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Nagaland PHE successfully implementing new tech for potable water

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 23:29

The Public Health Engineering Department (PHED), Nagaland is successfully implementing a new technology to provide drinking water facilities in rural areas using solar energy developed by a Mumbai-based company.

Drinking water scarcity in disaster-hit Ganjam district

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 30, 2013, 18:44

People in Odisha`s cyclone and flood ravaged Ganjam district are reeling under severe water scarcity due to disruption of water supply in both rural and urban areas, including Berhampur.

Brain-eating amoeba rattles nerves in Louisiana

Last Updated: Friday, September 20, 2013, 20:43

A deadly, brain-eating amoeba has been found in the water supply of a Louisiana community near New Orleans, scaring residents and sending officials on the hunt for its source.

`Amma Drinking Water`: TN CM to launch scheme to provide mineral water at Rs 10

Last Updated: Sunday, September 15, 2013, 00:24

In yet another pro-people welfare measure, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa will launch a scheme on Sunday to provide mineral water for Rs ten a litre.

TN to set up 5th reservoir to cater to Chennai`s water needs

Last Updated: Thursday, September 12, 2013, 12:18

As part of its efforts to meet the drinking water requirements of Chennai, the Tamil Nadu government has set in motion works to set up a fifth reservoir that would supply water to the city.

Climate change threatens Caribbean`s water supply

Last Updated: Friday, September 6, 2013, 13:57

Experts are sounding a new alarm about the effects of climate change for parts of the Caribbean the depletion of already strained drinking water throughout much of the region.

New predictive method pinpoints arsenic hotspots

Last Updated: Friday, August 23, 2013, 21:50

European and Chinese researchers have built a model to predict the presence of arsenic groundwater contamination in China and elsewhere where millions are at risk, according to work published Thursday.

Bacteria in drinking water key to keeping it clean

Last Updated: Thursday, August 15, 2013, 19:09

Scientists have found that bacteria in the drinking water may play a key role to keep it clean, a finding that can reduce the need for high dosage chemical treatments.

Rural areas must be targeted to exacerbate global clean drinking water crisis: Study

Last Updated: Friday, July 26, 2013, 14:19

A recent study has revealed the efforts made to provide clean drinking water has been limited to affluent areas, while it is required much more in the rural areas suffering acute shortage of accessible drinking water supply.

Machine turns sweat into drinking water in Sweden

Last Updated: Monday, July 22, 2013, 20:00

Drinking another person`s sweat may sound obnoxious, but a machine that takes sweat-laden clothes and turns the moisture into drinking water has been launched in Sweden.

Water samples found unfit for drinking in NDMC are

Last Updated: Thursday, July 18, 2013, 20:57

44 percent of water samples taken from Sadar Paharganj area were found to be unfit for drinking, while the figure was 43 percent for Civil Line zone.

Now, machine that transforms your sweat into drinkable water

Last Updated: Thursday, July 18, 2013, 13:17

A group of Swedish engineers have developed a machine that converts sweat from gym clothes into drinking water.