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An irrigation well at Randullabad, Maharashtra (Source: India Water Portal on Flickr)
Wednesday, 27 November 2019 12:06
CGWB signs MoU for participatory groundwater management
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Women in Bametara district of Chattisgarh line up to collect water. Photo credit: Makarand Purohit for India Water Portal
Wednesday, 27 November 2019 4:37
40 percent of rural households in India lack access to drinking water
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Routine check done by the sewage treatment plant staff in Delawas, Jaipur. The plant is part of the ADB best practices projects list. (Image: Asian Development Bank, Flickr Commons)
Thursday, 21 November 2019 12:29
Jaipur’s wastewater conundrum
A report by NIUA brings to light the chinks in Jaipur's sewage system and suggests some solutions.
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Monday, 18 November 2019 20:01
Manual scavenging persists in India due to weak enforcement of laws
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Monday, 18 November 2019 19:59
Free septic tank cleaning in Delhi; CM attempts to reduce sewer deaths
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Photo credit: Sharada Prasad
Friday, 15 November 2019 12:07
When the sewers get blocked: sanitation labour in urban India
On World Toilet Day, we bring to light the labour of India’s sewer workers - those who do the unclean work that a Clean India relies on.
  • CGWB signs MoU for participatory groundwater management
    MoU signed for groundwater management through community intervention The Central Groundwater Board (CGWB), Department of Water Resources, Western Sydney University, Australia and others have signed an MoU for the project MARVI (Managing Aquifer Recharge and Sustaining Groundwater Use through Villag...
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  • 40 percent of rural households in India lack access to drinking water
    NSS finds only 58.2 percent of rural households have drinking water facilities within premises The National Sample Survey (NSS) conducted between July and December 2018 reveals that only 58.2 percent of rural households in India have drinking water facilities within the premises. In urban areas, th...
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  • Jaipur’s wastewater conundrum
    A major area of concern currently for India is the proper disposal of wastewater in urban areas. The huge increase in supply of potable water to cater to the needs of modern urban households has correspondingly increased the quantum of wastewater. The implementation of the Swacch Bharat Mission has ...
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  • Manual scavenging persists in India due to weak enforcement of laws
    Manual scavenging still prevails in India thanks to weak laws, says study According to a recent study titled, 'Health, Safety and Dignity of Sanitation Workers An Initial Assessment', manual scavenging, despite being banned through a legislation in 2013, continues in India due to weak legal pr...
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  • Free septic tank cleaning in Delhi; CM attempts to reduce sewer deaths
    Delhi CM announces free sewage cleaning schemes for unauthorised colonies In an effort to end sewer deaths, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has announced a scheme for free cleaning of the septic tanks in unauthorised colonies in the capital. Under the new scheme, any person can make ...
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  • When the sewers get blocked: sanitation labour in urban India
    November 19th is World Toilet Day. India's massive five-year all-hands-on-deck Clean India Mission to construct latrines for all has just ended. The Government reports that 100 million additional toilets have been constructed via this campaign; these are mostly not connected to waterborne sewer sy...
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  • Need solution for overflowing septic tank soak pit
    Hello, Pls advice me a permanent solution for my septic soak pit overflowing issues. We have a total 6 members family (adult-4 children-2) and our home is an independent one. I cleaned up my septic tank after 15 years but problem is not with the septic tank but the soakpit. I consulted with many pe...
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  • Call for Papers for the National Policy Symposium 2019
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  • How Delhi's air pollution emergency links back to water
    The link between water and Delhi's air pollution crisis A study, "Tradeoffs Between Groundwater Conservation and Air Pollution From Agricultural Fires in Northwest India," published in Nature Sustainability, reveals how water-use policies require farmers to transplant rice later in the year, which ...
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  • 13th Annual Global Water Alliance Conference 2020
    About the conference: The thirteenth annual Global Water Alliance Conference is organized jointly with Rural Development Forum, The Institution Of Engineers (India) in partnership with Indian Institute Of Engineering Science And Technology, Shibpur on the theme of “Achieving Water, Sanitation And...
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  • Goa fights to protect its khazans; Coonoor cleans its river; Punjab gov scrambles to clean Kali Bein River before Gurupurab
    Goa government, farmers against MoEF for proposing re-designation of the state’s low lying lands In its proposal, the National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management (NCSCM), a scientific body under the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests, has redefined coastal areas in Goa as 'land...
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  • Centre all set to sustain country's ODF status
    National rural sanitation strategy launched to sustain open defecation-free (ODF) status  The Jal Shakti Ministry has come up with a 10-year national rural sanitation strategy to sustain India’s 100 percent Open Defecation Free (ODF) status claimed by the Centre. The focus of the strategy is...
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  • Water levels in major reservoirs rise to 85 percent of overall capacity: CWC
    Reservoir levels increase to 85 percent of overall capacity this year According to the latest report of the Central Water Commission (CWC), the live storage available in the 113 reservoirs monitored by it, is 85 percent of the total live storage capacity of these reservoirs. The storage is around 2...
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  • Manual scavenging is inhumane: SC
    Supreme Court question authorities on why manual scavenging still prevails Taking note of four to five deaths every month due to manual scavenging, the Supreme Court came down heavily on the government for failing to provide protective gear to people engaged in manual scavenging and cleaning of sew...
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  • Zila Swachh Bharat Preraks - India's sanitation warriors
    In 2014, the Government of India launched the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) to accelerate efforts in achieving universal sanitation coverage. The issue of access to safe drinking water and sanitation facilities also became a major Sustainable Development Goal (SDG-6) when the United Nation set 17 glob...
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  • Telangana government, tribals oppose uranium mining in Nallamala forests
    Telangana government, tribals stand against proposed uranium mining in Nallamala forests A few months ago, the environment ministry gave in-principle approval to the Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) to begin exploration for uranium in the Nallamala forest, which stretches across the stat...
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  • Centre promises 43 to 55 litres water per person per day to 15 crore rural households by 2024
    Centre to provide 43-55 litre/day water per person to rural households by 2024 Under the Jal Jeevan Mission, the Centre plans to provide 43 to 55 litres of water per person per day to every rural Indian household by 2024, and to set up a dedicated fund called Rashtriya Jal Jeevan Kosh f...
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  • What’s shit got to do with child health?
    A pig snorts after emerging from the open drain that passes through a slum in the Digha area of south Patna. Small children crawl on the road nearby with slime dribbling from their nose. Children can be seen picking through garbage at the local dump and for ghongha (snails) at the local talaab ...
    Amita Bhaduriposted 3 months 4 days agoread more
  • Water in Pune’s urban quagmire
    Drinking water programs in India treat urban and rural areas separately, generally neglecting the special characteristics of settlements referred to as peri-urban – those on the outskirts or peripheries of urban areas, or “rurban” settlements i.e. rural areas with urban facilities. A study - ...
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  • Query regarding STP noise problem
    Is there a device that I can buy to measure the noise level? I need help measuring the STP noise as the STP is below my house and the Association is not willing to rectify it as they say its below the recommended db levels.
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Posted Date : Wed, 2019-11-27 12:06
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MoU signed for groundwater management through community intervention

