Sanitation

Fecal Attraction

From water to water - If there are humans, there will be excreta. If there is water use, there will be waste. Roughly 80 per cent of the water that reaches households in Indian cities flows out as waste.

This video shows the state of the Indian rivers and the cause of their pollution. It hopes to create awareness amongst the people about river pollution and the role they play in it. This content is the copyright of CSE - Centre for Science and Environment and has been re-created for the web by Gobar Times, a monthly environment magazine for the young adult.

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Sanitation, Sewage, River Pollution, Water Pollution, CSE, Drinking Water, Wastewater Recycling, India, Ganga, Yamuna

Lifeline: Kathmandu's stone water spouts

The vast sums of money spent, the various engineering interventions, the many city master plans and the instituting of various river commissions have had little or no impact on improving the Bagmati and its tributaries in Kathmandu valley. The valley remains parched; its rivers polluted beyond belief. But community-level efforts, such as initiatives to refurbish hitis, the stone water spouts once the lifeline for drinking water for the valley residents, may offer some hope. The hitis in Patan, a historic district in Kathmandu, offers a lifeline to area residents.

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Nepal, Drinking Water, Water Supply, South Asia
Water Supply
Policy Support Unit (PSU)
Bangladesh, South Asia, Water Supply, Drinking Water, Sanitation
Water Supply
WaterAid
Nepal, South Asia, Drinking Water, Sanitation, Health, Diarrhoea
Environment
Water & Energy Users' Federation- Nepal
Nepal, South Asia, Drinking Water, Electricity, Dams, Ecology
Water Pollution

18% water supplied by DJB unfit for drinking: MCD

MCD Health Committee chairman VK Monga and Delhi BJP chief Vijender Gupta on Thursday criticised the Delhi Jal Board for its failure to provide potable water to Delhiites.

Publication Date: 
11/03/2011
Pioneer (New Delhi)
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Delhi Jal Board (DJB), Water Supply, Delhi, Municipal Corporation, Drinking Water, Water Pollution
Water Pollution

Drinking water causes vision loss in Punjab

Anxious resi March 9: Anxious residents in Punjab

Publication Date: 
10/03/2011
Asian Age (New Delhi)
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Drinking Water, Water Supply, Punjab, Water Quality, Toxins, Health Effects
Economy

Manipur Plan pegged at 3,210-crore

The Annual Plan for Manipur for 2011-12 was finalised at Rs.3,210 crore at a meeting here on Monday between Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and State Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh.

In his initial remarks, Mr.

Publication Date: 
22/02/2011
Hindu (New Delhi)
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Manipur, Development, Power Transmission, Energy, Economy, Infrastructure Development, Drinking Water, Water Supply
Water Pollution

US Inc injects diesel into onshore wells

Oil and gas service companies injected tens of millions of gallons of diesel fuel into onshore wells in more than a dozen states from 2005 to 2009, Congressional investigators have charged.

Publication Date: 
02/02/2011
Financial Express (New Delhi)
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Diesel, Energy, Drinking Water, Water Pollution, Oil Pollution, Petrochemical Industry
Water Resources

Water powers this pump

Ranchi, Jan. 3: Kalawati Oraon is still living a dream.
She has clean potable water on her doorstep, something she never had for her entire 38-year-old life.
Till a few months ago, Kalawati, with other women of hilly Kothi Tola village in Keredari block, some 80 km from Hazaribagh, trekked down hilly pathways in search of water.

Today, her trekking days are history.

Publication Date: 
04/01/2011
Telegraph (Ranchi)
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Hazaribag (D), Jharkhand, Rural Water Supply, Drinking Water, Energy

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