India

H2S Strip test and SODIS for testing water purity
H2S Strip test and SODIS for testing water purity Posted on 13 Jan, 2008 11:47 AM

 

Two simple technologies for water purity:

"Bringing Home rain" : A film on rainwater harvesting in Kannada and Tamil
"Bringing Home rain" : A film on rainwater harvesting in Kannada and Tamil Posted on 11 Jan, 2008 05:59 AM

 

Report on the CII-GBC National Award for Excellence in Water Management 2007, by S Vishwanath
S.Vishwanath, who was on the jury panel, reports on the National Award for Excellence in Water Management 2007, competition organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry. Posted on 11 Jan, 2008 01:19 AM


As the Indian economy grows at a rapid 9 per cent, the use of water by industries will also grow at 9 per cent. While agricultural use of water will continue to remain the largest consumer, it is expected that the demand from industries will show a rapid increase. Industries demand water at a point and also discharge water at a point and therefore sustainable management of water by industries is not only crucial to the industry itself but to the neighbourhood where the ind ustry is located. The Confederation of Indian Industries , CII , recently organised its National Award for Excellence in Water Management 2007 competition in the Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre in Hyderabad (http://www.ciionline.org/, www.ciigbc.org) . A range of industries participated in the competition organised in two categories - 'Within the fence' and 'Beyond the fence'. The way many industries highlighted their projects was an indication on how serious they consider the management of water resources. That it is identified as one of the key resources, apart from energy to be looked at as a critical input for sustaining growth, doesn't come as a surprise. Source to sink

Bali Climate Change Meet: Better than expected, less than needed
Bali Climate Change Meet: Better than expected, less than needed
Posted on 17 Dec, 2007 11:46 PM

Not much was expected of the UN Climate Change Conference that took place in Bali, Indonesia, since developed and developing nations have been at loggerheads over a range of interrelated issues since the earlier Kyoto Conference: setting hard targets for greenhouse gas emission reductions, funding afforestation efforts in the developing world, deciding who should cut back more or pay more for damage repair , historical offenders in the developed world or newly emerging villains in the developing and so on. Besides, the Bali meet was only going to consider the idea of negotiating further on these issues.

Excerpt from CSE's latest film on the rich man's excreta and poor man's water
Excerpt from CSE's latest film on the rich man's excreta and poor man's water
Posted on 15 Dec, 2007 07:35 AM

To quote : "CSE's latest film shows the relationship between rich man's shit and

"Water Conflicts in India" - New book
"Water Conflicts in India" - New book Posted on 10 Dec, 2007 12:25 PM

conflicts_cover.bmp "Water Conflicts in India: Million Revolts in the Making" Edited by K.J.Joy, Biksham Gujja, Suhas Paranjpye, Vinod Goud, S

Documents released by Water Aid on the occasion of World Toilet Day
Documents released by Water Aid on the occasion of World Toilet Day Posted on 22 Nov, 2007 10:19 AM

Two useful documents from Water Aid (www.wateraid.org) released on the occasion of World Toilet Day.

Opening for India Program Director in a reputed international organisation
Posted on 19 Nov, 2007 10:39 AM

Third Sector Partners (www.thirdsectorpartners.com) has been retained by a large and reputed international organization working on issues related to water, sanitation and hygiene, to recruit a Program Director for its India program. The charity's mission is to ensure provision of safe and effective water and sanitation for poor and marginalized communities.

Cloud seeding for increasing rainfall
WATER SCARCITY CAN BE AVOIDED BY CLOUD SEEDING THAT INCREASES ANNUAL RAINFALL BY ABOUT 25% Posted on 16 Nov, 2007 08:18 PM

Due to the heat from the Sun the water in the rivers, lakes and Oceans becomes water vapour. As this hot moist air rises into the sky the temperature gets reduced at 7oC per km height in the sky.

Hydrology links compiled by C.P Kumar of NIH, Roorkee
Hydrology links compiled by C.P Kumar of NIH, Roorkee Posted on 16 Nov, 2007 09:47 AM

C.P. Kumar of the National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee provides a list of web communities on hydrology:

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