Hogenakkal water scheme, a fluorosis mitigation drinking project benefitting the drought-prone north-western districts, has once again become a poll issue. While Chief Minister Jayalalithaa took credit for the scheme at a campaign rally in Dharmapuri on Wednesday, DMK treasurer M.K. Stalin said it was the DMK government that completed 90 per cent of the project. […]
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Depleting water is of poor quality
Coimbatore: Even as ground water is being depleted, a recent report from the central ground water board concluded that the ground water in most parts of the district is not fit for consumption. Not only was the hardness level higher, it was polluted by fertilizers and other drainage canals. Government reports suggested that bicarbonate and […]
22,000 hand-pumps go kaput as water crisis deepens in state
Excessive salt, fluoride render thousands of others useless BHOPAL : Falling underground water table has rendered more than 22,000 hand-pumps in the state defunct. Other factors like presence of fluoride, excessive iron and salt in the water drawn from hand pumps have exacerbated the problem. Around 19,000 habitations in the state are without any source […]
Blanket ban on borewells
Alarmed at the depleting groundwater levels, officials are worried that any further breach by bore wells beyond the 300-metre mark could end up pushing water that may contain heavy metals Hyderabad: With the threat of hazardous chemicals looming large from deeply sunk bore wells in Telangana, the state government has issued a blanket ban on […]
7 villages in Warora to get water ATMs
Chandrapur: Seven villages in Warora tehsil will soon be getting clean and safe drinking water round-the-clock, thanks to the corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative of GMR Warora Energy Limited (GWEL), a subsidiary of GMR Energy. The company will be installing water ATMs in these seven villages of Charurkhati, Chinora, Chikni, Dongargaon, Dahegaon, Nimsada and Majara […]
Even Fluoride-laced Water is Precious in Pavagada
TUMAKURU: The water situation at Pavagada taluk is particularly grim as it has no surface water resource because no live river flows through it and it has no drinking water project either. As a result, its groundwater has impermissible levels of fluoride and fluorosis which continues to haunt people. Potable drinking water is a luxury […]
Is India facing its worst-ever water crisis?
Excerpt: But the evidence about the declining water levels and waning health of the 2,500km (1,553 miles)-long Ganges, which supports a quarter of India’s 1.3 billion people, is mounting. Part of a river’s water level is determined by the groundwater reserves in the area drained by it and the duration and intensity of monsoon rains. […]
Honeywell licences R1234yf production in India
Note from FAN: “… In a statement following a test at Mercedes’ HQ in Sindelfingen, near Stuttgart, Walter Pütz, director of vehicle certification and regulatory affairs at Mercedes-Benz Cars said: “the whole vehicle can catch fire and the burning refrigerant [R1234yf] generates acutely poisonous hydrogen fluoride which poses a severe danger to both passengers and […]
Experts fear potable water crisis in state
Excerpts: Patna: English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s adage “Water, water, everywhere, not any drop to drink” is proving literally true with more and more people of Bihar being deprived of easy access to potable water. Even as the people celebrated the World Water Day on Tuesday, little efforts have been made so far by the […]
Poisonous Drinking Water in Telangana
It looks like drinking water problems in Telangana State are increasing day by day. The Areas that do not fall under the city water board’s network are depending on groundwater which is posing a fluoride risk. As per reports of research conducted by groundwater board Hyderabad stated that Rapid depletion of ground water levels in […]