The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
National environmental programmes have been seeing no progress since the devolution of the Ministry of Environment two years ago. All environmental conservation plans were approved by the Pakistan Environment Protection Council (PEPC) – the apex organisation at the national level for formulation and implementation of the national environmental policy and …
Central California’s agricultural bounty, which has stocked grocery shelves across North America for decades, has also stocked the region’s groundwater supply with nitrates, according to a two-year study by researchers at the University of California, Davis.
Food safety regulators in northern China have shut down production at a beverage plant owned by Coca-Cola Co. KO +1.22% as punishment after finding chlorine in a batch of drinks made in February. In a statement on Saturday, the quality regulator in the Chinese province of Shanxi said it found …
This study provides insights to some of the key functions of the Integrated Child Development Scheme and health services in the management of childhood under-nutrition in six key empowered action group states. It explores the underlying process and determinants of under-nutrition and the manner in which these two key services …
The objective of the study was to determine how data on water source quality affect assessments of progress towards the 2015 Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target on access to safe drinking-water.
The WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation (JMP) reports every two years on progress towards the drinking-water and sanitation target under Millennium Development Goal 7. This target calls for halving the proportion of the population without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation between 1990 …
The office of the Water Board was flooded with complaints regarding the tariff hike and the poor quality of water, during the Prajavani programme held in the main office at Khairatabad on Monday. During the two-hour programme, around 70 grievances were collected, a majority of which were regarding the tariff …
With various political parties championing the issue, the acute drinking water problem here has once again come to the fore. The CPI(M) has announced a waylaying of vehicular traffic in the town and remote interiors of the taluk on Friday. They are pressing for immediate implementation of the Thalayazham drinking …
This paper is an overview of the issues surrounding India’s water scarcity, and also comparison of clean water standards between developing and developed nations.
The WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation (JMP) monitors progress towards the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target to halve, by 2015, the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation. The JMP publishes a report every two years, which presents an update …
Economic criteria shape investments in drinking-water supply systems and services. Yet, often they may be defined in a narrow sense and economic returns may be evaluated in strictly financial terms. The result is an emphasis on large, urban infrastructural works. Yet, a large part of the world's population in rural …
This document provides a framework to support improved access to safe water for low-income communities through the enhancement of water facilities. It is intended to help WaterAid’s partner organisations in Nepal deliver safe water facilities to the communities they work with. This document will reinforce WaterAid’s initiatives for ensuring the …
This study is an attempt to assess the extent of toxic metals, including Pb, Cd, Cr, Mn and As in groundwater and some cereals collected from Shibganj area of Chapai Nawabganj, Rajshahi, Bangladesh. The chemical results of groundwater show that the mean concentrations of Pb, Cd and Mn exceed the …
This fourth edition of the World Health Organization’s Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality builds on over 50 years of guidance by WHO on drinking-water quality, which has formed an authoritative basis for the setting of national regulations and standards for water safety in support of public health.
For this study, bromide and bromate ions in various commercial brands of Indian bottled water samples were estimated using ion chromatography. The measured mean concentration of bromide and bromate ions in water samples was found to be 28.13 µg/L and 11.17 µg/L respectively. The average level of bromate in Indian …
Radioactive element leaked from at least 48 of 65 US commercial nuclear power sites, often into groundwater Radioactive tritium has leaked from three-quarters of US commercial nuclear power sites, often into groundwater from corroded, buried piping, an AP investigation shows. The number and severity of the leaks has been escalating, …
CHENNAI: The outbreak of E.Coli that has claimed 30-odd lives in Germany and other European countries is a grim pointer of the extent of damage these organisms floating in the environment can cause. And Chennai has reason to be concerned, for a study conducted in the city has clearly indicated …
In India you have quality standards specifications for soft drinks, but none for potable water. The Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, under the Ministry of Rural Development, is now seeking to correct the record, and, thankfully, the exercise will cover urban habitations too. The department has found the current …
All rural households have access to piped water supply in adequate quantity with a metered tap connection providing safe drinking water, throughout the year, that meets prevalent national drinking water standards, leading to healthy and well nourished children and adults and improved livelihoods and education. Continuous uninterrupted water supply is …
Chennai: Former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has called for a special initiative to provide safe drinking water for all. Speaking at the two-day international conference on
