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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)
Sanawar school makes good use of its sewage
The Lawrence School, Sanawar, couldn't meet its water requirements until it implemented a wastewater recycling program within its campus. It is now water-surplus.
P K Sharma
H Romana
Posted on 20 Sep, 2013 04:46 PM

If you visit Shimla during the summers, you will notice people being asked to use water judiciously. You will likely see tankers queue up around residential areas as the supply from the municipal corporation declines. Why would a hill station that is fed by mountain rivers and overlooked by glorious snow peaks face water scarcity?
The Lawrence School, Sanawar. Source: Pankaj Sapru
Vacancy for the posts of Hygiene Program Manager & Partner Support Coordinator, Splash, Kolkatta
Splash's mission is to change the lives of vulnerable children in impoverished urban areas by providing clean drinking water.
Posted on 19 Sep, 2013 05:13 PM

For more information on the post of 'Hygiene Program Manager', please click here and for the post of 'Partner Support Coordinator', click here.
Invite to training programme ' Water Educator Training (WET) -2013', VIKSAT, Ahmedabad, December 12-20, 2013
A residential training programme for working towards sustainable development, to create and nurture a cadre of educators for better understanding of water and WASH issues.
Posted on 19 Sep, 2013 04:44 PM

The training programme brochure and the application form may both be downloaded from below.

For more information on Vikram Sarabhai Centre for Develoment Interaction (VIKSAT), please click here.
Invitation to a workshop on 'Urban Sanitation: Assessing priorities and options', Centre for Policy Research (CPR) and Centre de Sciences Humaines (CSH), New Delhi
A workshop that seeks to provoke public discussion on issues relating to the development of the city addressing all its facets including its administration, culture, economy, society & politics.
Posted on 17 Sep, 2013 05:44 PM

For details on the workshop, please click here.
Centre for Policy Research (CPR), New Delhi
Gulf of Kutch is India's first marine eco-sensitive zone
Policy Matters this week - Gulf of Kutch is India's first marine eco zone, Environment Ministry wants cess for shale gas exploration and NGT directs waste-to-energy plant to control emissions.
Ravleen Kaur
Posted on 16 Sep, 2013 01:36 AM

Gulf of Kutch will be India's first marine eco-sensitive zone
No more effluent in the Gulf of Kutch (Wikipedia)
Chennai's disappearing 'Kazhiveli'
The swampy area of Pallikaranai, 20 km away from Chennai, has reduced from 5000 to 500 hectares in about 40 years. Despite it being made a partial Reserve Forest, it is under threat of dying out.
Seetha Gopalakrishnan
Posted on 16 Sep, 2013 12:37 AM

The term wetland is a bit difficult to understand. Is it land or water or land that is wet? It is likely this difficulty in comprehending the term that has led to the sad state of affairs for most wetlands in the country today.
Kazhiveli' of Pallikaranai near Chennai
Chromium contaminates Bangalore's drinking water
News this week - Chromium contaminates drinking water in Peenya industrial area, NEERI develops new technology to treat effluents and water crisis hits 22 big cities in India.
Ravleen Kaur
Posted on 15 Sep, 2013 05:24 PM

Chromium afflicts borewells in India's largest industrial area
Groundwater contamination (Source:Google Images)
Invitation for a seminar ' Save Ganga & Save Himalayas ', Save Ganga Movement, Mumbai, October 2, 2013
A free and frank critical discussion on ways and means to save the Ganga and the Himalayas through a Gandhian movement of non violence.
Posted on 12 Sep, 2013 12:22 PM

For more details on the meeting cum panel discussion, please click here.

Please see below for the attachments that provide more information on the invitation .
Save Ganga Movement
Ingenious system to manage sewage in Kolkata
Fisher folk of the East Kolkata Wetlands use sewage from the city’s lakes to rear fish. Watch an interview of the person who popularized this system that the locals invented years ago.
Usha Dewani
Posted on 11 Sep, 2013 08:48 PM

They take your pain and give you what you need. They will absorb the excess showers that our cities can’t handle and replenish water underground when our taps run dry. Often underestimated, these shallow water bodies are also home to countless life forms and serve as winter destinations for distant migratory birds. Blame me for being philosophical but I equate wetlands to mothers.
Fishermen use wastewater of Kolkata to rear fish
Food Security Bill sees light of the day
News this week - Lok Sabha passes the Food Security Bill, floods engulf Gujarat and India bans shark finning.
Ravleen Kaur
Posted on 01 Sep, 2013 10:28 PM

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Food security bill passed
Affordable food for all (Source: Google Images)
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