Blue and Green Drop Project Report 2024
The 2024 blue drop results show an alarming increase in unsafe municipal drinking water, with 13% of blue drop tests across the country that point to unsafe drinking water. The drinking water of 28 towns
Drinking Water
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Ulcerous!
A bacterium found in water wells causes ulcers
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Setting standards
the third European conference on environment and health recently organised in London resolved to set an agenda for improving health and environment standards in Europe for the next century.
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ACTION TAKEN REPORT
Courts in Delhi seem to be the only state institution fighting the menace of pollution. Now, the Delhi High Court, under a two-judge bench headed by acting chief justice Devinder Gupta, has
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Toxic rain
swiss researchers have stated that rain falling in Europe is so full of toxic pesticides that much of it is not fit for drinking. Pesticides sprayed on crops evaporate and, in the
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Drugged drink
The water we drink may be contaminated with the drugs we excrete through our urine
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Indian standard: packaged drinking water (other than packaged natural mineral water) - specification
This report gives the requirements and methods of sampling and test for drinking water (other than packaged natural mineral water) offered for sale in packaged form.
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Faucets of the problem
Once known as the land of magic, India amazed the west with the trick of the bottomless pitcher. The magician would fill countless containers with water from just one jar. While the west has already achieved the goal of giving safe water to its masses
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No water just woes
Despite numerous schemes, financial allocations and election time promises, drinking water is still a scarce commodity. Public participation in most government projects is missing, and planners do not seem to look beyond today s requirement
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Quenching parched throats
Solutions do not come easy. However, there are ways to avoid a bigger crisis: give water back to the people and rediscover the water harvesting traditions
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Perpetual Thirst
It has been 45 years since the first national water supply programme. This and many thousand crore of rupees later, more than half of India’s population is still languishing in thirst. And where there is water, there are water-borne diseases. Tall clai