Rural Water
Fluorosis mitigation in Dhar, Madhya Pradesh: Experiences of monitoring fluoride levels in drinking water and human urine, and implementing mitigation measures
Posted on 04 May, 2012 08:48 AMBackground:
62 million people in India, including 6 million children suffer from fluorosis. The root cause of this is excessive fluoride (>1.5mg/l) in groundwater, as is found in 20 states across India.
Objectives:
Adaptive sustainable agriculture: Crop system intensification in Andhra Pradesh
Posted on 30 Apr, 2012 07:01 PMWOTR has been extensively promoting sustainable agriculture practices as part of its adaptive sustainable development approach. The objective is to promote low external inputs, increase land productivity, use of indigenous seeds, and reduce cost of cultivation.
Sikkim’s organic farming to feature in Satyamev Jayate, Aamir Khan’s first television project on DD1
Posted on 27 Apr, 2012 11:36 AMArticle and Image Courtesy : iSikkim
CHIRAG invites applications for Executive Director, based at Simayal village, Nainital, Uttarakhand
Posted on 18 Apr, 2012 07:15 PM
The sanitation crisis in India - An urgent need to look beyond toilet provision
Posted on 18 Apr, 2012 12:14 PMGuest post by: Aarti Kelkar-Khambete
Image Courtesy: Wikimedia Commons
The sanitation crisis and the recent evidence on lack of toilet facilities
Water supply and demand management of the Indus basin : Options for current and future sustainable water resources management
Posted on 17 Apr, 2012 12:04 PMArticle Courtesy : Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (HESS)
Authors : A.N. Laghari, D.Vanham, and W.Rauch
Toolkit for integrated urban water management, developed by Institute for Resource Analysis and Policy
Posted on 12 Apr, 2012 11:24 PMThe review included, but was not limited to urban hydrology, management of water supply infrastructure, water resources management, water quality management (WQM), groundwater management, technical and economic instruments for water demand management, technical and economic aspects of leakage reduction, environmental and economic aspects of wastewater treatment and reuse, storm water management
Climate change and water sources: Strengthening community preparedness and water use regulations hold the key
Posted on 10 Apr, 2012 10:34 AMAuthor : Neelima Garg
Reviving dying springs: A paper documenting the Sikkim experience of groundwater recharge using geo-hydrology
Posted on 09 Apr, 2012 09:12 AMIntroduction
The paper begins with a description of Sikkim. The sources of water in the Himalayas and the geology of the area are also described.
Literature review of spring related studies