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March 15, 2024 A study by CEEW study indexes 503 urban local bodies from 10 states with a treated used water reuse policy. Haryana, Karnataka, Punjab are ahead in used water management in India.
Yelahanka water treatment plant (Image: India Water Portal Flickr)
August 10, 2023 This white paper reviews the current scenario of urban wastewater management in India, treatment and reuse solutions.
This is how wastewater is disposed in India (Image Source: Sangram Jadhav via Wikimedia Commons)
April 25, 2023 Heavy metals, physical and biological parameters were analysed in water, soil, and crops in Musi River basin
Musi is polluted due to municipal sewage and industrial wastewater (Image: Muhammed Mubashir, Wikimedia Commons)
March 29, 2023 Only 10 states in India have treated wastewater reuse policies so far
Sewage treatment plant in Kavoor, Mangalore (Image: Asian Development Bank; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
October 6, 2022 In an effort to inform the general public, especially citizen activists, policymakers, researchers, and students, about the current status of the Vrishabhavathi river, Paani.Earth has created the necessary maps, data, analysis, and information to drive conservation awareness and action around the river.
Vrishabhavathi river (Image Source: Paani.Earth)
November 21, 2019 A report by NIUA brings to light the chinks in Jaipur's sewage system and suggests some solutions.
Routine check done by the sewage treatment plant staff in Delawas, Jaipur. The plant is part of the ADB best practices projects list. (Image: Asian Development Bank, Flickr Commons)
Call for Admissions for Graduate Program of Water Science and Policy 2018 at Shiv Nadar University
A first of its kind academic program offering a multi-disciplinary perspective on water with a special focus on policy and practical solutions.
Posted on 08 May, 2018 03:59 PM

Entering its second year, the Graduate Program of Water Science and Policy 2018 at Shiv Nadar University envisages a multi-disciplinary classroom, engagement and content delivered by some of the best minds globally – experts on water who have worked on ground realities, made policies and initiated change.

Corporate hand in sustainable WASH
While Swachh Bharat Mission is focused on improving sanitation in the country, an ODF India remains a distant dream. Can corporate contribution ease the sanitation challenges India faces? Posted on 07 May, 2018 11:34 AM

Despite making sanitation a national priority with Swachh Bharat Mission, 50 percent of India defecated in the open till 2014. The goal to make India open defecation free by 2019 seemed ambitious. The government provided funding but it also sought active participation from the corporate sector.

Without behaviour change, toilet infrastructure created will remain only structures that will never be used. (Image: India Water Portal)
Sewage management: Govt’s elephant in the room
Swachh Bharat Mission: Could the most ambitious cleanliness campaign in Indian history also be the most expensive failure? Posted on 06 May, 2018 11:25 AM

India’s sanitation crisis involves huge cost. Transforming the country’s sanitation and waste management by 2019 is tall order.

Sewage treatment plant in Kavoor, Mangalore installed under the Karnataka Urban Development and Coastal Environmental Management Project. (Image: Asian Development Bank)
Seven reasons why Bengaluru can still run out of water
Citizen Matters looks at what the city should do to manage its water better. Posted on 05 Apr, 2018 03:20 PM

A recent BBC report projected that Bengaluru will run out of water soon.

Image courtesy bwssb.org
IFAT India 2018 - India's Leading Trade Fair for Water, Sewage, Solid Waste and Recycling,October 15 -17, 2018.
A valuable opportunity to showcase products, technologies and new innovations.
Posted on 23 Mar, 2018 11:29 PM

On 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.

Citizens save polluted Bengaluru lake
One of the many polluted Bengaluru lakes, Gottigere lake is being revived, thanks to the intervention of some responsible citizens. Posted on 14 Mar, 2018 07:23 PM

Gottigere lake used to be a major source of water for south Bangalore. Its overflow fed several other lakes in the area. It was also the reason why so many people bought apartments nearby.

Gottigere residents gather to clean the lake. (Pic courtesy: 101Reporters)
Delhi to take Haryana to court over Yamuna pollution
News this week Posted on 13 Feb, 2018 12:50 PM

Delhi to take Haryana to court over increased ammonia levels in Yamuna

Frothing Yamuna (Picture courtesy: The Indian Express)
SuSanA India Chapter Meeting on 21st February 2018 / ISC Insight Series on ‘Tourism and Sanitation’ on 20th February 2018 / Training on SFD preparation on 19th February, in Goa, India
Registrations now open
Posted on 08 Feb, 2018 01:46 PM

SuSanA (Sustainable Sanitation Alliance) is an informal network of people and organisations who share a common vision on sustainable sanitation and who want to contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, in particular SDG6.

Image courtesy SuSanA India Chapter
Book Release and Discussion on ‘Alternative Futures: India Unshackled’, a book edited by Ashish Kothari and K. J. Joy
The book is a collection of 35 essays containing dreams, visions, and pathways of reaching a just and sustainable India.
Posted on 22 Jan, 2018 10:40 AM

Alternative Futures: India Unshackled is a riveting new book that brings together scenarios of an India that is politically and socially egalitarian, radically democratic, economically sustainable and equitable, and socio-culturally diverse and harmonious.

Alternative Futures: India Unshackled
A remarkable, first-ever collection of 35 essays on India’s future, by a diverse set of authors – activists, researchers, media practitioners. Posted on 22 Jan, 2018 10:39 AM

Alternative Futures: India Unshackled is a book that brings together scenarios of an India that is politically and socially egalitarian, radically democratic, economically sustainable and equitable, and socio-culturally diverse and harmonious.

Alternative Futures: India Unshackled
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