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Water Footprint Calculator - Every Drop Counts!

Article and Image Courtesy: National Geographic

Find out your water footprint, then pledge to dry it out, joining other nationalgeographic.com users who have already committed to saving thousands of gallons.

We live in a watery world, with the average American lifestyle fueled by nearly 2,000 gallons of H2O a day. What may come as a surprise is that very little of that—only five percent—runs through toilets, taps, and garden hoses at home. Nearly 95 percent of your water footprint is hidden in the food you eat, energy you use, products you buy, and services you rely on.

The more we save, the more water we leave for healthy ecosystems and a sustainable future.

The footprint calculator can be accessed from this link

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Freshwater Jewels - An article from Sanctuary Asia

Article and Image Courtesy: Sanctuary Asia

In this article, the author Vidyadhar Atkore, describes his own experience of studying freshwater fish in the Himalayas and informs that freshwater ecosystems are under tremendous pressure, not just in the Himalayas, but across the country.

Freshwater jewels

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Community-Led Total Sanitation Newsletter for July 2010

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Community-Led Total Sanitation

Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) is an innovative methodology for mobilising communities to completely eliminate open defecation (OD).Read More

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Project Boond - V, a comprehensive mitigation initiative in the drought prone regions of Bharatpur

Guest Post by Sangeeta Deogawanka

With the failure of monsoons in Rajasthan and dry-up of the Bilaspur dam, the water situation assumes graver proportions in most parts of Rajasthan, besides Jaipur, Tonk and adjacent districts. These areas, now in the news for acute water shortage problems, have always depended upon monsoons for their traditional rainwater-harvesting systems and the riverine sources.

While the Government has taken remedial measures with construction of tube-wells across the rural and drought-prone areas, they have been sporadic and insufficient at their best. Merely announcing relief measures and planning of schemes on paper as an immediate disaster management strategy are not solutions to mitigation of water problems in this State. Read More

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History of Water Filters - Past, Present and Future of Water Filtration Technology

The History of Water Filters website, has interesting and useful information on water filters, water treatment alternatives and water quality.Read More

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The facade of sharing: Manthan Adhyayan Kendra on Public Private Partnerships

Author: Gaurav Dwivedi

Content Courtesy: Down To Earth

Public-private partnership is more about dividing: risks go to the public agency, profits to the private.Read More

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We need an enabling environment to ensure that every citizen’s basic right to water is not violated

Guest Post: Sunita Nadhamuni

Article Courtesy: Businessworld

Any discussion on private sector participation in water must be preceded by answering a fundamental question. What is the primary motivation of the service provider (this could be the local/state government, the utility, the NGO, etc.) in setting up the water supply system? To ensure high quality service delivery through an efficient, financially sustainable system, or to ensure that every last citizen today and in the foreseeable future has access to water for her basic needs?

Sunita Nadhamuni