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September 9, 2022
Creating jobs while managing air quality
Highlights from a new report released by iFOREST
An old coal-fired power plant has been dumping vast quantities of ash out in the open for many years. (Image: Lundrim Aliu/ World Bank; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
August 27, 2022
Himalayan lakes can potentially become long-term sinks of microplastics
Study looks at microplastic types in lakes of Ladakh
(Vinay Goel, Wikimedia Commons)
August 11, 2022
India’s rivers in trouble due to high fertilizer load and heavy monsoons
This could lead to water quality crisis reinforcing the need for basin-specific management strategies
Around the world, more than a fifth of nitrogen released by human activity ends up in aquatic ecosystems (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
July 14, 2022
Ichamati: River of poetry is dying a slow death
The river is faced with the dual problem of flood plain encroachment and growing levels of water pollution
Illegal transverse check dams (Badhals) built on Ichamati near a village in Basirhat (Image: Prithviraj Nath @ TheWaterChronicles)
June 13, 2022
Forecasting systems can reduce Delhi's cocktail of pollutants
A CEEW study indicates that forecasting systems helped avert extremely severe air pollution episodes last winter.
(Image: Ville Miettinen, Wikimedia Commons)
May 25, 2022
Transparent urban river pollution monitoring
A study develops a decision support tool to identify polluted river stretches
Ulhas river near Khandpe village (Image: Ganesh Dhamodkar, Wikimedia Commons)
MoWR stresses the need to provide momentum to our conservation efforts on water conservation day
Amita Bhaduri provides the details of a consultation organized by the National Water Development Agency, Ministry of Water Resources at CSMRS auditorium, New Delhi on 'Water Conservation Day'
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 23 Nov, 2012 02:12 PM

The Union Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR) celebrated “Water Conservation Day" on the 19th of November 2012 to create awareness regarding depleting water resources and underlined its vision and commitment to be an active contributor to the sustainability of this very important natural resource. The field offices of various organizations under the administrative c
Bacterial contamination in water affects more than half of Chennai
First, water tax and now, water purifiers - how will the lower income group afford quality drinking water?
Pritha Bhattacharya
Posted on 09 Oct, 2012 03:44 PM

Chennai formerly known as Madras, the capital of Tamil Nadu is the sixth most populous city in India with 4.68 million residents as of 2011. Until 1870, it had no piped water supply within the city and people were dependent on public and private wells. The construction of a piped water supply system was started in 1872. This laid the foundation for the present water supply system.
Source: Shawn (flickr.com/photos/uncultured)
Voices from the Waters - The International Film Festival organised at Bangalore from the from the 31st August 2012 to 2nd September 2012
This article describes the details of the "Voices from Water" an international film festival organised at Bangalore
Preeti Jolad
Posted on 05 Oct, 2012 04:29 PM

History has witnessed World War I and II; will there be a World War III? Indeed, if there will be, it will be 'The World War III - for Water'. Can there be a second thought to this after the call for a Karnataka bandh on Saturday, 6 October 2012, in the name of water? 
Guidelines for the green development of Kerala - Draft report on the outcomes of the Kerala State Environmental Convention organised in Trivandrum (2nd and 3rd September 2012)
This report is an outcome of the two day Kerala Environmental Convention organised by the Kerala Paristhiti Aikya Vedi in Trivandrum
Kerala Paristhithi Aikya Vedi
Posted on 15 Sep, 2012 05:31 PM

This draft report by the Kerala Paristhithi Aikya Vedi is an outcome of the Kerala State Environmental Convention, a two day convention that was organised in Trivandrum, Kerala by calling upon various environmental and social organisations, concerned citizens, experts,  political leaders in the state to discuss the environmental crisis that the state has been facing in recent years.
River diversion schemes versus waste water recycling for Bangalore city - An article in Current Science
The author of this paper argues that it is pertinent to look at the water problem from a river basin perspective to manage the water crisis of Bangalore city
J Harsha
Posted on 26 Aug, 2012 12:02 AM

This article published in the journal Current Science has been written in response to the earlier article published in Current Science that highlights the acute water scarcity t
Sediment contamination due to toxic heavy metals in Mithi river of Mumbai - Paper published in the journal Advances in Analytical Chemistry
This paper discusses the findings of a study that looked at accumulated toxic heavy metals in the sediments of Mithi river of Mumbai and their implications for health and environment
Manisha P. Trivedi
Pravin U. Singare
Ravindra M. Mishra
Posted on 23 Aug, 2012 10:57 AM

This paper published in the journal Advances in Analytical Chemistry discusses the findings of a study that aimed at quantification of accumulated toxic heavy metals in the sediments of Mithi river of Mumbai.The study was conducted at three different sampling loca
Water quality assessment of the sacred Himalayan rivers of Uttarakhand - A study using biological assessment methods
Himalayan rivers, especially the Ganga and its tributaries, are extensively used for bathing, especially ritual bathing on festival days
N Semwal
P Akolkar
Posted on 13 Aug, 2012 10:28 PM

The present study published in Current Science deals with water quality assessment of rivers in Uttarakhand using biomonitoring assess
Strengthen participatory urban governance to prevent pollution in Ganga at Kanpur and recognise the need to look for decentralized solutions
This article describes the proceedings of the one day Area Water Partnership Conference held on 22nd July, 2012
Shramik Bharti
SACH and SPWD
Posted on 31 Jul, 2012 02:17 PM

A one day Area Water Partnership Conference was held on 22nd July, 2012 by Shramik Bharti, Kanpur; Society for Action in Community Health (SACH) and Society for Promotion of Wastelands Development (SPWD), New Delhi at Jajmau, Kanpur, an industrial city on the banks of the Ganga which also happens to be a major centre for leather tanneries, which let out

Water quality and quantity analysis in Sikkim, North Eastern Himalaya - A paper published in Current Science
This paper looks at the quality and quantity of water resources in Sikkim
Archana Tiwari
Posted on 11 Jul, 2012 11:24 AM

This paper  in the journal Current Science presents the findings of a study that aimed at taking an overview of the water resources and their management in the East and South districts of Sikkim and understand issues related to quality and quantity of water resources in the are
Living rivers, dying rivers: Rivers of Tamil Nadu and Kerala
The seventh lecture in the series titled "Living rivers, dying rivers" was on the 'Rivers of Tamil Nadu and Kerala' by S Janakarajan and A Latha.
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 28 Jun, 2012 04:35 PM

Introduction
Cooum river, Tamil Nadu (Source: Wikipedia)
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