Contamination, Pollution and Quality

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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)
White, Green and now a ‘Blue Revolution’!
Policy matters this week
Aarti Kelkar - Khambete
Posted on 10 Nov, 2014 10:35 PM

India plans to launch the 'Blue Revolution' to boost fish production
Traditional fisheries in India
Kerala's Ashtamudi lake certified by Marine Stewardship Council
News this week
Aarti Kelkar - Khambete
Posted on 10 Nov, 2014 10:09 PM

Kerala's Ashtamudi lake recognised for sustainable clam fishing
Mussel farm in Ashtamudi lake (Source: Fotokannan)
SC rebukes Central and State Pollution Control Boards over Ganga pollution
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 04 Nov, 2014 11:40 AM

Pollution Control Board is a story of complete failure, frustration and disaster: SC
River Ganges at Sangam in Allahabad
Fingers crossed as Nilofar approaches Gujarat
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 28 Oct, 2014 01:14 PM

Cyclone Nilofar makes its way towards Gujarat
Devastation following Alia 2009
New norms proposed for hydel clearance
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 23 Oct, 2014 05:41 PM

Government proposes new set of norms for hydel projects clearance
Omkareshwar Dam on Narmada, Madhya Pradesh
River restoration to be the focus of the first 'India Rivers Week'
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 23 Oct, 2014 04:49 PM

First 'India Rivers Week' to be held in Delhi from November 24-27
Cauvery river in Karnataka
Poisonous cocktail in the Cauvery
Leachate from thermal plants in Mettur flows straight into the Cauvery river polluting cotton fields along the way. What else is this affecting?
Divya N
Posted on 20 Oct, 2014 01:26 PM

Mettur, a lush green valley town near Salem in Tamil Nadu, is most famous for the Mettur Dam and the Cauvery river, which originates at Talakaveri, in Kodagu, Karnataka. A largely agricultural town, Mettur's move to industrialisation happened in 1936 when Mettur Chemicals set up India’s first caustic-chlorine factory above the Stanley Reservoir. 
Mettur is now home to many ash ponds
Neighbour's envy, user's pride!
Basavaraj's house in drought-prone Chitradurga district in Karnataka is mostly self-sufficient for water. Was it serendipity, luck or something more?
Divya N
Posted on 20 Oct, 2014 12:46 PM

Chitradurga district in southern Karnataka is infamous for drought. People here constantly suffer from water shortage and in the last few years, the problem has escalated due to poor rainfall. 
Basavaraj's water-sufficient house in Chitradurga
The slow death of a river
See the impact of pollution on the Kshipra in Madhya Pradesh through the eyes of the residents, many of whom depend on the river for their livelihoods.
Makarand Purohit
Posted on 15 Oct, 2014 05:12 PM

The Kshipra is considered a sacred river in Madhya Pradesh's Malwa region. In the last few decades, this perennial river has also lost its glory like many other rivers in India.
Prayers on the bank of the Kshipra
It's cyclone Hudhud's turn to cause damage!
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 14 Oct, 2014 11:40 AM

Hudhud lands in Vizag at 195 kmph
Tropical cyclone of 2013 (Source: NASA WorldView)
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