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June 12, 2024 Leveraging research to optimise water programs for improved health outcomes in India
Closing the tap on disease (Image: Marlon Felippe; CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons)
June 4, 2024 Azolla pinnata, a floating water fern provides a unique environmentally friendly approach to mitigate the negative impacts of oil spills and promote cleaner water bodies.
Azolla pinnata, water fern that drinks oils (Image Source: Yercaud-elango via Wikimedia Commons)
May 6, 2024 In our quest to spotlight dedicated entrepreneurs in the water sector, we bring you the inspiring story of Priyanshu Kamath, an IIT Bombay alumnus, who pivoted from a lucrative corporate career to tackle one of India's most intricate water quality challenges, that of pollution of its urban water bodies.
Innovative solutions to clean urban water bodies, Floating islands (Photo Credit: Priyanshu Kamath)
April 1, 2024 Decoding the problems and solutions related to stubble burning
Burning of rice residues after harvest, to quickly prepare the land for wheat planting, around Sangrur, Punjab (Image: 2011CIAT/NeilPalmer; CC BY-SA 2.0 DEED)
February 20, 2024 This study predicts that sewage will become the dominant source of nitrogen pollution in rivers due to urbanisation and insufficient wastewater treatment technologies and infrastructure in worse case scenario projections in countries such as India.
The polluted river Yamuna at Agra (Image Source: India Water Portal)
January 30, 2024 The workshop provided inputs into the newly formed committee for “Standard Operation Procedure for Quality Testing of Drinking Water Samples at Sources and Delivery Points”
Sector partners come together to supplement the efforts of the government on water quality and surveillance (Image: Barefoot Photographers of Tilonia)
Self reliance in water: A book by Indukanth Ragade
Self reliance in water, a practical manual for city and town dwellers by Indukanth Ragade, describes the what, why and how of the paths towards self-reliance in water. Posted on 21 Sep, 2012 03:39 AM

National water framework law – An explanatory note developed by the Sub-Group of Planning Commission’s Working Group on Water Governance for the Twelfth Plan
This note on the national water law provides an account of why a national water law is necessary Posted on 19 Sep, 2012 05:30 PM

This explanatory note by the Planning Commission on the national water law begins with an account of why a national water law is necessary.

India's first nationwide rural water quality survey to start from October: A compilation of top stories from water industry from newsletter- Droplets
This article by Sumathi Sivam includes a compilation of news from the newsletter Droplets Posted on 17 Sep, 2012 02:27 PM

What are the emerging trends in India’s water sector? The newsletter, Droplets by Everything About Water gives an overview of the current issues in the sector by giving brief description of recent developments in water industry, technologies, products, research, reports etc,.

Guidelines for the green development of Kerala - Draft report on the outcomes of the Kerala State Environmental Convention organised in Trivandrum (2nd and 3rd September 2012)
This report is an outcome of the two day Kerala Environmental Convention organised by the Kerala Paristhiti Aikya Vedi in Trivandrum Posted on 15 Sep, 2012 05:31 PM

This draft report by the Kerala Paristhithi Aikya Vedi is an outcome of the Kerala State Environmental Convention, a two day convention that was organised in Trivandrum, Kerala by calling upon various environmental and social organisations, concerned citizens, experts,  political leaders in the state to discuss the environmental crisis that the state has been facing in recent years.

The Karnataka Urban Water Sector Improvement Project: 24x7 water supply is achievable- Field note by Water and Sanitation Programme, World Bank
This field note describes how it is possible to deliver twenty four water supply through individual household connections to all residents Posted on 14 Sep, 2012 07:28 PM

This field note by the Water and Sanitation Program, describes how it is possible to deliver twenty four water supply through individual household connections to all residents.

"Methods in Environmental Health Research Impact Assessment: Exposure assessment as a tool", The Public Health Foundation of India, September 25-28, 2012, Gurgaon
Posted on 13 Sep, 2012 07:39 PM

Organiser: The Public Health Foundation of India

Venue: Indian Institute of Public Health
               Plot 34,
               Sector 44,
               Institutional area
              Gurgaon-122002

PHFI


The Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) is a public private initiative that has collaboratively evolved through consultations with multiple constituencies including Indian and international academia, state and central governments, multi & bi-lateral agencies and civil society groups. PHFI is a response to redress the limited institutional capacity in India for strengthening training, research and policy development in the area of Public Health.

Solar water purification system: A technology developed by Sustainable Living Centre, Puttaparthi, Andhra Pradesh
The 5 stage solar water purification system gives 1500 litres of drinking water in 24 hours in Puttapurhi, Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh Posted on 12 Sep, 2012 09:58 PM

The Sustainable Living Centre is located at Puttaparthi, Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh.  The 5 stage solar water purification system gives 1500 litres of drinking water in 24 hours, if it is running continuously and if it has a constant source of water supply connected to it.

Uniform drinking water quality monitoring protocol- Draft by Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation
This is a draft protocol on the monitoring the quality of the drinking water Posted on 12 Sep, 2012 12:15 PM

This document by the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation describes various elements of laboratory management practices that will ensure that the data generated is comparable and scientifically correct and is in a form that can then be used to result in intervent

Video interview with water expert Avinash Krishnamurthy - Beyond the tap - Managing our water resources
This video episode presents the views on what urban dwellers must do to manage the water in a sustainable and ecologically kinder manner Posted on 11 Sep, 2012 08:11 PM

 

Churning still water – Briefing paper by the Centre for Science and Environment on the state of urban water bodies, conservation and management in India
This briefing paper on the state of urban water bodies, conservation and management in India, has tried to bring out the threats to the urban water bodies in India Posted on 10 Sep, 2012 10:58 PM

Urban water bodies are encroached, full of sewage, garbage or just filled up and built over these days.

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