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Indian Standard for Drinking Water as per BIS specifications (IS 10500-1991)

Arghyam has compiled a brief presentation which gives details of the permissible and desirable limits of various parameters in drinking water as per Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) standard specifications for potable water (BIS-10500-1991). The BIS drinking water specification (IS 10500:1991) was drawn up in 1983 and its most recent revision dates back to July 2010 (Amendment No. 3). Read More

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Drinking Water Quality Standards - A short write-up by BIS22.64 KB
Tolerance and classification with respect to various water uses - A report by Central Water Commission (2010)95.93 KB

National Action Plan on Climate Change (2008) by the Government of India

The developed countries (known in Climate Change parlance as Annex 1 countries), have taken greater responsibility for mandated GHG cuts. Hence, developing countries like India were not too bothered about Climate Change, its impact, and what needed to be done. But in the long term, especially as in the case of a large country like India, a large population would increase consumption exponentially as it developed.Read More

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Water Procession brings mindset change in Bagalkot

Water Procession brings mindset change in Bagalkot - a story from Indiatogether

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Unreasoned push for large storage projects - An article from India Together

"Unreasoned push for large storage projects", is a note by Himanshu Thakkar written in July 2006, on the central government's unreasoned preference forRead More

Some simple trenches: A case study from Sirsi, Northern Karnataka

"Some simple trenches", is a case study by Keya Acharya written in July 2007, about two areca farmers of Sirsi in northern Karnataka, Read More

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Sirsi, KA, India
Latitude: 14.610920, Longitude: 74.827103

1000 year-old tradition keeps them together:Seven villages in Kolar district preserve an age-old tradition of water allocation from the Mudiyanur tank

"1000 year-old tradition keeps them together", is a report by Surekha Sule, written in July 2005, on how the residents of seven villages in Kolar distrRead More

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Kolar, KA, India
Latitude: 13.136300, Longitude: 78.136391

Media campaign brings hope to desert: 155,000 volunteers clean up 388 discarded traditional ponds and wells

"Media campaign brings hope to desert" is a report by Ramesh Menon, written in July 2005, on how Rajasthan's largest circulated Hindi daily, Rajasthan Read More

Water is no pipe dream here: Case Study from Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka

"Water is no pipe dream here", is a case study written by Shree Padre in July 2008, about Konkodi Bhat's rain water harvesting work, using a simple pipRead More

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Dakshina Kannada, KA, India
Latitude: 12.843781, Longitude: 75.247906

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