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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Snuffing out lives with pollution
Premature deaths and disease caused by a polluted environment is the most pressing problem in the world today, says a WHO report prepared for the Earth Summit
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Over 400 cases filed against Rawal Dam polluters
It seems the government is finally waking up to the increasing level of pollution in Rawal Dam, as only recently the departments concerned have filed a record number of 430 cases against the polluters. According to official documents, the Pakistan Environment Protection Agency (Pak-EPA) has filed cases in the environment tribunals seeking heavy fines on those responsible for contaminating the d
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Pesticide residues in food and drinking water: human exposure and risks
This book describes the issues surrounding pesticide residues in food and drinking water and, in particular, the issues associated with human exposure and consumer risk assessment.
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Drinking water causes vision loss in Punjab
Anxious resi March 9: Anxious residents in Punjab
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18% water supplied by DJB unfit for drinking: MCD
MCD Health Committee chairman VK Monga and Delhi BJP chief Vijender Gupta on Thursday criticised the Delhi Jal Board for its failure to provide potable water to Delhiites.
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Water: Purification with a pinch of salt
Climate change, growing populations and political concerns are prompting governments and investors from California to China to take a fresh look at desalination : a report. March 20, 2008
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Water powers this pump
Ranchi, Jan. 3: Kalawati Oraon is still living a dream. She has clean potable water on her doorstep, something she never had for her entire 38-year-old life. Till a few months ago, Kalawati, with other women of hilly Kothi Tola village in Keredari block, some 80 km from Hazaribagh, trekked down hilly pathways in search of water. Today, her trekking days are history.
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Solar solution to safe drinking water
<p>The solar powered UV disinfection plant was developed and installed at Haiderpur Waterworks, Delhi Jal Board. It was evaluated for treatment of microbial contamination of western Yamuna canal water for different microbial count and turbidity and flow rates. </p>
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Default drinking water
'Corporate Responsibility' has died a fancy death at the altar of public relations. A recent chemical analysis of branded packaged drinking water commonly called bottled water conducted by the Pollution Monitoring laboratory of the Centre for Science an