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Right after being crowned as the most polluted city, Delhi has again a scare in terms of a superbug in water supplies. Is it true. What are the remedies?? Here is the news brief from Reuters below: (Reuters) - A gene that makes bugs highly resistant to almost all known antibiotics has been found in bacteria in water supplies in New Delhi used by local people for drinking, washing and cooking, scientists said on Thursday. Check here
Read more…1. What is groundwater policy, do we really need it.2. Whether the landowner is also the owner groundwater.3. Should Indian government introduce such policy to control this precious resourcesLets come with some important ideas and prepare a note for the government. We as a citizen of this earth, let's initiate the process.Please give recommendations
Read more…Check here a streaming Video from Nature on India's water condition. They also point to the original article and "Nature" magazines finding on it. Video: http://www.nature.com/nature/videoarchive/indianhotspot/ Article: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v460/n7258/full/nature08238.html Source: Nathistory
Read more…The map shows groundwater changes in India during 2002-08, with losses in red and gains in blue, based on GRACE satellite observations. The estimated rate of depletion of groundwater in northwestern India is 4.0 centimeters of water per year, equivalent to a water table decline of 33 centimeters per year. Increases in groundwater in southern India are due to recent above-average rainfall, whereas rain in northwestern India was close to normal during the study period. Credit: I. Velicogna/UC…
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