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Contamination, Pollution and Quality
India’s rivers in trouble due to high fertilizer load and heavy monsoons
Posted on 11 Aug, 2022 10:59 AMAgricultural intensification in India has increased nitrogen pollution, leading to water quality impairments. The fate of reactive nitrogen applied to the land is largely unknown, however. Long-term records of riverine nitrogen fluxes are nonexistent and drivers of variability remain unexamined, limiting the development of nitrogen management strategies.
![Around the world, more than a fifth of nitrogen released by human activity ends up in aquatic ecosystems (Image: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-08/cauvery.jpg?itok=eSPMnJlQ)
Willingness to pay for arsenic-safe drinking water
Posted on 22 Jul, 2022 09:35 PMLack of access to safe drinking water is a daunting development challenge and a quarter of individuals globally do not have access to safe drinking water in their homes.
![Tubewell reported to have arsenic contamination (Image: India Water Portal Flickr)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-07/arsenic.jpg?itok=S8fv-CKC)
Poisoned waters of Delhi
Posted on 20 Jul, 2022 02:34 PMProvision of safe drinking water continues to be a challenge in developing countries and microbial contamination of water can lead to a number of waterborne diseases. Studies in India show that access to tap water may not guarantee that it is safe to drink.
![What's in your tap water (Image Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-07/DW1.jpg?itok=-5GQIYgi)
Ichamati: River of poetry is dying a slow death
Posted on 14 Jul, 2022 07:01 PMRiver Ichamati is venerated as a living entity and its fertile flood plains have been catering to the expanding human-mediated demands apart from harbouring an enormous assemblage of aquatic flora and fauna.
![Illegal transverse check dams (Badhals) built on Ichamati near a village in Basirhat (Image: Prithviraj Nath @ TheWaterChronicles)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-07/lead.jpg?itok=Zvps0qhG)
Warming waters will lead to gasping rivers in India
Posted on 08 Jul, 2022 03:33 PMRiver water temperature, dissolved oxygen and river health, the linkages
River Water Temperature (RWT), and Dissolved Oxygen (DO) are crucial indicators of the water quality of rivers and determine the health of the river and its ecosystem.
![The Karamana river in Thiruvanathapuram, Kerala (Image Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-07/karamana.jpg?itok=qTTUfexS)
Poisoned waters, threatened lives
Posted on 05 Jul, 2022 11:58 PMNon carcinogenic health effects of groundwater contamination are equally challenging as the carcinogenic risks.
![POisoned waters, dangerous outcomes (Image Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-07/groundwater_decline.jpg?itok=EvV5iKBc)
Extreme events take 231 lives during pre-monsoon: IMD
Posted on 28 Jun, 2022 02:34 PMIMD seasonal analysis shows 231 lives lost during the pre-monsoon season due to extreme weather events
![Floods during pre-monsoon season claim 81 lives this year. Photo for representation only (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-06/9319697485_dfcb31cdcc_c.jpg?itok=Za1uFVfN)
Poisoned wetlands, toxic fish
Posted on 27 Jun, 2022 12:23 PMThe East Kolkata Wetlands, often referred to as the ‘Kidneys of East Kolkata’, are located on the eastern periphery of Kolkata Metropolitan area and cover 12,500 hectares of area.
![Fishermen use wastewater in Kolkata to rear fish (Image Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-06/ekw.jpg?itok=tFASmtbe)
Certified Water Quality Management course by INREM Foundation
Posted on 26 Jun, 2022 05:59 PMAbout the course:
This course on Water Quality Management (WQM) is being organized by INREM Foundation along with Water Quality Network. The course is aimed at equipping participants towards the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) programme of Govt of India. The course is executed in English and Hindi languages.
Improving India's poor environmental performance
Posted on 23 Jun, 2022 08:37 AMOn June 8, Yale University's Center for Environmental Law and Policy and Columbia University's Center for International Earth Science Information Network released a report of the Environmental Performance Index 2022. India ranked lowest among the 180 countries considered, lagging behind Myanmar at 179, Vietnam (178), Bangladesh (177) and Pakistan (176).
![As per the EPI 2022 deteriorating air quality and rapidly increasing greenhouse gas emissions are the primary reasons behind the country's low score (Image: Rawpixel)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-06/pollution.jpg?itok=EJcCbrQo)