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June 12, 2024
The ripple effect of safe drinking water on health under Jal Jeevan Mission
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, a floating fern that drinks oil
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
Floating forward: An entrepreneur's tryst for 'clean-water' bodies
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
FAQ - Stubble burning in India: Causes, effects, and solutions
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
Sewage will overtake agriculture as the biggest polluter of river sub basins in India
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
Sustaining water quality in water supply initiatives
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)
Right to Water and Sanitation - Visioning and strategy planning meeting - India WASH Forum - FANSA FORUM - WaterAid (2009)
A report on the workshop organised by FANSA, FORUM & WaterAid
Forum for Policy Dialogue and Water Conflicts in India (FORUM)
Freshwater Action Network South Asia (FANSA)
India Wash Forum
WaterAid
Posted on 16 Dec, 2009 04:14 PM

This report describes the proceedings of a workshop organised on the 5th of August 2009 at New Delhi, by the Freshwater Action Network South Asia (FANSA), the Forum for Policy Dialogue and Water Conflicts in India (FORUM), India WASH Forum and WaterAid.

The crisis of providing safe and affordable drinking water, as well as meeting the water requirements for livelihoods and infrastructure for rural and urban sanitation in India, is becoming acute by the day. In this context, ensuring the right of citizens to drinking water and sanitation, can be an important policy initiative to help improve the overall situation.

11th World Filtration Congress, Austrian Chemical Society GOCH, APRIL 16-20, 2012 in Graz, Austria
Posted on 04 Dec, 2009 06:40 PM

Organizer: Austrian Chemical Society GOCH

Venue: Graz -World Heritage Site

WFC 11
Filtech 2011 Wiesbaden Germany
Posted on 04 Dec, 2009 06:37 PM

Filtech 2011 March 22. – 24. 2011, Wiesbaden, Germany
Speakers and presentations of WHSC 2009 day 3 : Ashok Jaitly talks about the policy issues on water conservation
WHSC 2009- Discussions and presentations by various speakers on water policy, rainwater harvesting techniques and Sulabh experience in sanitation
Praveena Sridhar
Posted on 26 Nov, 2009 03:58 AM

Ashok Jaitly, Water Resources Department, TERI
Policy issues in water conservation

Habil Attarwala, Furaat Earth Ltd., Gujarat
Isotope fingerprinting of Ganga Basin groundwater : A presentation by Prof P.S.Dutta of IARI
A talk on Isotope fingerprinting of Ganga Basin groundwater to protect it from vulnerability to depletion and pollution with gripping scientific findings
Prof. P.S. Datta
Posted on 25 Nov, 2009 05:43 AM

One of the most grippping and intensly scientific presentation at WHSC has been this one, by Prof. P.S. Datta of the Nuclear Research Laboratory, IARI. Groundwater can be studied in its entirety by profiling the isotopes of water.
Speakers and presentations of the WHSC 2009 Day 2 : Rajendra Singh emphasises the need for decentralized water management
A compilation of presentations during the WHSC 2009
Praveena Sridhar
Posted on 24 Nov, 2009 05:11 AM

Rajendra Singh

 

 
Accessing safe drinking water during floods in North Bihar - Case study from the work of Megh Pyne Abhiyan
A case study documenting Megh Pyne Abhiyan's work in organising access to safe drinking water for rural communities during the 2006 and 2007 floods in North Bihar
Eklavya Prasad
Megh Pyne Abhiyan
Posted on 19 Nov, 2009 03:20 PM

This case study published in Yojana documents Megh Pyne Abhiyan's work in organising access to safe drinking water for rural communities during the 2006 and 2007 floods in North Bihar. As a result of the Abhiyan's work, approximately 13000 and 36000 people accepted and accessed rainwater as a safe drinking water during the North Bihar floods of 2006 and 2007 respectively. Using rain water for drinking led to significant improvement in health indicators and flood-related deaths and sickness, as well as reduction in health expenditure.

International Symposium on Trace Organic Pollutants , Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapalli
Posted on 18 Nov, 2009 04:01 PM

Symposium details in brief :

Aim: To discuss findings about all recent trace organic pollutants in the environment, its source, effects, and  control stragies.  Bioremediation of sites polluted with organic pollutants will also be emphasized.
Salinity mitigation by industry - A case study of Ambuja Cements Limited - Junagadh
This presentation describes the work of Ambuja Cements Limited, in managing salinity in groundwater, as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility initiative, in coastal Junagadh region of Gujarat.
Ambuja Cements Limited
Posted on 17 Nov, 2009 05:47 PM

Water harvesting and conservation work was taken up through building check dams, rooftop rainwater harvesting, building percolation and drinking water wells, deepening of ponds, micro-irrigation, cropping pattern interventions and more.
A community based self-sustained safe drinking water program - An industry case study from the work of BOSCH Limited - Jaipur
This presentation describes the work of BOSCH Jaipur, in organising safe drinking water for about 4000 families, around Jaipur, through the set up of a de-flouridation plant.
BOSCH
Posted on 17 Nov, 2009 05:38 PM

 

This work won the CII-GBC National Award (Beyond the Fence Category) for Excellence in Water Management in 2008.

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