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‘Providing Safe Drinking Water: Gov’t’s Priority’

Public Works Minister Signs MoU with The Last Well; 30,000 water purification bucket system arrives for distribution to 5 counties

Publication Date: 
15/01/2019
Liberian Observer (Liberia)
Tags:
Africa, Drinking Water, Water Supply, Liberia, NGO, Drinking Water Quality
Water Supply

37 camels die after drinking contaminated water in Marsabit

Residents of Maikona in Marsabit county are counting losses after 37 camels died after drinking contaminated water.

Publication Date: 
08/01/2019
Star (Kenya)
Tags:
Africa, Kenya, Drinkin Water, Camel, Drinking Water Quality, Water Pollution
Water Supply

Poor Quality of Drinking Water Due to Outdated Regulatory and Institutional Framework – Sinkamba

Green Party President Peter Sinkamba has attributed the provision of poor quality of water by water utilities countrywide to poor regulatory and institutional framework arising from Government’s fa

Publication Date: 
06/01/2019
Lusaka Times (Zambia)
Tags:
Africa, Drinking Water, Drinking Water Quality
Health

Fluorosis and iodine deficiency disorders in India

This review focuses on fluorosis and iodine deficiency disorders, two serious, highly prevalent metabolic disorders that are under-reported. These are caused by the two elements of the halogen family, fluorine and iodine. The former in excess and the latter in deficiency are the cause for concern.

Publication Date: 
10/09/2018
Andezhath K. Susheela
Current Science
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Fluorosis, India, Nutritional Diseases, Drinking Water Quality, Food Security, Health Policy
Industry

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding formulation of an Action Plan for supply of piped water in 42 localities of Bhopal affected by the Bhopal Gas Disaster, 30/08/2018

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Research Foundation for Science Technology & Natural Resource Policy Vs Union of India & Others dated 30/08/2018 regarding formulation of an Action Plan for supply of piped water in 42 localities of Bhopal affected by the Bhopal Gas Disaster.

Judgement Date: 
30/08/2018
Tags:
Bhopal Gas Disaster, Groundwater Pollution, Supreme Court, Drinking Water Quality, Madhya Pradesh, Water Supply
Water Resources

Performance Audit on National Rural Drinking Water Programme in Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation

The Government of India launched the National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) in April 2009 by modifying the Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme (ARWSP) and subsuming earlier sub-mission/schemes. A performance audit of the NRDWP was conducted to assess how far the objectives of the Programme were achieved.

Publication Date: 
07/08/2018
Comptroller and Auditor General of India
Tags:
National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP), India, Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), Finance, Drinking Water Quality
Water Pollution

Developing drinking-water quality regulations and standards: general guidance with a special focus on countries with limited resources

This document provides practical guidance to support the development or revision of customized national or subnational drinking-water quality regulations and standards. The principles and guidance presented are broadly applicable across countries and contexts, including more resource-limited settings.

Publication Date: 
12/07/2018
WHO
Tags:
Drinking Water Quality, Drinking Water Standards, Water Quality, India, Global
Health

Diarrhoea in Fatehabad, 200 fall ill

Over 200 people are said to have taken ill due to an outbreak of diarrhoea and gastroenteritis at Babanpur village of Fatehabad district allegedly due to the consumption of contaminated water.

Publication Date: 
07/06/2018
Sushil Manav
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Punjab, Fatehabad (D), Diarrhoea, Water Pollution, Drinking Water Quality, Health Effects, Health
Groundwater Pollution

Water quality in Bhandewadi as bad as industrial waste

In the last one year, Shubham Wasnik got hospitalized twice. “My stomach always hurts,” says the 26-year-old.

Publication Date: 
11/05/2018
Times of India (Nagpur)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Drinking Water Quality, Diarrhoea, Jaundice, Bureau Of Indian Standards (BIS), Drinking Water, Water Pollution
Water Pollution

Contaminated drinking water poses health hazard

Jaipur: People living in Bandha Basti and Nahari-ka-Nakka areas are forced to consume contaminated and smelly water every day as PHED’s water pipelines are running close to sewer lines.

Publication Date: 
03/05/2018
Times Of India (Jaipur)
Tags:
Rajasthan, Water Pollution, Drinking Water, Drinking Water Quality

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