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Contamination, Pollution and Quality
Unsafe drinking water burdens poor
Posted on 19 Mar, 2017 04:17 PMWater pollution is a serious problem in India with 70 percent of its surface and groundwater resources contaminated by biological, toxic, organic, and inorganic pollutants. As a result, the socio-economic cost of poor water quality is high.
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Severe water crisis grips southern India
Posted on 07 Mar, 2017 01:47 PMSouthern India reels under drought-like conditions
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In harm’s way: Pulicat lagoon
Posted on 06 Mar, 2017 03:34 PMAlong the east coast of India, five massive wetlands--starting from Point Calimere (Kodiakarai) and Pulicat in Tamil Nadu, the Krishna-Godavari basin in Andhra, Chilika in Odisha and Sundarbans in West Bengal--provide the necessary moisture for monsoon winds to precipitate.
![Pulicat lagoon is the second largest brackish water body in the country after Odisha's Chilika lake. (Image: Seetha Gopalakrishnan, IWP)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/32705284766_e152609f13_z.jpg?itok=UXX8c6Nd)
Election update: Its hills vs plains in Manipur
Posted on 04 Mar, 2017 05:33 PMThe key issue in the Manipur Assembly election is the ongoing economic blockade in the state, which, in turn, is attributed to the present government’s decision to
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Effluent treatment plant a must for industries: SC
Posted on 27 Feb, 2017 08:03 PMSC gets strict with industrial units
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Act to clean up the system
Posted on 27 Feb, 2017 01:53 PMWith the Right to Information (RTI) Act coming into force in the year 2005, the country saw many RTI activists making the most of it to demand the rights and entitlements of the people from the government. Pushpa, warmly known as Pushpa RTI, is one of them.
![Women at Jan Jagriti Sanvad organised by Lok Shakti Manch. (Source: Lok Shakti Manch)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/lok-shakti-manch-jan-jagriti-sanvad.jpg?itok=DGOmhjR3)
Telangana’s groundwater crisis
Posted on 15 Feb, 2017 06:50 PMAccording to the data released by the Food and Agricultural Organisation’s AQUASTAT in 2010, at 250 billion m³ per year, India is one of the countries that uses groundwater the most. As high as 80 percent of its water is used for irrigation of which 65 percent is groundwater.
![Declining groundwater levels and the impending crisis. (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/pgwm.jpg?itok=0JJAc34W)
Over 66 thousand habitations arsenic hit: Centre
Posted on 13 Feb, 2017 09:08 PMArsenic present in drinking water at many habitations: Centre
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What WatSan got from the budget
Posted on 09 Feb, 2017 12:26 PMThe much-anticipated budget this year treads largely on the path set last year with the rural sector receiving more allocation than its urban counterpart.
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Cleanliness broom: A village keeps its water clean
Posted on 07 Feb, 2017 10:36 PMLocated about 27 km from the city of Pune, Sangrun in Haveli taluka is a unique village. Situated in the rocky terrains of the Sahaydri hills, the village is at the confluence of three rivers--Mose, Ambi and Mutha--often referred to by the villagers as the Triveni Sangam or a place where three rivers unite.
![Women get together for the cleaning drive at Sangrun. (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sangrun_2_0.jpg?itok=pPiR4fy8)