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Posted Date : Wed, 2019-11-27 04:37
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NSS finds only 58.2 percent of rural households have drinking water facilities within premises

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Posted Date : Thu, 2019-11-21 12:29
A report by NIUA brings to light the chinks in Jaipur's sewage system and suggests some solutions.

A major area of concern currently for India is the proper disposal of wastewater in urban areas. The huge increase in supply of potable water to cater to the needs of modern urban households has correspondingly increased the quantum of wastewater. The implementation of the Swacch Bharat Mission has also led to a substantial increase in the number of toilets and this has increased the faecal sludge and the wastewater load considerably.

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Posted Date : Mon, 2019-11-18 20:01
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Manual scavenging still prevails in India thanks to weak laws, says study

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Posted Date : Mon, 2019-11-18 19:59
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Delhi CM announces free sewage cleaning schemes for unauthorised colonies

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Posted Date : Fri, 2019-11-15 12:07
On World Toilet Day, we bring to light the labour of India’s sewer workers - those who do the unclean work that a Clean India relies on.

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Posted By : Anonymous (not verified)
Posted Date : Fri, 2019-11-08 10:31

Hello,

Pls advice me a permanent solution for my septic soak pit overflowing issues. We have a total 6 members family (adult-4 children-2) and our home is an independent one. I cleaned up my septic tank after 15 years but problem is not with the septic tank but the soakpit. I consulted with many people, each one suggests different things. Kindly advise me.

Thank you
Jaison, Kerala

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Posted Date : Wed, 2019-11-06 16:36

November 8, 2019 12:00AM

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Posted Date : Tue, 2019-11-05 12:08
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The link between water and Delhi's air pollution crisis

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Posted Date : Mon, 2019-10-21 16:03

About the conference:

The thirteenth annual Global Water Alliance Conference is organized jointly with Rural Development Forum, The Institution Of Engineers (India) in partnership with Indian Institute Of Engineering Science And Technology, Shibpur on the theme of “Achieving Water, Sanitation And Hygiene (Wash) Sustainability Goals For Developing Countries” on January 4-7, 2020, Kolkata, India. 

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January 4, 2020 9:00AM - January 7, 2020 6:00PM

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