The aim of this study was to review epidemiologic evidence, provide summary risk estimates of the association between exposure to chlorination disinfection by-products (DBPs) and congenital anomalies, and provide recommendations for future studies.

Rural water supply scheme for Andhra has no room for public opinion; price may be hiked later villagers in Andhra Pradesh will soon get their drinking water supply in 20-litre plastic containers. The government has shortlisted five companies that would treat raw water and sell it to villagers. The government thinks this is the best way to supply safe drinking water to villages but

Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said provision of potable water to the masses is the priority of the government and solid measures are being taken for this purpose. He was addressing a meeting held to discuss issues related to water supply in rural areas at the Chief Minister's Secretariat here on Friday.

Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) has prepared a plan to install 17 Floating Solar Powered High Flow Circulators/Solar Bees and 10 Portable Wastewater Treatment Plants worth of Rs 400 million at Rawal Lake to clean contaminations from its water, sources told Daily Times on Wednesday.

Jamshedpur: Water is a precious resource and should be treated on a par with oil, with stress laid on conservation, reducing wastage and preventing its contamination.

This book shows how multiple-use water services (MUS) are best suited to meeting people's diverse water needs. This book shows how livelihoods act as the main driver for water services and how access to water is determined by sustainable water resources, appropriate technologies and equitable ways of managing communal systems.

This book shows how multiple-use water services (MUS) are best suited to meeting people's diverse water needs. This book shows how livelihoods act as the main driver for water services and how access to water is determined by sustainable water resources, appropriate technologies and equitable ways of managing communal systems.

Doubt has been cast on a much-lauded method of disinfecting water using only sunlight, after a study found that it doesn't reduce diarrhoea among children in families using the technique.

The objective of this study is to evaluate the performance of domestic water purification units with respect to contaminating enteric viruses. Eight domestic water purification systems widely used in India were evaluated using hepatitis E virus (HEV) as a model virus.

Asha Prakash

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