Health

Improving nutrition outcomes with better water, sanitation and hygiene: practical solutions for policy and programme

A growing body of evidence indicates that access to safe drinking-water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services has an important positive impact on nutrition. Achieving the six Global Nutrition Targets 2025, as well as global goals for WASH and health, will require greater investments in nutrition and WASH.

Publication Date: 
19/11/2015
World Health Organization
Tags:
Nutrition, Water Quality, Drinking Water, Sanitation, Tropical Diseases, Diseases, Health Effects, Global, Human Rights, Food Security
Water Pollution

Bid to check pollution in Brahmani river

With Brahmani River, Odisha’s second largest river, bearing brunt of environmental damage, the State government has decided to install real-time monitoring stations at four locations.

Publication Date: 
10/11/2015
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Brahmani, River Pollution, Industrial Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Water Quality, Mining, Water Pollution
Water Supply

Tap water in most of NCR safe for drinking, says study

Tap water in many parts of the Capital is fit for drinking without further filtration, says a recent study conducted by a consumer rights’ group.

Publication Date: 
10/11/2015
Damini Nath
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Water Quality, Drinking Water, Water Supply, Total Dissolved Solids, Delhi Jal Board (DJB)
Water Supply

Ananthagiri Tribals Get Purified Water

VISAKHAPATNAM: For the first time in the 68 years of independent India, as many as 2,000 tribals finally got purified drinking water at their doorsteps in Ananthagiri agency mandal in the district.

Publication Date: 
10/11/2015
VK Lakshmi Gayatri
New Indian Express (Hyderabad)
Tags:
Andhra Pradesh, Water Supply, Drinking Water, Tribals, Water Quality, Health Effects
Water Supply

Bengaluru's 198 wards likely to get pure drinking water plants

BENGALURU: On Tuesday , the narrow lanes of a slum near the Don Bosco Church in Lingarajpuram, east Bengaluru, wore a clean look.

Publication Date: 
04/11/2015
Times Of India (Bangalore)
Tags:
Karnataka, Drinking Water, Bangalore (T), Groundwater, Water Quality, Water Supply
Water Resources

Abrupt changes in food chains predicted as Southern Ocean acidifies fast: study

Key organisms in the Southern Ocean food chain face an abrupt onset of acidification as soon as 2030, new research from the US finds.

Publication Date: 
04/11/2015
Age (Australia)
Tags:
Water Resources, Marine Ecosystems, Carbon Dioxide, Green House Gases, Scientists, Marine Life, Water Quality
Water Pollution

World rowing body plays down Rio pollution concerns

The World Rowing Federation (FISA) on Tuesday played down concerns about pollution at Rio's Rodrigo de Freitas lake, describing the venue's water quality as "very acceptable".

Publication Date: 
04/11/2015
Shanghai Daily (China)
Tags:
Water Pollution, Games, Brazil, Water Pollution Control, Lake, Water Quality
Water Pollution

Assessment and management of Ganga river water quality using multivariate statistical techniques in India

Multivariate statistical techniques, such as cluster analysis and principal component analysis (PCA), were applied for evaluation of spatial variations and interpretation of large complex water quality data set of the Ganga river basin, generated during one year (2013-2014) monitoring of eight water parameters at seven different sites. Hierarchical cluster analysis grouped seven sampling sites into three clusters, i.e., relatively low polluted (LP), medium polluted (MP) and highly polluted (HP) sites based on the similarity of water quality characteristics.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2015
Pradip Kumar, Rajendra Kumar Kaushal, Anjani K. Nigam
Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution
12
4
61-69
Tags:
Ganga, River Pollution, Water Quality, River Basin, Waste Disposal, Solid Waste, Ramganga, Kali, Haridwar (T), Kanpur (T), Fatehpur (T), Kaushambi (T), Allahabad (T), Mirzapur (T), Varanasi (T), Uttar Pradesh
Water Resources

CDP Global Water Report 2015: accelerating action

This year marks the sixth year of CDP’s water program. Since its launch a large and growing number of institutional investors have begun using the platform to engage with companies on water exposures and opportunities.

Publication Date: 
22/10/2015
Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)
Tags:
Water Management, Water Resources, Industry, India, Global, Water Supply, Water Policy, Water Quality, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Finance
Health

Prevalence of Naegleria fowleri in environmental samples from northern part of India

Naegleria fowleri the causative agent of Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis, is ubiquitously distributed worldwide in various warm aquatic environments and soil habitats. The present study reports on the presence of Naegleria spp. in various water bodies present in Rohtak and Jhajjar district, of state Haryana, India. A total of 107 water reservoirs were screened from summer till autumn (2012 and 2013).

Original Source

Publication Date: 
20/10/2015
Ashutosh Panda, Shehla Khalil, Bijay Ranjan Mirdha & et al
PLoS ONE
1-14
Tags:
Micro Organisms, Water Pollution, Water Quality, Diseases, Neurology, Rohtak (D), Jhajjar (D), Haryana

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