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December 16, 2022
Water Quality Management Course - Not just a training program
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
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)
September 5, 2022
Rivers of Bengaluru: A map-infographic reflects the rivers’ state
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
Himalayan lakes can potentially become long-term sinks of microplastics
Study looks at microplastic types in lakes of Ladakh
(Vinay Goel, Wikimedia Commons)
August 19, 2022
Polluted water, hitchhiking microbes and the hidden threat of cholera in India
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
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)
Groundwater information booklet of arsenic affected Murshidabad district of West Bengal
This information booklet from the Central Ground Water Board (Eastern Region) deals with groundwater related information for the arsenic infested district of Murshidabad in West Bengal
Central Ground Water Board (Eastern Region)
Posted on 12 Aug, 2009 11:32 AM

The groundwater related issues and problems the distrcit include:
The Janhit Foundation study of water pollution in the Hindon River of Western Uttar Pradesh
The report details contamination of Hindon river, western Uttar Pradesh, with heavy metals and pesticides from untreated industrial effluent that is further contaminating the underlying groundwater
Heather Lewis
Posted on 12 Aug, 2009 10:13 AM

"Gasping for Breath" is a study by Janhit Foundation on water pollution in the Hindon river of Western Uttar Pradesh. This substantial scientific report details the gross contamination of the Hindon River with heavy metals and pesticides, and the subsequent contamination of the underlying groundwater water aquifer that his has caused. Consumption of this contaminated groundwater as a drinking water source is shown to be having a devastating effect on the health of the local population. 

Andhra Pradesh State of the Environment: A report from ENVIS
The report has a number of recommendations regarding environmental care and protection that not only influences governmental policy, but also citizen action
Environmental Information System (Ministry of Environment and Forests)
Posted on 11 Aug, 2009 04:00 PM

The Andhra Pradesh State of the Environment Report is available at the Environmental Information System (ENVIS) cell of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) here. 
Groundwater Arsenic Contamination In Middle Ganga Plain
The website of the School of Environmental Studies of Jadavpur University which has studied the arsenic contamination for the last 19 years
School of Environmental Studies (Jadavpur University)
Posted on 11 Aug, 2009 03:32 PM

The School of Environmental Studies of Jadavpur University has studied the arsenic contamination for the last 19 years. Their website gives some of the details of their work -

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Water resources in Tikamgarh and Jhansi districts – A status report by Development Alternatives
The report is an effort to conduct rapid assessment of status of water and wastewater management and the potential to introduce integrated approach with an aim to provide “water for all, always’
Development Alternatives (DA)
Posted on 11 Aug, 2009 03:02 PM

Some of the main findings of the status report on water resources in Tikamgarh and Jhansi districts by Development Alternatives are –
Percentage of coverage of safe drinking water
The map gives a district level picture of the percentage of coverage of habitations having access to safe drinking water within the country.
National Commission on Population:
Posted on 11 Aug, 2009 09:51 AM

This map gives a district level picture of the percentage of coverage of habitations having access to safe drinking water within the country. Safe drinking water availability reduces the risk of deaths due to diarrhoea, jaundice and other water borne diseases. In India still a very large proportion of people have no access to safe drinking water.
Rapid assessment of the flood situation at Tilak Tajpur Panchayat in Sitamarhi, Bihar
The Rapid Assessment Report of Tilak Tajpur Panchayat prepared by GPSVS is attached herewith
Eklavya Prasad
Posted on 04 Aug, 2009 09:30 AM

Queries, request for information & additional clarifications can be sought via the comments section.

Download here: Rapid assessment report - Tilak Tajpur Panchayat

Health and sanitation: Animation video of how Anand and the doctor transform their village
See how Anand and the doctor transform their village in this simple animated feature
IWP
Posted on 14 Jul, 2009 02:39 PM

Time: 1:46 minutes

Watch movie here
Workshop on environmental pollutants and control by department of environmental biotechnology, Bharathidasan University, Trichy
Posted on 11 Jul, 2009 05:13 AM

Forwarded to the Portal by S. Krishna Kumar, Research Scholar, Bharathidasan University ====== Department of Environmental Biotechnology, Bharathidasan University, is organising a workshop on Environmental Pollutants and their control. The primary topic is environmental pollutant monitoring/testing   by employing GC-MS (Gas Chromatograph- Spectrophotometer). It is a fully hands-on workshop to be guided by experienced faculty. The workshop is from 27-30 August 2009, with last date for application 10th August 2009.

School of planning and architecture, New Delhi, presents urban design encompassing central ridge in the capital
Dipanjan Das and Shashank Jain, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, presents urban design for central ridge and its integration with the surrounding densely populated areas
Dipanjan Das
Shashank Jain
Posted on 06 Jun, 2009 03:55 PM

This presentation by Dipanjan Das and Shashank Jain, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi deals with their urban design encompassing the Central Ridge in New Delhi and its integration with the surrounding densely populated urban areas.
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