West Bengal
Model Groundwater Bill lays responsibility for protecting the resource from contamination primarily with the states concerned - Roundup of the week’s news (March 11- March 17, 2013)
Posted on 18 Mar, 2013 05:23 PMthe drought situation in Maharashtra, the traditional rainwater harvesting system in Rajasthan. Besides this, the news also includes reports on the campaign to save the Loktak lake in Assam and mangroves in Sundarbans, the water supply schemes in Kerala and the dropping of groundwater levels in India
New bill to control groundwater exploitation
Training on springs and springshed development in the Himalayas, People's Science Institute, Kalimpong, West Bengal, April 25-29 2013
Posted on 16 Mar, 2013 04:37 PMOrganizers
How do groundwater irrigation and energy supply influence each other ? - Talks from the IWMI-Tata Annual Partners' Meet held at Anand in November 2012
Posted on 10 Mar, 2013 01:03 PMIndia is the world's largest consumer of groundwater where it is extensively used for irrigation. However, there is a considerable waste of this valuable resource. While a part of this waste can be attributed to a lack of incentive for conservation, unmetered electricity supply contributes greatly to this problem. This has led to the formation of what is being termed an energy-irrigation nexus.
Several sessions at the IWMI-Tata Annual Partners' Meet in 2012 discussed this phenomenon, its causes, impact and possible management strategies.
Green Sanitation Foundation, an NGO in Kolkata develops biotoilets, a unique toilet technology
Posted on 21 Jan, 2013 12:01 PMBiotoilets are biological toilets, named so because they convert human waste into non toxic, non contaminating water compatible with environmental standards, through application of multi strain bacteria culture, using aerobic forms of bacteria.
Water, sanitation and health situation in select villages of Nadia district, West Bengal
Posted on 13 Jan, 2013 03:45 PMGuest post: Veena Khanduri, India Water Partnership
The Gangetic river basin in Eastern India receives heavy monsoon rainfall, much higher than the rest of India. Nonetheless, the region suffers from both the problem of year round water availability as well as poor quality of drinking water. Due to excessive exploitation, the groundwater aquifers in the region have been depleting alarmingly, surface water is highly limited & poorly maintained and consequently cannot count up as a major source of safe drinking water.
Splash invites applications for the post of Country Director - India
Posted on 17 Nov, 2012 02:27 PM
About Splash
Splash's mission is simple: To change the lives of vulnerable children in impoverished urban areas by providing clean, safe drinking water to orphanages, schools, children’s hospitals, street shelters, and rescue homes.
The idea behind Splash is not to create new institutions‚ÄĒbut to help existing ones get even better.
Prayasam-Using children as a vehicle for change
Posted on 17 Oct, 2012 12:47 PMAmlan Kusum Ganguly started Prayasam to touch lives and and make a difference. Troubled by the plight of children in brick kilns and slums and the widespread indifference towards sanitation, clean drinking water and health, Amlan Ganguly and his organization decided to target the young to educate slum –dwellers.
Living rivers, dying rivers:Rivers of West Bengal, Orissa & Indus system
Posted on 13 Oct, 2012 11:15 PMWest Bengal rivers
Bikramgarh Jheel in Kolkata, gets a new lease of life
Posted on 12 Oct, 2012 12:15 AMIn a city where land prices are climbing up by the day, and homes must be constructed for a growing population on scarce land, water-bodies are falling prey to the avaricious schemes of land-sharks. But as water-bodies disappear, groundwater levels fall.