Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
This publication presents data on Major and Medium Irrigation and Multipurpose projects, Minor Irrigation projects, Command Area Development scheme as available in the Finance Accounts of the Union and State Governments brought out by Comptroller and Auditor General of India and Accountant General of respective states. These accounts provide audited …
Water Resources Minister Ramesh Chandra Sen said that Bangladesh is hopeful of signing the Teesta water sharing treaty with India soon. Preparations in this regard are on to hold a secretary level meeting in Dhaka soon, he said while talking to BSS here yesterday. Ramesh said the meeting would discuss …
Manufacturers and wastewater municipalities that treat and discharge wastewater are concerned with regulatory compliance and controlling costs. Most facilities must comply with regulations, such as the US Environmental Protection Agency's (USEPA) Clean Water Act, and optimize their wastewater treatment processes. To help achieve both goals, many facilities use total organic …
In potable water treatment, the volume of granular activated carbon (GAC) per filter is a major issue, both in commercial agreements and in filter design and operation. Once exhausted, the GAC is typically regenerated by thermal reactivation.
Workers at Chilean copper-gold mine port facilities will soon be quenching their thirst with drinking water from an innovative new seawater reverse osmosis (RO) system supplied by Koch Membrane Systems (KMS).
Landscape irrigation system is a combination of different irrigation system as suitable for various crop covering and requirement. Some misconceptions and doubts are still rising in the mind of the many people about using waste/ETP water for landscape.
This report by ACWADAM is a synopsis of the hydrogeological study carried out for Bird-K in Pavagada, Sira and Bagepalli areas, Tumkur District, Karnataka. The study aimed at an impact analysis of recharge through borewells as well as suggesting new sites for the same. The principle objectives of the study …
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh might lose on NTPC's proposed 4,000 mw ultra mega power project to neighbouring Madhya Pradesh due to problems in acquiring land and water for the project. The proposed project was to be set up by National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) in the Bundelkhand region of UP at …
The Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR) has blamed the Assam Government for the stalled Pagladiya dam project, holding it responsible for not being able to complete the Zirat survey (property assessment) and land acquisition. The project is now planned to be relocated to an alternative site and the Brahmaputra Board …
Growth also needs resources Resources requirement for projected production levels, bau and lc, will be many times the current. coal In bau, coal requirement for the six sectors will almost quadruple, to about 1.9 billion metric tonnes (MT), by 2030-31. This will be a formidable challenge, with vast environmental and …
THERE is a missionary zeal about this website. Entrepreneurs are urged to take part in contests to save water. The winner gets $30,000 in cash. The inaugural 2010 Imagine H20 Prize for Water Efficiency was awarded to Fruition Sciences. The winning idea: a web application that alerts grape farmers when …
Asaniye is a small village on the Konkan coast in Maharashtra, surrounded by thick forests of the Western Ghats. Residents here fear lifestyle change and loss of green cover once iron ore mining operations begin. In 2007, the Maharashtra government leased 437 hectares in the village in Sawantwadi tehsil to …
River ecosystems in England and Wales are being increasingly threatened with over-abstraction by water companies, according to a study by WWF. The study, 'Riverside Tales', looked at three 'unique' chalk streams under stress - the Itchen, the upper Kennet and the tributaries of the upper Lee (the Mimram and the …
BHUBANESWAR: Good news for the people of coastal belt of Orissa who constantly suffer from drinking water-related problems during cyclones and floods. A first of its kind project in the entire South East Asian region in collaboration with Unesco- India, will soon try to address the drinking water related issues …
Karnataka Raitha Sangha State Secretary S Manjunath has alleged that Hemavathi river bank is becoming barren day by day owing to the unholy nexus between the District Administration and sand mining lobby. Addressing a news conference on Wednesday, he said that they have even complained against illegal sand mining to …
P. Sainath Two years of drought has started to take its toll on the people of Vidarbha, with a failed crop leaving them with no income to tide over the crisis. Parched land:Across rural Amravati, Akola, Washim and Yavatmal, almost every human being you see in the morning is collecting …
Arguments over which type of farming will best meet growing food demands are ignoring the most critical factor - water availability - say analysts from the International Water Management Institute (IWMI). Agriculture currently uses 70 per cent of the freshwater available for human use and, according to the IWMI, unless …
Water availability per capita in India is reaching critical levels, and with a much faster pace of urbanisation expected in the coming decades, treatment of waste water for returning to rivers and reuse in industry assumes great importance. Navi Mumbai has shown the way. Today the population of Navi Mumbai …
Mumbai With monsoon likely to hit the city by July 15, the civic body is worried about rapidly dipping water levels of six lakes. The lakes at present have about 46 per cent less water stock than at the same time last year. Calling it a
M Subramanian KOCHI: Rainwater harvesting has become a necessary part of all land management projects where the owners have to utilise their own resources for daily requirements. The water bodies and associated channels should be planned in such a way that the maximum amount of rainwater falling in a particular …
