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Sedimentation Study of Hirakud Reservoir through Remote Sensing Techniques
Any reduction in water spread area at a specified elevation over a time period is indicative of sediment deposition at this level. This when integrated over a range of water stages helps in computing volume of storage lost through sedimentation. This study relates to estimation of capacity loss due to sedimentation of Hirakud reservoir, located in Orissa, India.
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Climate change and water resources
This paper describes what climate change is, including how it is affecting the world live in and the timeframe within which these changes are expected to happen. It then considers why climate change needs to be a priority in development planning, including the inequitable burden it places on the poor and developing countries, as well as the impacts on the world’s water resources. Finally, this paper concludes by presenting measures to address climate change, including some current campaigns.
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Bringing sustainability to drinking water systems in rural India
A number of dimensions and resources need to be converged for preparing a roadmap to sustainability. The most critical among these are technical know-how, human capital and financial resources. This document is an effort towards presenting a basic framework for the mobilization of these resources and dimensions. The document has been structured into various themes that need to be interwoven for a framework of sustainability in the drinking water sector.
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Manual on the right to water and sanitation
The Manual on the Right to Water and Sanitation is designed to assist policy makers and practitioners in implementing the right to water and sanitation. This publication addresses the vital need to clarify how human rights can be practically realised in the water and sanitation sector.
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Planning commission to moot water resources management authority
The State Planning Commission will recommend the formation of a Water Resources Management Authority in Tamil Nadu, Vice-Chairman M. Naganathan, said on Friday. "Rejuvenating the agriculture sector
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Water war between Haryana, Delhi
Water has become a bone of contention between Haryana and Delhi. While the Delhi administration alleges that Haryana has reduced water supply to the national Capital, Haryana claims that it has been
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For the first time, Mumbai taps go dry
Taps in the metropolis went dry on Wednesday for the first time in over a century owing to scheduled repair work being carried out by the civic body on the pipelines bringing water to the city. It is
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Fuel strike continues in U.P.
The Uttar Pradesh Petroleum Traders Association (UPPTA) continued their State-wide strike for the second day on Wednesday, as talks with the government to reduce taxes on diesel and petrol failed.
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MoU with UP for release of water
Attempts by DJB officials to get the requisite raw water for Sonia Vihar may have been drawing flak, however, now the utility is about to sign a MoU with U.P. for release of 300 cusecs of raw water
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Vidarbha water crisis Govt-made?
Farmer suicides in Vidarbha have raised a chorus of demand for Central relief package from Maharashtra Government. But successive State Governments have simply not accorded priority to irrigation for
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Dry days: Delhi, UP yet to sign MoU on water
Delhi and UP locked horns over Sonia Vihar again. Four months after UP cut supply to 140-MGD water treatment plant, the two states have still not been able to sign an MoU. In another meeting called
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DU develops technology to wipe out dangerous weed
Delhi University has developed a technology to wipe out dangerous weed Lantana Camara, which has created havoc across the country invading millions of acres of deserted landscapes. The Centre for
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High ammonia levels hamper water supply
Water supply in the capital has been hit hard due to high ammonia level twice as prescribed by the central Pollution Control Board in Upper Yamuna. The water treatment in Wazirabad and
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Flats to pay for their own sewage
People living in flats will have to pay sewage cess separately from the New Year. At present, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Swerage Board is including sewage cess in the water bill of
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DJB admits leakage in pipes, quantum unknown
The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) admitted that water leakage did occur through its pipes during supply and distribution, but it could not ascertain the percentage of water loss in the process. In an
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India faces turbulent water future: Report
India's large water infrastructure is crumbling and shortfalls in financing have led to an enormous backlog of maintanance, according to the World Bank. Within the next 13 years, India's demand for
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Rs 385-cr for improving water supply, drainage in Jammu, Srinagar
An hefty package of Rs. 385 crores is being incurred for improving drinking water, sewerage and drainage systems in the twin capitals of Jammu and Kashmir by the Economic Reconstruction Agency (ERA).