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Water Pollution

 Fewer drops to drink

Water consumption the world over is growing - it is likely to grow by five times between 1940 and 2000. This, coupled with the pollution of existing water resources is causing water scarcity in more

Publication Date: 
Monday, November 14, 1994
Down to Earth
Tags:
Water Pollution, Water Demand, Statistics
Water Supply

Urban water supply in Rajasthan - Problems and prospects

The growing problems in providing adequate drinking water to urban populations is a consequence of the lack of long-term planning and inefficient management of urban water usage.

Publication Date: 
27/08/1994
M S Rathore, V Ratna Reddy, S Ramanathan
Economic and Political Weekly
2272-2274
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Urban Water Supply, Rajasthan, Jaipur (T), Bharatpur (T), Udaipur (T), Ajmer (T), Jodhpur (T), Water Demand, Water Distribution, Urban Water Harvesting, Traditional Knowledge, Water Management, Water Conservation, Water Pollution
India

 Final diagnosis

Scientists have developed a product that will go a long way in helping standardise measurements of water pollution

Publication Date: 
14/07/1994
Devendra Chauhan
Down to Earth
Tags:
Water Pollution, India, Delhi
Water Pollution

 The NGO problem

THE RECENT controversy over the national and global role of non-government organisations (NGOs), generated at the preparatory meeting for the United Nations-sponsored International Conference on

Publication Date: 
14/05/1994
Down to Earth
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Development, Panchayats, NGO
Water Pollution

 Green power

IT HAS taken decades of singleminded toil for the world's leading green organisations to move centripetally from what was considered the lunatic fringe to a position of such popular power and

Publication Date: 
30/04/1994
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Water Pollution, Air Pollution, NGO, Toxic Wastes
Water Pollution

 Scapegoats

The state government of Delhi has identified the "real culprit" behind the city's street congestion -- the ubiquitous cycle-rickshaw. Funny, considering that the harmless three-wheeler is the only

Publication Date: 
27/02/1994
Down to Earth
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Pollution Control, Rickshaws, Delhi
Water Pollution

 Ban recommended

CANADA'S Royal Commission on Reproductive Technology has recommended a ban on sex determination tests. It has been stated that Indian Canadians and other South Asians visit ultrasound clinics for

Publication Date: 
14/02/1994
Down to Earth
Tags:
Canada, Birth Technology
Water Pollution

 Bouquets and brickbats for Thorp

Japan and Germany have welcomed the go ahead for Britain's Thorp nuclear reprocessing plant, but opponents feel it will lead to nuclear proliferation.

Publication Date: 
30/01/1994
Down to Earth
Tags:
Nuclear Fuel, United Kingdom (UK)
Water Pollution

 Steel manufacturer in the dock

Prompted by protests, the Maharashtra government is considering action against a steel manufacturing unit for causing water pollution.

Publication Date: 
14/01/1994
Shyam Pandharipande
Down to Earth
Tags:
Water Pollution, Iron And Steel Industry, Health Effects, Maharashtra
Water Pollution

 Green conditions

THE WORLD Bank will require more environmental protection by Asian loan recipients. The bank might demand the use of unleaded gasoline and better traffic management and might even require recycling

Publication Date: 
14/01/1994
Down to Earth
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Water Pollution, World Bank

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