2024 water funding gap report
Action Against Hunger released the 2024 Water Funding Gap report, finding that globally, only 36% of appeals for water- and sanitation-related funding were met in 2023, leaving a 64% gap. Despite dwindling
Action Against Hunger released the 2024 Water Funding Gap report, finding that globally, only 36% of appeals for water- and sanitation-related funding were met in 2023, leaving a 64% gap. Despite dwindling
Chandigarh: Poor quality of drinking water, heavy presence of metals and pesticides are the main reasons for the large number of cancer cases in Talwandi Sabo in Bathinda district.
This paper outlines the recent magnetic ion exchange process (MIEX process) to remove dissolved organic carbon and control of toxic THMs in drinking water supply.
This Multi-District Assessment of Water Safety (M-DAWS) study conducted between March 2007 and December 2008 by WASMO has found chemical and bacterial contamination in drinking water samples in eight districts of Gujarat including Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Gandhinagar, Kutch, Mehsana, Dangs, Surat and Valsad.
Prevalence of kidney stone disease is common in Trichy city and even in adjacent areas. Middle-aged people are more vulnerable. Male are more vulnerable than the female. According to Saturation Index, all the groundwater sources in Trichy Town have the Crystallization (stone forming) tendency.
The Accelerated rural water supply programme (ARWSP) has been renamed as the National rural water supply programme (NRWSP). This document details revised guidelines and the policy framework for implementation of the NRWSP.
In Bangladesh, millions of people are exposed to arsenic in drinking water ; arsenic is associated with increased risk of cancer. Once ingested, arsenic is metabolized via methylation and excreted in urine. Knowledge about nutritional factors affecting individual variation in methylation is limited.
What is the linkage between safe drinking water and HIV? This piece attempts to find out.
By 2015, halve the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation. The world, except sub-Saharan Africa, is on track to meet the target of halving the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water while at the current rate will miss the MDG sanitation target by over 700 million people.
Resulting from the enhanced micro-flocculation effect of ozone the filtration rates can be increased, smaller filtration beds used and even the chemical consumption lowered.
The recent guidelines for the withdrawal of ground water especially by the industries and infrastructure units focus on a specific part of ground water management viz. ensuring sustainability of ground water both in terms of quantity & quality and on land based management of ground water resource.