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Surface Water
Floods can pollute groundwater
Posted on 03 Nov, 2017 02:56 PMIn December of 2015, when Chennai was flooded and people were marooned, a team of scientists from Anna University was collecting groundwater samples along the Adyar river to investigate if the groundwater in this region was fit for human consumption.
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The jewels of Pardi Kupi
Posted on 03 Nov, 2017 05:15 AMPearl farmer Sanjay Gandate (33) was waiting for my arrival at his house in Pardi Kupi in the Naxal-affected Gadchiroli district in Maharashtra. I had missed my early morning bus to Pardi Kupi and took an autorickshaw instead to reach the village. Sanjay greeted me and took me to Wainganga river.
![Clams in Wainganga river (Source: India water portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0033tps_0.jpg?itok=L_l9mA2S)
Thermal power plants can now use more water
Posted on 31 Oct, 2017 09:04 PMNorms relaxed to allow thermal power plants to use more water
![An NTPC thermal plant (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9370453956_17dc80bf5b_z_1_1.jpg?itok=eV5RnaPU)
NCR water bodies disappearing due to urbanisation: Study
Posted on 31 Oct, 2017 08:42 PMStudy says 40 percent of NCR's water bodies lost to urbanisation in 42 years
![Barapullah drain in Delhi (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/barapullah_elevated_corridor_0.jpg?itok=h1muUn6-)
Refresher Course on “Hydrology of Floods”
Posted on 30 Oct, 2017 01:41 PM"Hydrology of Floods "
2018 SWAT International Conference in Chennai, India at Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Posted on 30 Oct, 2017 11:14 AMThe Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) is a river basin-scale model to simulate the quality and quantity of surface and ground water and predict the environmental impact of land management practices, Climate change on the water resources.
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Alaknanda leaves Uttarakhand villages high and dry
Posted on 27 Oct, 2017 08:17 PMThe river Alaknanda holds a special, sacred place for Indians. One of the two headstreams of the holiest river Ganga, Alaknanda originates from glaciers at the head of the Alaknanda valley in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district.
![Rajni Devi carries water to her home. (Source: 101Reporters)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/rsz_1photo_1_-_rajni_walks_home_with_a_bucket_of_water.jpg?itok=YISMCn2f)
Yamuna cleanup: NGT raps Delhi authorities
Posted on 25 Oct, 2017 10:38 AMNGT raps authorities for Yamuna cleanup in Delhi
![Children rummage through garbage near the Yamuna river. (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2935427348_b6fdcf3d09_z_1_1.jpg?itok=z-jNllvF)
Huge dam proposed in Arunachal
Posted on 25 Oct, 2017 09:48 AMNiti Aayog proposes 300-metre high dam in Arunachal Pradesh
![A river in East Siang (Source: Wikimedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/800px-river_in_east_siang_district_arunachal_pradesh_2.jpg?itok=f7RtjCbo)
New guidelines for industries on groundwater use?
Posted on 17 Oct, 2017 02:14 PMNew guidelines proposed by the Centre on groundwater usage by industries
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