The water quality issue in Kashmir has not yet got its due importance. A comprehensive water quality monitoring program is indispensable to assess the water quality status of the national rivers.

A mysterious chronic kidney disease is afflicting a large number of people in India and Sri Lanka. Despite decades of studies, scientists are yet to pinpoint the cause of the disease. Vibha Varshney travels to Sri Lanka and analyses the state of research, while Richard Mahapatra and M Suchitra report from the hotspots of the disease in India.

Read More: http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/kidney-conundrum

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vijay Kumar Vs State of Punjab & Ors. dated 02/12/2013 regarding water pollution in Phagwara, District, Kapurthala, Punjab.

Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/230-2013(OA)_2Dec2013.pdf

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Sher Singh & Ors. Vs State of Punjab & Ors. dated 20/11/2013 on the issue of drinking water in the State of Punjab containing Uranium beyond the permissible limit.

The southern bench of the National Green Tribunal censured officials of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) for its failure to file a comprehensive report on packaged drinking water unit

The Chinese government will enhance monitoring of drinking water sources, control poisonous contaminants and step up early warning mechanisms to ensure drinking water safety, an environmental offic

MADURAI: Even when many areas in the city struggle to get quality drinking water regularly, residents of Iravathanallur ward in Madurai Municipal Corporation (MMC) gets purified drinking water with

The Drinking Water Quality Monitoring protocol describes specific requirements for monitoring drinking water quality with a view to ensure provision of safe drinking water to the consumers.

The JMP Rapid assessment of drinking-water quality (RADWQ) was conceived by WHO and UNICEF to explore the quality of drinking-water from "improved" sources.

The study involves the determination of some environmentally important physico-chemical parameters of drinking water in the predominantly rural Goalpara district of Assam.

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