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Wastewater
Rs. 20,000 crore sanctioned for Ganga clean-up
Posted on 19 May, 2015 09:17 AMCentre okays Rs 20,000 crore for the 'Namami Gange' programme
![Ganga river at Varanasi](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9416529216_7b33145664_z_2.jpg?itok=t4bWRwoK)
India readies for a poor monsoon due to strong possibility of El Nino
Posted on 18 May, 2015 08:59 PMIndia prepares to fight the impacts of El Nino
![IMD predicts strong El Nino (Source: MSN Weather)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/8b6194db8b950dfdc5b48d52fc67_0.jpg?itok=Ns-40A6R)
Task force appointed to forge consenus on river interlinking
Posted on 20 Apr, 2015 09:22 PMCentre appoints task force, with an aim to speed up implementation of river interlinking
![River interlinking (Source: AmyNorth)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/interlinking2.jpg?itok=ZliHN7Nn)
Swachh Punjab' is a stinking reality
Posted on 13 Apr, 2015 12:54 PMWhenever Nachatar Singh’s wife and children fall sick, he blames it on the groundwater they pull out everyday using a hand pump in his courtyard at Veere Wala Kalan village of Faridkot district. Singh swears that the problem started only recently. “The same tap used to fetch such good quality water thanks to seepage from the Gang canal which runs around 1 km from our place.
![Not much distance between toilet and water source](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/handpump_0.jpg?itok=ZMm-Gswc)
Kashmir under danger of floods
Posted on 31 Mar, 2015 12:30 AMFear of floods looms over Kashmir again
![Landslide and a flooded river](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/10371783924_886720b442_z.jpg?itok=-Ylq5P_R)
Constructed wetlands as a cost effective cleaning option
Posted on 25 Mar, 2015 01:18 PMHyderabad, which is India's fourth largest city, has a population of almost 7 million. The Musi river, originating from the Anantagiri hills, divides the city into north and south. The River flows through the city and joins the Krishna in Nalgonda.
![Musi river (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/musi_river.jpg?itok=6rE7kEvA)
Water Man of India wins 2015 Stockholm Water Prize
Posted on 23 Mar, 2015 09:04 PMRajendra Singh is the 2015 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate
![The Water Man of India (Source: SIWI)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/20150322raj300.jpg?itok=TI2CFpw3)
Are there solutions to epidemics from water-borne diseases?
Posted on 02 Mar, 2015 10:06 PMBetween May and December 2014, 17 deaths were registered in Sambalpur due to jaundice but residents say that the death toll due to water-borne diseases is much more than that. In January 2015, the Odisha High Court issued a notice to the state government asking it to furnish details on the steps taken to check the Jaundice outbreak in Sambalpur.
What is Jaundice?
![Polluted water in Sambalpur, Odisha](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0014.jpg?itok=kPzZmURh)
Water Untouched: A film on Dalits' lack of access
Posted on 19 Feb, 2015 08:59 AM“The Dalits of this country get access to water on the goodwill of the dominant caste. Water to untouchables is still miles away,” says Goldy M George, a Dalit activist and an expert on Dalit rights.
![A Dalit woman in Ekta Nagar, Raipur](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0144tps.jpg?itok=YnuOr5G-)
Invitation to the National Seminar on 'Water Conservation and Rainwater Harvesting', Indian Water Works Association, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Posted on 18 Feb, 2015 04:17 PMIndian Water Works Association in collaboration with Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai and SGGS Institute of Engineering and Technology, Nanded is orgainising a national seminar on 'Water Conservation and Rainwater Harvesting' at IIT Bombay.
For more details, download the event brochure and registration form attached below.