Shift in water: AMC, BIS Start clean-up act
Action After TOI Expose On Bottled Water Scam Team TOI Ahmedabad: Several agencies swung into action on Monday after the TOI expose on the bottled water racket and how it posed a health risk on the users.
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Tall claims
We asked a few manufacturers about the standards they adhere to. Here is what they said<br> <br> <img src="../files/images/20080331/dot.gif" align="centre"><b>Philips Electronics India:</b> Gold seal Class A certified by the US-based Water Quality Association, certified by KIWA Water Research of the Netherlands and BIS certification for UV filters <br>
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NGO finds E. Coli in water samples from homes across TN
Of the 1,122 samples of potable water collected from homes in six districts in Tamil Nadu, NGO Consumers Association of India (CAI) found that at least 50 per cent of the water had E. Coli – faecal contamination.
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Move to make BIS licence mandatory for mineral water cos
The government is planning to make BIS licence mandatory for all companies manufacturing packaged drinking water and natural mineral water. It also plans to tighten the BIS standards for the
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Shit in water: Is the - ISI mark all bull?
Rahul Mangaonkar & Paul John | TNN Ahmedabad: If racketeers bottling water containing harmful microbial organisms in appalling conditions and peddling it as an ISI marked product were posing a grave risk to public life, licensed '1ST manufacturers fare no better.
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Water business
the Department of Drinking Water Supply (ddws) on July 20 invited private standalone water purifying companies to showcase latest technologies and equipment. The government wants to install 30,000 water purifying systems in rural schools to provide children with safe drinking water. About 84,000 schools in rural India do not have access to water that is safe to drink. The water purifier
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On the water front
With the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) announcing significant alterations in its method to establish the purity of packaged drinking water, a number of questions arise. For instance, why was it
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Water purifiers offer no safety against contamination
By Prabuddh Banerjee Despite tall claims by producers of water purifiers, most of them fail to ensure safe drinking water for the household. Our drinking water is supposed to deliver essential nutrients and minerals needed for healthy life. It should help maintain acidic levels in our body and natural streams must provide antioxidants. Finally, it should be free of all contaminants. But more often than not, water supplied to us has exactly the opposite characteristics.
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Most water purifiers dont remove viruses: Study
Only 2 Out Of 8 Indian Brands Pass NIV Test Umesh Isalkar | TNN Pune: Despite loud promises that these gadgets suck out disease-causing bugs from drinking water, most purifiers sold across India do not completely eliminate waterborne viruses like Hepatitis E, says Pune-based National Institute of Virology. A study by the government-funded body that conducts research on communicable dise
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Underwriters Labs starts certification programme for packaged water
Bangalore, July 3 Underwriters Laboratories has launched a certification programme for bottled water in India, a year after it introduced the service in the US. With the Rs 1,000-crore Indian packaged water industry estimated to grow at 40 per cent, safety certification assumes more importance in a country that experiences large-scale waterborne diseases.
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Water at UCIL contaminated, says institute
High levels of nitrate, lead and nickel have been found present in the groundwater samples collected by the Indian Institute of Toxicology Research at the Union Carbide site in Bhopal. Submitting a report
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The real thing
Sunita Narain, an Indian environmentalist, has dented two of the world's glossiest brands : a report.
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BIS' latest find: It is fairly easy to fake ISI mark
After pesticides in packaged water and colas, the focus now shifts to illegal manufacture of packaged drinking water.The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has raided a Delhi unit, which was picking up
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BIS wants European standards
The BIS is likely to apply European norms for pesticide content in bottled water, applicable from the next year. The same standard may also apply to soft drinks. The BIS, however, has no final say as
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Status of groundwater quality in India: Part I
This report presents the environmental profiles of metropolitan cities and problem areas identified by CPCB and their groundwater quality status. The groundwater quality data obtained during survey were evaluated against drinking water quality requirements [BIS 10500, (1991) & WHO (1996) Standards]. Salinity, nitrate, Coliform & Fluoride are the main water quality issues in the metro cities and problem areas of the country.
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Household tips
How does one select a water filter?<br> <br> <b>Step 1:</b> Understand raw water quality. Find out the contaminants in water, its hardness and its total dissolved solid contents. Also find out if the water has heavy metals, pesticides or any other chemical<br>
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Hydro-geochemistry and application of water quality index (WQI) for groundwater quality assessment, Anna Nagar, part of Chennai City, Tamil Nadu, India
<p>In the present study, the geochemical characteristics of groundwater and drinking water quality has been studied. 24 groundwater samples were collected and analyzed for pH, electrical conductivity,
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Water samples complied with BIS specifications
The samples of packaged drinking water and mineral water collected in Delhi were found to comply with the requirements of BIS standards, Rajya Sabha was told. According to these standards, pesticide
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Call for stringent BIS norms for bottled water
The special taskforce on drinking water should ask the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) to work out permissible residue limits for all the 50 pesticides listed under section 65 of the prevention of
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BIS lists 19 companies for violation
With the number of companies selling packaged drinking water in Chennai going up on a daily basis, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has stepped in to ensure quality specifications. It has