Contamination, Pollution and Quality

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December 16, 2022 In this article, we will understand how the WQM course is continuing to influence the needs of learners that come from diverse backgrounds. The course model also offers core insights to many others who would like to engage in a virtual training program.
During a WQM course, a field team member from INREM facilitating a demonstration
September 9, 2022 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)
September 5, 2022 In an attempt to present a perspective on how rivers are used and abused, a map of the Bengaluru rivers illustrate how waste flows through natural river corridors, polluting the rivers and altering their status.
Vrishabhavathi river flow at Thagachguppe Bridge, Kumbalgodu (Image Source: Paani.Earth)
August 27, 2022 Study looks at microplastic types in lakes of Ladakh
(Vinay Goel, Wikimedia Commons)
August 19, 2022 Better access to clean water coupled with health education to bring about changes in behaviour are critical to prevent exposure to dangerous cholera bacteria that lurk in untreated waters.
The hidden threat of cholera in India (Image Source: IWP Flickr photos)
August 11, 2022 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)
RFP - Development of standards, certification, test procedures and test facilities
This is a Request for proposal by the MNRE for development of standards, certification, test procedures and test facilities Posted on 19 Jan, 2010 04:52 PM

MNRE logo

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP)

(Under Procurement Rules of the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, Government of India)

For - DEVELOPMENT OF STANDARDS, CERTIFICATION, TEST PROCEDURES AND TEST FACILITIES

Under the - UNDP/GEF GLOBAL SOLAR WATER HEATING MARKET TRANSFORMATION AND STRENGTHENING INITIATIVE: INDIA COUNTRY PROGRAM

Case Studies on Groundwater Management from Indiatogether.org
Groundwater management case studies that include the water tunnel of Sheni, surangas and river mining in Kerala Posted on 18 Jan, 2010 01:30 PM

Case Studies on Groundwater Management from Indiatogether.org

Children test natural resources- Water monitoring event, Neer foundation, Western UP and NCR
An event to mark the World Water Monitoring Day in various cities. Posted on 15 Jan, 2010 10:36 AM

Western Uttar Pradesh with the National Capital Territory has been blessed to be located in the doab of the holy River Ganga and River Yamuna. This region famous as one of the most fertile regions over the Globe has always been lased with immense natural resources and a green cover all over. The region has over half a dozen rivers flowing through it and is sanctified with over a lakh small and big water sources. But the recent past has seen these sources extensively being polluted.

Workshop on pollution abatement in Ganga basin - Need for effective waste water management
A report on the workshop held in Kanpur - Living Ganga Programme Posted on 28 Dec, 2009 05:08 PM

Kanpur, November 24, 2009: Shri Alok Ranjan, IAS, Principal Secretary, UP Urban Development and Environment, inaugurated the workshop organized by WWF India, Kanpur Nagar Nigam and IIT Kanpur.

Workshop paper and poster abstract submission for World Water Week - Guidelines and information
Invite for proposals for paper & poster presentations for World Water Week Posted on 28 Dec, 2009 04:35 PM

Invitation

Proposals for workshop paper and poster presentations for the World Water Week are welcome from experts and actors in different disciplines. The deadline for abstract submittal is February 15, 2010 . Abstracts are welcome on the specific workshop themes listed below and described on pages 10-13.

Workshop Themes:

  • Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control
  • Shortcutting Historical Pollution Trends
  • Water Quality for Human Health
  • Improved Water Use Efficiency through Recycling and Reuse
  • Management of Groundwater Abstraction and Pollution
  • Minimising Land Use Based Pollution
  • Resilience, Uncertainty and Tipping Points
  • Origins, Pathways and Accumulation of Pollutants –
Right to Water and Sanitation - Visioning and strategy planning meeting - India WASH Forum - FANSA FORUM - WaterAid (2009)
A report on the workshop organised by FANSA, FORUM & WaterAid Posted on 16 Dec, 2009 04:14 PM

This report describes the proceedings of a workshop organised on the 5th of August 2009 at New Delhi, by the Freshwater Action Network South Asia (FANSA), the Forum for Policy Dialogue and Water Conflicts in India (FORUM), India WASH Forum and WaterAid.

The crisis of providing safe and affordable drinking water, as well as meeting the water requirements for livelihoods and infrastructure for rural and urban sanitation in India, is becoming acute by the day. In this context, ensuring the right of citizens to drinking water and sanitation, can be an important policy initiative to help improve the overall situation.

Filtech 2011 Wiesbaden Germany
Posted on 04 Dec, 2009 06:37 PM

Filtech 2011 March 22. – 24. 2011, Wiesbaden, Germany

Speakers and presentations of WHSC 2009 day 3 : Ashok Jaitly talks about the policy issues on water conservation
WHSC 2009- Discussions and presentations by various speakers on water policy, rainwater harvesting techniques and Sulabh experience in sanitation Posted on 26 Nov, 2009 03:58 AM

Ashok Jaitly, Water Resources Department, TERI
Policy issues in water conservation

Habil Attarwala, Furaat Earth Ltd., Gujarat

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