Drinking and other Domestic Uses
TN approaches SC over Cauvery Management Board
Posted on 03 Apr, 2018 11:35 AMTamil Nadu seeks contempt action against the Centre for not constituting the Cauvery Management Board
Rivers around holy cities teem with faecal coliform
Posted on 03 Apr, 2018 11:22 AMFaecal coliform contamination found to be significantly higher in rivers around holy sites
Is your bottled water safe to drink?
Posted on 27 Mar, 2018 01:50 PMIt is a fairly common practice among people to buy bottled drinking water while travelling in India with the hope that it will minimise the risk of getting ill due to contaminated water. But is this water safe to drink?
Fluorosis detection: A step towards providing clean water
Posted on 26 Mar, 2018 05:21 AMRabindra 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.
No water for irrigation from Sardar Sarovar dam
Posted on 20 Mar, 2018 12:20 PMFarmers anxious as government stops water supply from the Sardar Sarovar dam for irrigation
Plastic ban in place, Maharashtra to encourage recycling
Posted on 20 Mar, 2018 11:49 AMMaharashtra makes it mandatory for dairies and milk retailers to repurchase poly packs for recycling
CPCB: Delhi's groundwater most exploited
Posted on 13 Mar, 2018 11:38 AMDelhi's groundwater most ‘over exploited’ after Punjab and Rajasthan
Karnataka to stop industries from using fresh river water
Posted on 13 Mar, 2018 11:19 AMKarnataka to formulate plan to prohibit industries from drawing fresh river water
Arsenic-affected village gets water after two decades
Posted on 12 Mar, 2018 05:41 AMKaudikasa is a small village with a population of just 350 people in the Ambagad Chowki block of the Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh. Despite its small size, Kaudikasa village has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. Severe health problems have been reported from the village, thanks to acute arsenic contamination in its groundwater.
Uttarakhand bans quarrying in Ganga, its tributaries
Posted on 06 Mar, 2018 12:14 PMUttarakhand bans quarrying in the Ganga and its tributaries post NGT order