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Geogenic Contamination
First water atlas of the Himalayas launched during COP 21
Posted on 16 Dec, 2015 10:21 AMFirst water atlas of the Himalayas launched in Paris
![View of the Himalayas from Dhulikhel, Nepal (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/8495303300_70b23d61f7_z.jpg?itok=vwW6yeao)
Uttarakhand finally recognises the land rights of three villages displaced by Tehri dam
Posted on 01 Dec, 2015 08:44 PMThree villages displaced by Tehri dam finally recognised as revenue villages
![Tehri dam in the lean season (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/tehri_0_0.jpg?itok=P4N5GV2F)
Rooftop rainwater harvesting at Chhattisgarh school reduces absenteeism
Posted on 02 Nov, 2015 01:00 PMChhattisgarh ranked number 1 in the country for providing domestic water connections in 2014-15 under the National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP).
![Rainwater harvesting tank at Madiya Kachar village school](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0037s.jpg?itok=iA7pgQ98)
UNESCO Workshop on 'Ensuring Water Security in Changing Environment Scenario for Water Professionals of Cluster Countries'
Posted on 27 Oct, 2015 10:44 AMA regional capacity development workshop on ‘Ensuring Water Security in Changing Environment Scenario for Water Professionals of South Asian Countries’ sponsored by UNESCO is being organized jointly by IIT Bombay, NIH Bho
India's urban water systems: Challenges and way forward
Posted on 13 Oct, 2015 07:03 PMCurrent evidence shows that the number of people living in urban areas in India is expected to more than double and grow to around 800 million by 2050, which will pose unprecedented challenges for water management in the country. The paper titled 'Urban water systems in India: Typologies and hypothesis' published in the
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Catch them young: Treating children affected by fluorosis
Posted on 05 Oct, 2015 05:59 PMFluorosis is a cowardly disease; it selectively preys upon the most vulnerable and renders them even more fragile.
![Several young children in Jhabua suffer from skeletal fluorosis (Source: INREM Foundation)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/skeletal_fluorosis_inrem.jpg?itok=Ltpdcd8C)
From suspecting black magic to diagnosing fluorosis: Madhya Pradesh's struggle
Posted on 02 Oct, 2015 12:08 PMIt was 1995.
![The use of borewells in fluoride-affected areas, such as this one in Dhar, is one of the primary reasons for fluorosis. (Source: Chicu Lokgariwar)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dhar_004.jpg?itok=D0DA94rG)
National Seminar on "Fluorosis in Developing Countries: Early Detection, Prevention and Mitigating Measures"
Posted on 11 Sep, 2015 09:29 AMThe Department of Civil Engineering of Sri Krishna College of Technology, Kovaipudur, Coimbatore is organizing a one day National Seminar on “FLUOROSIS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: EARLY DETECTION, PREVENTION AND MITIGATING MEASURES” on September 14th 2015. The seminar is sponsored by Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi.
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)
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)