the ecological footprint of all activities. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-02/Environment_0.jpg?itok=tJ9_WzCp)
Pollution levels rising post-lockdown in cities in south India
Posted on 08 Feb, 2021 11:23 AMAn analysis was done by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) of winter pollution (until January 26, 2021) in India’s five southern states - a vulnerable but poorly monitored region from the air quality perspective.
![Air quality management requires regional approach to implement clean air action plans, says CSE (Image: Pixy)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-02/smoke.jpg?itok=Tx7ntPj1)