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 …
THE UPA government is faced with the task of reconciling its own interests in poll-bound Karnataka and that of the DMK regime in Tamil Nadu on the Hogenakkal falls issue. As if to play out this tough choice facing the Congress leadership, Shipping minister and senior DMK leader T R …
The Union government has sanctioned Rs 151.74 crore for augmenting drinking water supply and sewerage facilities in six Punjab towns. The funds have been sanctioned from the Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme. This development took place yesterday, the last working day of the previous financial year, in which 80 per cent …
Tests have so far detected the presence of excess fluoride and arsenic in 449 blocks in five districts and in 614 blocks in 18 districts of the State respectively. While samples of 33,000 water sources have so far been tested, tests on another 25,000 sources are on. Replying to a …
Chief Secretary L.K. Tripathy asserted here on Tuesday that Karnataka had no locus standi to oppose the Hogenakkal drinking water supply scheme as Tamil Nadu was implementing it based on a
Even as the Tamil Nadu Assembly adopted a resolution urging the Union Government to come forward to safeguard the rights of the people of the State, various Kannada organisations gave a call for a Karnataka bandh on April 10 to protest the Hogenakkal drinking water supply project. The resolution, moved …
THE Japanese-funded Hogenakkal water project is becoming mired in needless controversy. On the one hand, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi's repeated assertion that the Hogenakkal drinking water and power generation project will not be stopped has sparked off a series of protests by pro-Kannada activists in Karnataka apart from …
Total heterotropic plate count (HPC), fecal coliform (FC), Escherichia coli (EC), Salmonella and Shigella were estimated in water samples collected from 21 bore wells and 15 hand pumps in and around Kanpur district, during early and post monsoon which revealed the unsanitary condition of water sources.
Access to water and control over it is not only a matter of survival but an issue of democratic participation of all citizens in the management of their country's natural resources, particularly as conflicts over water increase. This collection of case studies offers insights into promising attempts and successful models …
The study was conducted to assess the physico-chemical and bacteriological quality of stored rain water in the ferrocement tanks of Alappuzha District, Kerala. Representative water samples were collected on random basis from ten stations with rain water harvesting facility during the periods January 2006 and April 2006. The present study …
The introduction of chlorine at the end of the treatment line for residual protection purposes, widespread use of ozone at various stages of treatment and the development of new ozone generators are the latest technical trends that have led to numerous changes in the water disinfection processes.
Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru, in his famous speech at Avadi near Chennai in 1955, spelt out the conditions for inclusive growth. He asked and I ask the same question
When was the last time you drank water straight from the tap at your house to slake thirst on a hot summer day, without hesitation. Chances are you would have at least boiled or filtered the water. The public water supply in India is so unreliable that the urban middle …
Talk about his company's fortunes is likely to elicit a beaming smile from Mahesh Gupta. Kent RO systems' managing director says that his company's profits grew 40 times between 2002-2003 and 2007-2008: from Rs 2.5 crore to Rs 100 crore. Other water purifier manufacturers also say that business is good. …
Media attention is routine stuff for film star Hema Malini. But in August 2007 the spotlight was on her for a question she asked in Parliament as a Rajya Sabha member The film star, who is also a brand ambassador for a leading RO water company, asked the minister of …
A water purifier has to deal with physical, chemical and biological adulterants including dissolved solids, heavy metals and pesticides. Besides, all contaminants have different characteristics like molecular weight and size, water solubility, volatility and ability to react with oxygen. So, water treatment is a multi-pronged process, and the contaminant challenge …
The system wastes water, and is expensive According to industry estimates, 5.2 million households use water purifiers of which about 42 per cent (or 2.1 million households) employs RO. Assuming every household has 5 members; Total water consumed = 21 million litres per day (mld) (if per capita consumption is …
How does one select a water filter? Step 1: 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 Step 2: Find out what is the desirable water …
A consumer looking for a water purifier is most likely to be confronted with a fusillade of quality claims. K J Nath, president, Institution of Public Health Engineers in Kolkata is not sure about their veracity. "A lot of the tall claims by private players cannot be substantiated scientifically,' he …
The BIS drinking water specification (IS 10500:1991), which is a voluntary standard, was drawn up in 1983. It was last revised 17 years ago. A revision initiated in 2003, is still in its draft stage. It was occasioned by a report on pesticides in bottled water by the New Delhi-based …
We asked a few manufacturers about the standards they adhere to. Here is what they said Philips Electronics India: 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 KENT RO systems: Certificates from Shriram …
