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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)
Conserving Palk Bay
In the first of a two-part series on the ecological degradation of the Palk Bay, a video explains the importance of conserving this biodiversity hotspot.
Makarand Purohit
Posted on 28 Nov, 2017 04:04 PM

The Palk Bay is a 15,000 sq km biodiversity conglomeration nestled between the island nation of Sri Lanka and South East Peninsula India with a coastal length of 250 km on the Indian side. 
The Palk Bay (Source: GIZ)
Study claims railways biodigesters ineffective
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 28 Nov, 2017 01:50 PM

Railways biodigesters are not better than septic tanks: IIT study
A rail coach fitted with bio toilet. (Source: India Railway Info)
India ranks low on sanitation index: Report
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 20 Nov, 2017 02:20 PM

India has the highest number of people without access to toilets: Report
Toilets in India (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Maharashtra to pay Rs 100 crore for river restoration
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 20 Nov, 2017 01:54 PM

SC orders Maharashtra government to pay Rs 100 crore for restoration of Ulhas and Waldhuni rivers
A filthy river in Maharashtra. (Source: IWP photos via Rohit Sharma and Arpita Bhagat)
Delhi enveloped in smog again
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 14 Nov, 2017 12:56 PM

Yet again, North India shrouded in heavy smog
Delhi shrouded in smog. (Source: Jean-Etienne Minh-Duy/Flickr)
Drinking water: Access does not mean safety
A study from rural Maharashtra finds piped water supply does not guarantee safe drinking water. Water treatment, storage and WASH practices influence water quality.
Isabel Seifert-Dähnn
Ingrid Nesheim
Sambita Gosh
Rutuja Dhawde
Appasaheb Ghadge and Aina C. Wennberg
Posted on 11 Nov, 2017 12:36 PM

Concerned with contaminated water sources in rural areas, the Centre plans to provide piped water supply (classified as an improved water source by the W
Better drinking water access does not always mean that the water is safe to drink. (Image source: India Water Portal)
India Industry Water Conclave on Nov 28, 2017 at FICCI, New ??Delhi
The third edition of India Industry Water Conclave and fifth edition of FICCI Water Awards on Theme : ‘Water Use Efficiency- An Imperative for India’
Posted on 07 Nov, 2017 10:12 AM

The theme for the Conclave this year is “Water Use Efficiency: An Imperative for India” to highlight the imperative of water use efficiency in the industry, agriculture and urban contexts. 
Floods can pollute groundwater
A new study finds that flooding in polluted rivers has the potential to make groundwater unsafe for human use.
Bhavya Khullar
Posted on 03 Nov, 2017 02:56 PM

In December of 2015, when Chennai was flooded and people were marooned, a team of scientists from Anna University was collecting groundwater samples along the Adyar river to investigate if the groundwater in this region was fit for human consumption. 
Floods can impact the microbial quality of groundwater. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
NCR water bodies disappearing due to urbanisation: Study
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 31 Oct, 2017 08:42 PM

Study says 40 percent of NCR's water bodies lost to urbanisation in 42 years
Barapullah drain in Delhi (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
Huge dam proposed in Arunachal
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 25 Oct, 2017 09:48 AM

Niti Aayog proposes 300-metre high dam in Arunachal Pradesh
A river in East Siang (Source: Wikimedia)
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