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Urban Water
Down in the dumps: Delhi’s waste pickers’ saga
Posted on 10 Apr, 2018 04:05 PMEight-year-old Meera (name changed) got ill after eating filthy food remains from a dump at Mansarovar park in Delhi. Children like her work in filthy environments, rummaging through hazardous waste with bare hands and feet. They play in these dumping ground strewn with syringes, scrap iron, rotting waste, solid and liquid household waste.
![Waste pickers face harrowing occupational hazards and are exposed to toxins in the absence of protective gear. (Image: Ted Mathys, 2009)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/ted_mathys_2009_ap_fellow._partner_chintan_0.jpg?itok=HoEY3Axg)
East Kolkata Wetlands found to trap sewage carbon
Posted on 10 Apr, 2018 10:21 AMEast Kolkata Wetlands found to lock down over 60 percent carbon from the wastewater it receives
![Fishermen rear fish in wastewater from the wetlands.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/east_kolkata_wetlands.jpg?itok=CAHNPzya)
Seven reasons why Bengaluru can still run out of water
Posted on 05 Apr, 2018 03:20 PMA recent BBC report projected that Bengaluru will run out of water soon.
![Image courtesy bwssb.org](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/bwssb_water-678x381.jpg?itok=vIE8DQf4)
TN approaches SC over Cauvery Management Board
Posted on 03 Apr, 2018 11:35 AMTamil Nadu seeks contempt action against the Centre for not constituting the Cauvery Management Board
![Cauvery Management Board yet to be constituted by the Centre. (Picture courtesy: NDTV)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/cauvery-ndtv_0.jpg?itok=fSQ8h0SB)
Rivers around holy cities teem with faecal coliform
Posted on 03 Apr, 2018 11:22 AMFaecal coliform contamination found to be significantly higher in rivers around holy sites
![Ganga in Varanasi (Photo courtesy: Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/varanasi_ghats_0_0.jpg?itok=WfDPUGEx)
Is your bottled water safe to drink?
Posted on 27 Mar, 2018 01:50 PMIt is a fairly common practice among people to buy bottled drinking water while travelling in India with the hope that it will minimise the risk of getting ill due to contaminated water. But is this water safe to drink?
![Many illegal bottled water manufacturers exist in the market. (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/bottled_water_3.jpg?itok=CG7ROdD8)
India plans to route water from Sharda to Yamuna
Posted on 27 Mar, 2018 04:42 AMIndia seeks to bring water from Nepal's Sharda river to supplement Yamuna near Delhi
![Yamuna turns into a sewer at many areas. (Picture courtesy: The Indian Express)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/yamuna_sewage.jpg?itok=XWHh2Ji0)
IFAT India 2018 - India's Leading Trade Fair for Water, Sewage, Solid Waste and Recycling,October 15 -17, 2018.
Posted on 23 Mar, 2018 11:29 PMOn the completion of five successful consecutive editions of IFAT India, IFAT India has now established itself as India's leading trade fair for Water, Sewage, Solid Waste and Recycling. This show will provide opportunities to the attendees to display their products, technologies and new innovations in front of potential customers and to meet with key decision makers and partners.
No water for irrigation from Sardar Sarovar dam
Posted on 20 Mar, 2018 12:20 PMFarmers anxious as government stops water supply from the Sardar Sarovar dam for irrigation
![Sardar Sarovar canal (Picture courtesy: Wikimedia commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sardar_sarovar_canal_with_flow.jpg?itok=N2aS30O8)
Plastic ban in place, Maharashtra to encourage recycling
Posted on 20 Mar, 2018 11:49 AMMaharashtra makes it mandatory for dairies and milk retailers to repurchase poly packs for recycling
![Ban on plastics to be implemented in phases in Maharashtra. (Picture courtesy: Indian Express)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/plastic_ban.jpg?itok=35K0QYbd)