Critical issues for sustainability of River Ganga- Need inputs to formulate strategy

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Lalit Joshi, Ganga Sewa Mission, New Delhi

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Ganga Seva Mission is a nationwide movement to ensure uninterrupted free and…

Information on the role of rag pickers and manual scavengers in small & medium towns

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Nidhi Singh Batra, Society for Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA)

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This study on the ‘Role of Informal Recyclers in Small…

Need information on organisations and individuals working on groundwater in urban areas

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Harshvardhan Dhawan, Arghyam

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Arghyam has engaged in various discussions on urban water related issues and has found that…

Water quality analysis laboratories in Assam- How to improve their effectiveness ?

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Runti Choudhury, IIT Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam

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Runti is with IIT Guwahati and is presently working on a UNICEF - IIT…

What are the documents required for obtaining a new water connection for a flat in Hyderabad

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I would like to know the essential documents required to be attached to the application seeking  a water connection to a newly constructed apartment in Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh). What…

Need solution for lifting water from a 250 ft deep bore

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We have dug a borewell at 250 ft depth with water level at 180 feet, 4.5" dia for domestic purpose. The bore company representatives said that at 250ft depth, the bore is surrunded by…

Suggest a suitable motor to extract water from a bore of 465 ft depth

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We have dug a bore, 465 feet deep, 3 days ago. It was observed by the bore company that there are three sources of water one at 60 feet, two @ 100 feet and three @ 330 ft. Kindly…

Need suggestions to setup a sea water treatment plant

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I am thinking on setting up a seawater treatment plant i.e., conversion of sea water to drinking water or utility water. I stay in a place close to Bay of Bengal. Please suggest on…

Is a softener required for water used for washing purposes?

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We are an apartment of 41 flats (including Row Houses) in Pune. We use borewell water for non-drinking purposes. We have two borewells.  We have tested the water and the report is up…

Need data on location of public toilets in India

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I would like to know if there is a way to access data on location of public toilets via GPS Latitude / Longitude ? I am thinking of a mobile application based on this data. Please…

Need some clarifications on my borewell?

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We have dug a borewell, 1100 ft and found 1 inch of water at 250 ft. Please suggest

  1.  Do I have enough water in the borewell for a family?
  2. Can I conduct borehole camera…
Solution for replacing sheet metal casing with pvc casing in the borewell

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We have a  6" borewell used for domestic purpose, which was about 200 feet deep and sheet metal casing pipe till 32 feet drilled in the year 2003. Recently we felt that  sewage water…

Need suggestions for choosing a water filter in an apartment

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I live in an apartment which receives municipal (BWSSB) water and also has a borewell. Water received has undesirable impurities lime dust and occassionally we see worms. Water is…

Need solutions to prevent clogging of water meter in apartment

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We have installed water meter in our apartment in Bangalore (Kadubeesanahalli area). Our aim is to reduce the water consumption at individual level. We are going to start the billing,…

How many water tanks are allowed per flat in an apartment complex according to the norms?

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I have bought a flat on the top floor of the building with roof rights. There are 3 flats below my flat. Each flat has put two water storage tanks on the roof to which only I have…

Need more details on solid rain

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I came to know about solid rain and found it so amazing. I have sufficient land here in India and would like to test this product. Due to drought in my village I am unable to…

Suggestions for treating slaughter house waste

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We have a slaughter house. Please suggest an economical solution to treat the blood and half digested waste (9k to 10k .ltr perday…

What could be the reason for tube well motor getting jammed often?

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The tubewell motor always gets jammed every 2-3 months once. Can anyone suggest what could be the reason?

Suggestion on purification of borewell water for drinking purpose

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Our source of water is borewell which is contaminated. It has TDS approx. 895 ppm and total hardness approx. 600 ppm. The silicia content is aprox. 105 ppm. What would be the best way…

Need suggestion to choose the right water purifier for drinking purpose

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I live near Pune city. The water is suppled by grampanchayat. Bleaching powder is used for chlorination of this water, TDS is in the range of 180 to 220 ppm. Please suggest a good…

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