Water Pollution Causes and Control Measures - India Water Portal

Pollution (Water Quality and Pollution)

Kanpur's primary industry consists of 400 tanneries that treat hides using water and heavy chemicals like chromium. This multi-step process generates highly polluted water, which is typically discharged back into the Ganges River without being treated. Image: Daniel Bachhuber; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0; Flickr Commons

Can Kanpur turn sewage into clean energy and help restore the Ganga?

19 Jul 2026

8 min read

Saltwater intrusion in Gujarat

How technology is helping India track saltwater intrusion in coastal aquifers

09 Jun 2026

6 min read

PFAS foam in a lake

FAQs: What are 'Forever Chemicals'? How they pollute India’s rivers, groundwater, and drinking water

16 May 2026

11 min read

Fishermen sitting together in their boats on the calm waters of Wular lake, resting after a long day's work

Rivers and Lakes

“We are beautifying the wound”: Wular Lake, restoration, and the people of Kashmir

10 Feb 2026

10 min read

Open drains, harbingers of ill health. Image for representation only.

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria found in Roorkee’s urban drainage networks at Uttarakhand

Aarti Kelkar Khambete

24 Dec 2025

4 min read

Farooq Ahmad Dar sits in his boat on Anchar Lake, where he once fished for his family. The lake's pollution has now taken away his livelihood.

How toxic landfill waste is affecting livelihoods around Kashmir’s Anchar lake

17 Dec 2025

9 min read

A rag picker works inside the Achan landfill, digging through piles of waste to find recyclables while facing serious health risks

Life near Achan landfill: How Srinagar’s waste crisis is endangering homes and people’s health

11 Dec 2025

10 min read

Efforts to provide safe drinking water rely on improving access through community participation.

How India Is Working to Ensure Safe Drinking Water for Every Household

07 Dec 2025

8 min read

Plastic waste on the riverbanks

Water pollution in India: A comprehensive overview

08 Nov 2025

8 min read

The drugged and poisoned Sabarmati

The drugged river: How antibiotic waste is choking the Sabarmati

Aarti Kelkar Khambete

29 Oct 2025

5 min read

Mangroves, Mumbai’s first line of defense against floods and cyclones

Plastic in the mud: Mumbai’s choking mangroves

Aarti Kelkar Khambete

15 Oct 2025

5 min read

Manzoor Wangnoo looks over papers in his office. He started as a businessman and now works with the community to protect Kashmir’s environment.

Rivers and Lakes

Himmat-e-marda, madade khuda: How one man’s faith and action revives dying water bodies in Kashmir

17 Aug 2025

12 min read

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