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December 21, 2022
Safe drinking water in rural India: What do numbers hide?
While drinking water coverage in rural India has improved, has it also improved reliability and safety of drinking water? This CEEW brief explores and analyses the available data to find out.
Adequate and safe drinking water, a valuable resource in rural India (Image Source: McKay Savage via Wikimedia Commons)
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
December 13, 2022
Mobilising communities for WASH
WaterAid India’s partnership with USAID and Gap Inc. benefits 2400 villages across 7 districts of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra

WaterAid has focused on establishing community-led water quality monitoring & surveillance (Image: Anil Gulati/India Water Portal Flickr)
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)
July 20, 2022
Poisoned waters of Delhi
This study found a high concentration of trihalomethanes (THMs) in water treatment plants in Delhi that were associated with increased risk of cancer.
What's in your tap water (Image Source: India Water Portal)
May 25, 2022
One water, one data
Enabling a culture of data sharing between programs and reuse of data
Participatory programs such as JJM require a large amount of village-level information on water (Image: Arpit Deomurar, FES)
What's in your drinking water?
Water contains naturally occurring compounds such as lead and arsenic among others. How harmful are these and what is the level of contamination we are exposed to?
Shubham Singh
Posted on 19 Jul, 2013 03:11 PM

Both rural and urban India are faced with water problems. People do not have access to good quality, safe drinking water. The source for most drinking water is either rivers or underground aquifers (wells). Since water can dissolve just about anything that it comes into contact with long enough, often the groundwater we get isn’t pure.
Water quality in India Source UNICEF Repository
Extreme weather warning!
Climate change is manifesting itself through modified rainfall patterns, extreme events and temperature fluctuations. What effect will these have on water, sanitation and health in India?
Chicu Lokgariwar
Posted on 11 Jul, 2013 04:04 PM

We sat in a plush climate-controlled room and deliberated climate change as the outside world collapsed around us..
The flooded Bagmati river
Breaking a centuries-old curse in Uttarakhand
A small village in Uttarakhand stands testimony to the fact that rooftop rainwater harvesting is a reliable, economical and logical way of ensuring self-sufficiency and dignity.
Chicu Lokgariwar
Posted on 09 Jul, 2013 11:23 AM

Sudha Gunavante is a contented woman. She has reason to be. After all, she and her husband have managed to prosper on their farm, her children are well-educated and well-settled, and her rhododendron syrup is the pride of the village. If that is not enough, she has also managed to escape a centuries-old curse.
Sudha and Bhuvan at their home in Gauna village
Invite to the ‘India Water Forum (IWF 2013)', The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi
A deliberation on the various aspects of water use efficiency to develop a consensual understanding on the water use management
Posted on 08 Jul, 2013 05:09 PM

Organisers 

The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)

About the conference
TERI
National Workshop on “Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage”, Society for Development Alternatives (DA), New Delhi
A workshop to promote household water treatment and safe storage (HWTS) methods as an interim measure till the time people can have access to safe drinking water 24*7
Posted on 07 Jul, 2013 04:18 PM

Organisers 

Society for Development Alternatives

Venue

Qutab Institutional Area, Pranthas

About the workshop
Development Alternatives
Call for abstracts, International Symposium on Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM - 2014), CWRDM, Kozhikode, Kerala
IWRM is the process of supporting the synchronized development and management of water, land and related natural resources, in order to maximize the resultant economic and social welfare
Posted on 04 Jul, 2013 12:11 PM

Organisers

Centre for Water Resources Development and Management (CWRDM)

Venue

Kozikhode, Kerala

About the symposium
IWRM 2014
Tech for Seva'- Call for abstracts for the socio-technical conference on inclusive and sustainable development, Seva Shayog, Pune
Tech' means technology and 'Seva' means selfless service for the greater good of the society at large - An objective to provide an integrated platform for inclusive development in the society
Posted on 01 Jul, 2013 07:05 PM

Organisers

Seva Sahayog, Vijnana Bharati,GIST & Maharishi Karve Stree Sikshan Sanstha
Tech for Seva
Seawater entering coastal towns in Goa causes big problems
Our first data story, which analyses the sea water intrusion in Goa, helps you look at this data in a simple way – analytically and visually.
Shubham Singh
Posted on 01 Jul, 2013 03:18 PM

India waterportal’s data finder has over 300 datasets. A non-data or non-analytics person can feel overwhelmed trying to pull out important information and understand it.  A data story will help do just that.
Process explaining seawater intrusion
A 'green' house like no other!
Most of us understand the problems with water availability but how much do we know about implementing rainwater harvesting strategies and reusing grey water at home?
Ketaki
Puneetha
Posted on 01 Jul, 2013 02:50 PM

“I want to live in a house like this!” was my first thought when I entered Vishwanath’s home. (Vishwanath is Founder, Director of Biome Solutions). My colleague and I had gone to visit his house to see and understand how he has implemented ranwater harvesting systems and other green initiatives there.
Rainwater harvesting tank in a Bangalore house
Everything you need to know about water purifiers
Water purifiers contain different types of filters but what kind of contaminant does each type filter out? What should you look for when buying a water filter for your home?
Sumathi Sivam
Posted on 01 Jul, 2013 11:00 AM

Pure, clean and safe drinking water isn’t available easily these days. Growing population, industrial development and environmental degradation are all causes for this. Given this situation, it becomes even more important for us to be aware of purification techniques and the available water purifiers in the market to ensure that our drinking water is of good quality. 
Filter of a water purifier
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