Water Supply

Close monitoring of chlorine content in drinking water

COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore Corporation has stepped up the monitoring of the chlorine content in drinking water in view of the North-East Monsoon.

Norms mandate 2 mg of chlorine in the tail-end areas of distribution, while the main service reservoirs (or overhead storage tanks) should have 5 mg.

Publication Date: 
06/11/2009
Hindu (Chennai)
Tags:
Water Quality, Drinking Water, Drinking Water Standards, Water Supply, Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore (D)
Water Supply

Contaminated Water Supply in Goa

Goa has long been facing a problem of contaminated water, but the response of the authorities is tardy, says FREDDY DIAS
W ater is essential for life. We need to drink at least 2.5 litres of water daily, which

Publication Date: 
29/10/2009
Herald (Panjim)
Tags:
Water Quality, Drinking Water, Drinking Water Standards, Waterborne diseases, Water Supply, Goa
Water Supply

 In court

mumbai

Publication Date: 
14/09/2009
Down to Earth
Tags:
Urban Water Supply, Drinking Water Standards, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Water Supply, High Court, NGO, Mumbai
Water Pollution

Challenges of sustainable water quality management in rural India

This article discusses the various components that impact effective water quality management in rural India.

Publication Date: 
15/08/2009
R. Srikanth
Current Science
97
3
317
Tags:
Water Pollution, Groundwater Pollution, Water Management, Water Policy, Water Quality, Arsenic, Rural Water Supply, Drinking Water Standards, Waterborne diseases, Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission, Rural Sanitation, India
Water Pollution

Metal cations present in drinking water samples in and around Rangia town, District Kamrup, Assam

The study aims at the assessment of drinking water quality in terms of some metal cations in and around Rangia town at different distances from the Rangia college. The results obtained were compared with drinking water standards (WHO, 2004 and BIS).

Publication Date: 
01/08/2009
Gitimoni Deka, K. G. Bhattacharyya
Indian Journal of Environmental Protection
29
8
681
Tags:
Water Pollution, Water Quality, Heavy Metals, Drinking Water, Drinking Water Standards, Assam, Kamrup
Water Supply

All villages to get pure bottled water

Hyderabad, June 26: Every villager will soon have bottled purified water if Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy

Publication Date: 
27/06/2009
Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad)
Tags:
Drinking Water, Rural Water Supply, Drinking Water Standards, Andhra Pradesh
Water Pollution

Analysis shows arsenic is high in water at Kiradalli Tanda

T.V. Sivanandan

Publication Date: 
14/06/2009
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Water Pollution, Mining, Arsenic, Drinking Water, Drinking Water Standards, Health Effects, Groundwater Quality, Arsenic Poisoning, Karnataka, Gulbarga (D)
Water Supply

CDA to hire firm to run water plants

To supply potable water to the city residents in accordance with standards approved by World Health Organization (WHO), Capital Development Authority (CDA) will hire a multinational company to run its 32 water filtration plants installed in various sectors.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2009
Daily Times (Pakistan)
Tags:
Drinking Water Standards, Water Supply, WHO, Pakistan, Islamabad
Water Resources

WHO guidelines for drinking-water quality

Drinking-water quality is an issue of concern for human health in developing and developed countries world-wide. The risks arise from infectious agents, toxic chemicals and radiological hazards. Experience highlights the value of preventive management approaches spanning from water resource to consumer.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2009
World Health Organization
Tags:
Water Policy, Water Quality, Drinking Water, Drinking Water Standards, Health Effects, WHO
Water Resources

Assesment of ground water quality - Dharmapuram Panchayat Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu

The physico-chemical and bacteriological characteristics of ground water samples collected in Dharmapuram village, Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu was assessed.

Publication Date: 
30/04/2009
S. Bindhu, T. Selvamohan
Indian Journal of Environmental Protection
29
5
439
Tags:
Groundwater Quality, Kanniyakumari, Tamil Nadu, Drinking Water Standards, Micro Organisms, Water Resources

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