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Contamination, Pollution and Quality
Water poverty in Mumbai slum
Posted on 27 Aug, 2015 01:42 PMOne characteristic of most Indian slums is their inadequate access to water, which has a serious impact on the health of its residents. Most of the research on water service delivery in slums until recently has focused on water quality and health outcomes, especially diarrhoeal illnesses.
![An illegal settlement (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/slum_0.jpg?itok=Qegn7A_c)
Can India become groundwater secure?
Posted on 24 Aug, 2015 09:59 PMOver the last few months, rains--whether they flooded India enough or not--have certainly flooded the news.
![Depleting groundwater levels in the country (Source:Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/borehole_tubewell.jpg?itok=ev_t_mC7)
Europe's Rhine river inspires the Ganga revival
Posted on 24 Aug, 2015 09:13 PMGanga clean-up takes its inspiration from the Rhine river
![Ganga river at Varanasi (Source: India Water Portal Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9416529216_7b33145664_z_2_0.jpg?itok=4V81s_cE)
Catching rain in the land of "too much water"
Posted on 23 Aug, 2015 08:16 PMEven in the remotest village of Assam, you would often find one saying ‘paanir nisina daam’ (meaning as cheap as water) or ‘paanir nisina xorol’ (as simple as water) over a good bargain or an easy task. Water is, almost always, associated with simplicity and abundance.
But those were the good old days.
![Children drinking rainwater collected in tanks at Melamati Government Junior Basic School, Jorhat (Assam).](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/rainwater_harvesting_tank.jpg?itok=YH_3r9q9)
Half of India's interstate rivers plagued by pollution and poor water quality
Posted on 23 Aug, 2015 03:42 PMAccording to a recent study by the Central Pollution and Control Board (CPCB), almost half of India's
![The Krishna river, Wai, Maharashtra](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/krishna_river_0.jpg?itok=PlzTOAP6)
Mithi: Recounting a river’s apathetic journey
Posted on 22 Aug, 2015 05:45 PMFor Kaleshwari Yadav, a resident of Morarji Nagar slums in Mumbai, rain is not her biggest worry; it is the lack of it. Residing adjacent to the Mithi (meaning sweet in Hindi) river, she says when it doesn’t rain, the stagnated river becomes a breeding ground of deadly mosquito vectors of diseases such as malaria and dengue fever.
![Household waste entering Mithi in the slums of Bhim Nagar](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/image_4_1.jpg?itok=Q4By8fES)
Colourful fabrics lead to murky waters
Posted on 17 Aug, 2015 09:55 PMAmanishah nallah flowing through Sanganer, a town located 15 kms from Jaipur, is getting murkier by the day as the the textile hand printing industry in the area is getting more prosperous.
![Bleaching, dyeing and printing of cottons causes water pollution at Sanganer](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/textile_printing_at_sanganer.jpg?itok=fgGD2ImX)
Delhi’s Bhalaswa landfill contaminates groundwater
Posted on 17 Aug, 2015 09:51 PMWith more than 8360 tons of trash created daily in Delhi, the city has three trash pile sites at Bhalaswa, Ghazipur and Okhla. In these sites technically known as landfills, garbage is buried between layers of earth to build up low-lying lands.
![Pushpa has been leading the struggle of Bhalaswa residents to clean water](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/pushpa-who-has-been_leading-the-struggle-of-bhalaswa-people-to-clean-water2.jpg?itok=Tg7aUhCO)
Roundtable Conference on 'Innovations in Catalysing Interventions and Data Driven Decision Making for WASH programs'
Posted on 14 Aug, 2015 12:49 PMAbout the conference
![Roundtable Conference and Book Launch](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/wash_twitter_0.jpg?itok=c2Be6obs)
No tunnel for the Luhri hydel project in Himachal
Posted on 11 Aug, 2015 12:07 PMVillagers win as SJVNL drops its tunnel plan for Luhri hydel project
![Sutlej river in Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh (Sanyam Bahga, Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/640px-kinnaur_392_1.jpg?itok=arqGizmS)