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Narmada river in Madhya Pradesh (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Tuesday, 24 September 2019 22:31
Water levels in major reservoirs rise to 85 percent of overall capacity: CWC
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Despite the ban, manual scavenging continues. (Image courtesy: The Hindu)
Tuesday, 24 September 2019 13:08
Manual scavenging is inhumane: SC
Policy matters this week
For Akshant Nagar, 23, schoolchildren turned out to be the biggest driving force in helping to make Pipariya block in Hoshangabad district of Madhya Pradesh become open defecation free (ODF) in just seven months. Image credit: Tata Trusts
Tuesday, 24 September 2019 11:45
Zila Swachh Bharat Preraks - India's sanitation warriors
Tata Trusts, through its Tata Water Mission initiated the ZSBP program to help the Swachh Bharat mission achieve its goals.
A view of the Nallamala Forests (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Tuesday, 17 September 2019 17:11
Telangana government, tribals oppose uranium mining in Nallamala forests
News this week
Image used for representational purposes only. Photo credit: Shree Padre, water journalist from India Water Portal on Flickr
Tuesday, 3 September 2019 22:07
Centre promises 43 to 55 litres water per person per day to 15 crore rural households by 2024
Policy matters this week
A street in the city of Poonah [Pune] in 1871 (Image: Lester John Frederick, Wikimedia Commons)
Monday, 2 September 2019 12:01
Water in Pune’s urban quagmire
A study develops a peri-urban and rurban water and sanitation index for Pune.
  • 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 weeks 3 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 - ...
    Amita Bhaduriposted 3 weeks 4 days agoread more
  • 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.
    Anonymous (not verified)posted 4 weeks 1 day agoread more
  • Water recycling and water harvesting for independent house
    Hi, I have an independent house with three families. My plot size is 30×60 feet. I don't have a borewell. I am looking for water recycling that I can use it for flushing of toilet. Can you suggest some plan for this. I am from Hyderabad.
    Anonymous (not verified)posted 1 month 6 days agoread more
  • Government to spend Rs 3.5 trillion to provide potable water
    Government to spend Rs 3.5 trillion under Jal Jeevan Mission: PM Modi In his first Independence Day address to the nation after the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government came back to power, Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged the growing water crisis in the country and said that around Rs....
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  • Beyond the death toll: The everyday violence of Assam’s floods
    Floods are an annual phenomenon in Assam. They are as integral to the state as the Brahmaputra River is, and each monsoon, we are reminded that Assam exists (or is drowning). As I write this piece, Assam is slowly recovering from the first wave of flood this monsoon. For several weeks, the entire st...
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  • 3rd Indian National Groundwater Conference (INGWC-2020), CWRDM, Kozhikode
    Centre for Water Resources Development and Management (CWRDM) is organizing the Indian National Groundwater Conference (INGWC-2020) to discuss 'Groundwater Resources Management for Sustainable Development with the Special Emphasis on Coastal and Urban Environment’ at CWRDM, Koz...
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  • Rural sanitation: A charter of demands
    There are studies and field reports that have analysed the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) in terms of coverage and use of toilets in rural India. The official government survey, the NARSS 2018-19, shows that 93 percent of rural households have access to a toilet and 96 percent of those having a toilet ...
    priyadposted 1 month 3 weeks agoread more
  • Info regarding grey water recycling
    I am planning to build a house in a 30 X 40 site in Bangalore. I would like to incorporate a cost effective grey water recycling and rainwater harvesting system. Kindly let me know how do I go about it since I am at the design stage of the project. Thanks
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  • STP causing trouble
    My house is near STP. Noise and smell is unbearable. Please suggest
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  • Meghalaya draft water policy, Inter-State River Water Disputes (Amendment) Bill both get approval
    Meghalaya's draft water policy gets approval To address conservation and protection of water sources in the state, the Meghalaya cabinet has approved a draft water policy for the state. The policy was drafted by the state water resources department in consultation with experts in wate...
    swatiposted 2 months 1 week agoread more
  • Budget 2019 talks big on water
    Nirmala Sitharaman, Finance Minister alluded to gaon, garib and kisan as the centre of all policies of this government, while announcing a clutch of schemes aimed at the rural and urban poor. Her budget speech last week reiterated the government's commitment to ensuring piped water supply to al...
    Amita Bhaduriposted 2 months 2 weeks agoread more
  • Women hold the key to water for food security and nutrition
    The water sector remains male dominated at different scales, from engineers and technocrats responsible for designing irrigation systems, to upper caste and upper class men who decide on the location of canals, borewells, tanks, and other water systems at the grassroots level. While women are involv...
    Amita Bhaduriposted 2 months 4 weeks agoread more
  • Unravelling NITI Aayog’s Composite Water Management Index: Veering to a pragmatic approach
    INTRODUCTION On 30th May, the new government took oath to serve the nation. The celebrations on that scorching summer evening at Rashtrapati Bhavan echoed hollow with more than 500 million people vulnerable to severe drought in the country. India is currently going through an extended dry spell wit...
    priyadposted 3 months 2 weeks agoread more
  • UNICEF lauds SBM for reducing groundwater contamination
    Swachh Bharat Mission reduced groundwater contamination: UNICEF Based on ground reports from three states—Bihar, Odisha and West Bengal—a study released by UNICEF has claimed that the Swachh Bharat Mission has reduced the groundwater contamination in many villages. As per the report, the ground...
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Posted Date : Tue, 2019-09-24 11:45
Tata Trusts, through its Tata Water Mission initiated the ZSBP program to help the Swachh Bharat mission achieve its goals.

