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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)
Nanomaterial from seaweed can clean toxic water
A team of scientists have synthesised graphene-iron sulfide nanocomposite from abundantly found seaweed Ulva fasciata through direct pyrolysis technique.
Dinesh C. Sharma
Posted on 08 Apr, 2018 09:02 PM

Treatment of wastewater containing industrial dyes and toxic heavy metals is a major environmental problem as available treatment techniques are not very efficient and environment-friendly. Now a team of Indian scientists has developed a nanomaterial drawn from seaweed for effective treatment of toxic wastewater without using any chemicals.
The team of scientists who developed the nanomaterial.
Seven reasons why Bengaluru can still run out of water
Citizen Matters looks at what the city should do to manage its water better.
Nagesh Aras
Posted on 05 Apr, 2018 03:20 PM

A recent BBC report projected that Bengaluru will run out of water soon.
Image courtesy bwssb.org
Filthy fountains spread dengue fear
Water fountains installed in Kolkata for beautification and left abandoned are becoming a health hazard with mosquitoes breeding in the filthy water.
Gurvinder Singh
Posted on 03 Apr, 2018 03:23 PM

West Bengal’s tryst with dengue in 2017 could not have been more deadly. Around 13000 people were affected and nearly 100 people lost their lives to the disease.
A fountain at Central Park in Salt Lake. Visitors fear that the stagnant water is becoming a breeding ground for mosquitoes. (Pic courtesy: Gurvinder Singh)
Rivers around holy cities teem with faecal coliform
News this week
Seetha Gopalakrishnan
Posted on 03 Apr, 2018 11:22 AM

Faecal coliform contamination found to be significantly higher in rivers around holy sites
Ganga in Varanasi (Photo courtesy: Wikipedia)
India-UK Water Centre call for volunteers
India-UK Water Centre is calling for volunteers from its Open Network of Water Scientists to help support the design and implementation of its first Grassroots Field Exposure Sessions (GFES)
Posted on 02 Apr, 2018 04:34 PM

The GFES initiative aims to support the collaboration between users and researchers in the earlier stages of water science and promote the assimilation of local knowledge and users experiences into research design to develop ideas for future India-UK water research.
India plans to route water from Sharda to Yamuna
News this week
Seetha Gopalakrishnan
Posted on 27 Mar, 2018 04:42 AM

India seeks to bring water from Nepal's Sharda river to supplement Yamuna near Delhi
Yamuna turns into a sewer at many areas. (Picture courtesy: The Indian Express)
Fluorosis detection: A step towards providing clean water
FKAN’s work on preparing an action plan for the fluoride-affected Remuna block in Balasore shows how proactive policy work can help highlight the issue.
Fluoride Knowledge and Action Network
Posted on 26 Mar, 2018 05:21 AM

Rabindra Kumar Jena, the Member of Parliament (MP) from Balasore, Odisha knew that something was wrong with the health of people in a part of his constituency but he could not put his finger to it. By sheer chance, in 2015, he got to know that this seemed to be related to excessive fluoride in water, which caused a disease called skeletal fluorosis.
People became crippled in Balasore due to skeletal fluorosis. Image: FKAN
No water for irrigation from Sardar Sarovar dam
News this week
Seetha Gopalakrishnan
Posted on 20 Mar, 2018 12:20 PM

Farmers anxious as government stops water supply from the Sardar Sarovar dam for irrigation
Sardar Sarovar canal (Picture courtesy: Wikimedia commons)
Engaging students for a better tomorrow
A workshop tries to introduce the importance of drinking clean water to children in a practical and creative way.
Sarah Berry
Posted on 20 Mar, 2018 05:37 AM

It is a rather unusual sight to see a big group of children pay rapt attention to the myriad of slides flashing on the screen. The topic at hand: safe drinking water. The animated and engaging voice of the resource person ensures the effective delivery of the didactic content. 
School children during the workshop.
Can legal compliance address environmental injustice?
Here are two new groundtruthing studies by CPR- Namati environmental justice (EJ) program.
Team CPR-Namati Environmental Justice Program
Posted on 18 Mar, 2018 02:47 PM

What happens after an environmental law is made or an environmental approval is granted to a project? Are all the safeguards complied with? Do the authorities in charge enforce the environmental regulations and laws proactively? What are the impacts that arise due to non-compliance with environmental regulations? How can affected communities pursue remedies? 
Landfills are a threat to the environment. (IWP Flickr photos; photo used for representation only)
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