Full Coverage: Water/sanitation

31.01.2008 Want to solve real-life water problems of today? Delhi based Centre for Science and EnvironmentÂ’s short course on the theory, practice and policies of urban rainwater harvesting for working professionals offers expert advice and hands-on lessons in planning and designing systems. Register now for the March 17-21 course.

25.01.2008 Lack of good sanitation and toilets are causing extensive environmental damage and making 5,000 infants die every day. ItÂ’s time to break the worldÂ’s silence on this global crisis and smell the stink round the corner, says Barbara Frost, Chief Executive, WaterAid.

21.01.2008 It has been more than a decade now when the scale of arsenic poisoning disaster in Bangladesh first came to light. Millions are still drinking the water contaminated by deadly chemical. Prof Mahmuder Rahman, who helped draft the National Arsenic Mitigation Policy, says in an interview that the country needs a long-term solution.

15.01.2008 In a rebuttal to the clean chit given by a prestigious body to Coca-Cola, the Centre for Science and Environment has said that in the absence of standards for pesticide residues in colas, soft drinks are still not safe for drinking in India.

15.01.2008 The Sono filter, a local innovation, offers hope to millions in Bangladesh who lack access to safe drinking water. Arsenic contaminated groundwater exists in all but one of the countryÂ’s 64 districts, and adversely impacts the health of those who ingest it over long periods.