Drinking Water

FILMS and videos have been used by environmentalists as promotional material for spreading their message. In addition to this, flash cards and posters have always formed an integeral part of the

Publication Date:

14/01/1995

Author(s): Seema Kalra

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

4

Issue:

19950115

pp:

0

Tags:

Drinking Water, Rural Development

India

The taste of arsenic

EVEN as diseases caused by arsenic-tainted water continue to ravage several districts of West Bengal, the state government has initiated a Rs 15-crore action plan to supply safe drinking water to the

Publication Date:

29/06/1994

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Groundwater Pollution, Drinking Water, India

India

Pioneering project

Drinking water in Delhi may soon be safer and more potable. For the first time in India, the Delhi Water Supply and Sewage Disposal Undertaking (DWSSDU) expects to introduce, in May, the ozonisation

Publication Date:

30/04/1994

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Water Pollution Control, Drinking Water, India, Delhi

India

Pumping iron

The training of women in the maintenance of hand pumps has not only flooded them with confidence, it has rescued a government water supply programme from sinking.

Publication Date:

27/02/1994

Author(s): Shukla Basu

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

2

Issue:

19940228

pp:

0

Tags:

Drinking Water, Rural Water Supply, Health, India, Assam

India

New light on water disinfection

With a simple modification, ordinary tubelights can be used to provide clean drinking water.

Publication Date:

30/10/1993

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Water Quality, Drinking Water, Urban Habitat, Rural Habitat, Scientists, India

India

Contaminated water

Municipal authorities in Thrissur, Kerala, have been accused of dilly-dallying though a deadly chemical has reportedly flowed into the town's drinking water reservoir, resulting in at least 30

Publication Date:

14/08/1993

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Water Pollution, Drinking Water, Health Effects, Hazardous Products, India, Kerala

Environment

'Environment ministers have a hard time'

Union environment minister Kamal Nath talks to Down To Earth about India's environment strategy and the attitude of Western nations towards environmental problems.

Publication Date:

30/07/1993

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

2

Issue:

19930731

pp:

0

Tags:

Environment, Sanitation, Global, Sustainable Development, Drinking Water

Water Pollution

Municipality blamed for Delhi water poisoning

Municipal authorities in Delhi deny they were responsible for the deaths of eight people caused by contaminated water

Publication Date:

30/07/1993

Author(s): Anumita Roychowdhury

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Water Pollution, Tubewells, Drinking Water, Waterborne diseases, Delhi

Environment

Kamal Nath is one of the few Indian ministers to have acquired an international image. He has traversed the globe to attend various environmental conferences and has also played host to several of his foreign counterparts. Nath argues the new found green

Publication Date:

30/07/1993

Author(s): Anumita Roychowdhury, Nitya Jacob, Ravi Sharma, Anupam Goswami

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

2

Issue:

19930731

pp:

0

Tags:

Environment, Sanitation, Global, Sustainable Development, Drinking Water