Drinking and other Domestic Uses
Wisdom in every drop: ‘In search of water’, a documentary film on reviving of the traditional water harvesting system in the Thar Desert
Posted on 22 Nov, 2012 12:22 PMVeiled women walk unimaginable distances. Long queues. Dark sun and innumerable pots lined up, yearning to be filled. Hours of wait and half a pot of saline water was all they had.
Harvesting and using roof-top rainwater - Part 1
Posted on 18 Nov, 2012 10:37 PMWhy rainwater harvesting ?
Ion Exchange to display high purity water solutions for the pharma industry at PMEC (2012)
Posted on 30 Oct, 2012 12:23 PMKey features of the INDION RO-EDI:
• Fully pre-validated to industry accepted standards
• Packaged on single skid
• Hot water sanitization
• Fully functional FAT (factory acceptance test)
• Compliance with latest USP, Ph Eur, cGMP/cGAMP & ISPE specifications and design standards
• Fully automated with SCADA
Prayasam-Using children as a vehicle for change
Posted on 17 Oct, 2012 12:47 PMAmlan Kusum Ganguly started Prayasam to touch lives and and make a difference. Troubled by the plight of children in brick kilns and slums and the widespread indifference towards sanitation, clean drinking water and health, Amlan Ganguly and his organization decided to target the young to educate slum –dwellers.
Residents of Bhalaswa resettlement colony in New Delhi facing risks due to groundwater contamination, says a study by Bhalaswa Lok Shakti Manch and Hazards Centre
Posted on 11 Oct, 2012 08:13 AMThe solid wastes of Delhi, the largest municipal solid waste generator in the country with a production of about 7000 metric tonnes a day is dumped at three landfill sites, namely Bhalaswa, Ghazipur and Okhla.
"Protests rock Cauvery basin as Karnataka releases water to Tamil Nadu in keeping with Supreme Court directive" - Roundup of the week's news (24-30 September 2012)
Posted on 09 Oct, 2012 04:10 PMProtests rock Cauvery basin as Karnataka releases water to Tamil Nadu in keeping with Supreme Court directive
Bacterial contamination in water affects more than half of Chennai
Posted on 09 Oct, 2012 03:44 PMChennai formerly known as Madras, the capital of Tamil Nadu is the sixth most populous city in India with 4.68 million residents as of 2011. Until 1870, it had no piped water supply within the city and people were dependent on public and private wells. The construction of a piped water supply system was started in 1872. This laid the foundation for the present water supply system.
There is much to know about water filter systems: A brief look at the main types of water filters in the market
Posted on 07 Oct, 2012 11:09 AMMany of us live in areas where water quality is not as good as we would like, in some cases long-term exposure to contaminants in public water systems or private may be hazardous to your health. Fortunately, there are many water systems different filter on the market, ranging from relatively inexpensive to more expensive whole-house systems.
Coastal Salinity Prevention Cell invites applications for Programme Officer (Natural Resource Management) and Program Associate (Drinking Water and Sanitation), Ahmedabad - Apply by October 5, 2012
Posted on 01 Oct, 2012 10:27 PMCoastal Salinity Prevention Cell (CSPC) is a joint initiative of Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (India), Ambuja Cement Foundation and Sir Ratan Tata Trust (SRTT). CSPC has a mandate to work on issues addressing livelihood enhancement of communities affected by increasing salinity ingress in the coastal areas. For further information on the CSPC, please log on to www.cspc.org.in. CSPC is looking for two professionals to coordinate and manage the Water and Sanitation (WASH) and Natural Resource Management (NRM) Programme of CSPC.
Aquifer systems of India - Atlas compiled by the Central Ground Water Board (2012)
Posted on 29 Sep, 2012 07:26 PMThe Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) under the Ministry of Water Resources has released a publication entitled “Aquifer systems of India” apart from aquifer atlas for six states viz. Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh and Meghalaya.