Water Pollution

 Fishy deaths

The mystery of large scale fish fatalities in the Yamuna near Agra and the conflicting official theories
A report by Prabhanjan Verma

Publication Date: 
14/07/2002
Prabhanjan Verma
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Pollution Control, Water Pollution, Industrial Dispersal, Yamuna, Fish, Water Quality, Drinking Water, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Fish Poisoning, Governance, Agra (D)
India

 A midsummer dream

Anyone will tell you that follow-ups are not a story. Journalism is not about

Publication Date: 
29/06/2002
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Groundwater Recharge, Water Management, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Drinking Water, Dams, Irrigation, Watershed Development, NGO, India, Gujarat, Rajkot, Madhya Pradesh
Water Pollution

 Ensuring drinking water

The farmers of the Bheema basin near Bijapur in Karnataka are in a jubilant mood. They have reasons to

Publication Date: 
14/05/2002
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Drinking Water, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Supreme Court, Karnataka
Water Resources

 Controlling water

People in Andhra Pradesh now need official consent to sink new wells

Publication Date: 
14/05/2002
Nitin Sethi
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Water Pollution Control, Land Resources, Water Resources, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Drinking Water, Trees, Compensation, Legislation, Public Participation, India, Andhra Pradesh
Water Resources

National water policy 2002

This policy emphasises planning, development and management of water resources in a national perspective through a well-developed information system and river basin organisations for the integrated and multidisciplinary management of entire drainage basins. It has prioritised water allocation

Publication Date: 
08/04/2002
Ministry of Water Resources (India)
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Water Resources, Groundwater, Water Policy, Water Conservation, Water Quality, Drinking Water, Irrigation, India
Water Pollution

 CONTAINING CONTAMINATION

In a crucial judgement, the California Supreme Court ruled that people harmed by drinking contaminated water can legally sue their supplier for failing to deliver. The ruling came in a case involving

Publication Date: 
14/03/2002
Down to Earth
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Water Pollution, Industrial Dispersal, Drinking Water, Legislation, Supreme Court, California
India

 A sorry state, indeed!

THE state of India's natural resources is appalling, according to a preliminary report prepared by Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI) as part of its long-term 'Green India 2047' project.

Publication Date: 
27/02/2002
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Soil Erosion, Drinking Water, India
India

 Water wonder

Buhanpur Municipal Corporation in Madhya Pradesh revives a unique underground water system of the 17th century, Khooni bhandara, to solve the city's water scarcity problems

Publication Date: 
14/02/2002
Jai Nagda
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Water Management, Drinking Water, Reservoirs, Tourism, India, Madhya Pradesh, Burhanpur
Health

 Underestimated threat

the us Environmental Protection Agency (usepa) has greatly underestimated the cancer risks of arsenic in drinking water, indicates a study of

Publication Date: 
14/10/2001
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Arsenic, Drinking Water, Health Effects, Cancer, United States Of America (US)
Water Pollution

 Official contamination

the Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) has recently acknowledged that it is supplying drinking water highly contaminated by Escherichia coli bacteria, and the pollution levels far surpass the limits

Publication Date: 
29/09/2001
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Water Pollution, Drinking Water, Waterborne diseases, Cholera, India

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