One of the case studies of this year's Stockholm Water Sympo

A top secret Soviet nuclear complex contaminated its environs for 40 years, exposing thousands of people in the vicinity to radiation

Indian lakes are no longer serene waterbodies. Instead, they have become stinking cesspools, a result of continuous inflow of sewage and massive siltation. As the lakes die a premature death, the question that arises is who is responsible for this sorry s

• Finalisation of master plan of Udaipur city, setting apart adequate areas for construction of hotels and prohibiting new construction within 200m of the lakes. • Diversion of all

Local chieftains constructed the lakes of Udaipur

The government announces a project to revitalise the dying upper lake

The twin cities of Secunderabad and Hyderabad have converted the historic Hussain Sagar lake into a convenient effluent site

Water in acid lakes formed after the abandonment of mining activities can now be treated with a technique that manipulates the properties of iron based heavy metal contaminants called ferrites

The predatory Nile perch, introduced with all good intentions into the Lake Victoria, is turning out to be the magnificent lake s nemesis

limiting the emission of toxins to