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 global goals in 2015 under the 2030 Agenda.

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Posted Date : Tue, 2019-09-17 17:11
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Telangana government, tribals stand against proposed uranium mining in Nallamala forests

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Posted Date : Tue, 2019-09-03 22:07
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Centre to provide 43-55 litre/day water per person to rural households by 2024

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Posted Date : Mon, 2019-09-02 18:35
Open defecation plays a key role in solving the puzzle of persistent childhood malnutrition in India, says study

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 (pond).

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Posted Date : Mon, 2019-09-02 12:01
A study develops a peri-urban and rurban water and sanitation index for Pune.

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.

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Posted Date : Wed, 2019-08-28 15:42

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 By : Anonymous (not verified)
Posted Date : Thu, 2019-08-22 07:23

Hi, I have an independent house with three families. My plot size is 30×60 feet. I don't have a borewell. I am looking for water recycling that I can use it for flushing of toilet. Can you suggest some plan for this. I am from Hyderabad.

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Posted Date : Wed, 2019-08-21 23:14
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Government to spend Rs 3.5 trillion under Jal Jeevan Mission: PM Modi

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From left to right - Siddharth Krishnan (ATREE), David Groenfeldt (Water Culture Institute), Sara Ahmed (University of Cambridge), Veena Srinivasan (ATREE), KJ Joy (SOPPECOM)
Thursday, 26 September 2019 15:57
Applying ethics to water management, to ensure equity in access to all
Bandhara (in Nashik, Maharashtra), a low masonry weir of 1.2 to 4.5 m height, which is constructed across a small stream for diverting the water into a small main canal taking off from its upstream side (Image: Shailendra Yashwant, Oxfam India)
Thursday, 26 September 2019 12:15
Water wisdom in times of a climate crisis
Image used for representational purposes only. Image source: Wikimedia Commons
Wednesday, 25 September 2019 19:21
Rising sea temperatures pose a threat to coral reefs
India's demand for water will exceed supply by a factor of two by 2030, as per a NITI Aayog report (Image: Vinoth Chandar, Flickr Commons (CC BY 2.0))
Wednesday, 25 September 2019 14:50
India’s deepening water crisis