Divergent views emerged on how the city is going to solve an impending water crisis at the Bangalore World Water Summit’s concluding day on Friday. “Bangalore is on its way to a very large water crisis if action is not taken immediately. On the health front, too, it is heading toward an epidemic outbreak due to poor sanitation,” said Prof Seetharam Kallidaikurichi, director; Institute of Water Policy.

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Health and Child Welfare Minister Dr Henry Madzorera has said that the typhoid outbreak is due to people eating human waste.

"The mode of transmission for typhoid is the faecal-oral route, that is, through ingestion of bacteria in food or water contaminated with faeces of infected persons.

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A chemical spill that has contaminated a river in southern China, threatening the water supply of millions of people, is sparking calls by environmental activists for more corporate and government accountability over industrial waste.

Businesses in China should be required to disclose the amount of chemical waste they produce and where it is discharged, representatives of Greenpeace and the Beijing-based Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs said Tuesday.

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The Ganga finds its name in the list of the five most polluted rivers of the world. The most disastrous effects of this are felt by freshwater species including the Gangetic dolphin. Now, there is hope that the river will be revived, thanks to the efforts of a UK charity that will clean the river and teach villagers along its coast to save freshwater wildlife and keep sewage away from the water.

The air stinks, the water stinks, and even the fish and crabs caught in Bodo creek smell of pure "sweet bonny" light crude oil. The oil has found its way deep into the village wells, it lies thick in the mudflats and there are brown and yellow slicks all along the lengthy network of creeks, swamps, mangrove forests and rivers that surround Bodo in the Niger delta.

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In an exclusive interview with the Asian Journal during her current visit to California to get the Fil-Am community’s support for AFI’s projects, Gina explained, “Ming Ramos called me and asked if I would be willing to take over the rehabilitation of the Pasig River project. I said yes, on the condition that we partner with the DENR. Immediately, she said yes.” The Pasig River, which traverses major cities in Metro Manila, is considered as the “lifeline of our nation.” For years, various unsuccessful attempts have been carried out to rehabilitate or revive this “dead river.”

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Despite recent criticism about severe land and water pollution, Bali has the best environment of all of the provinces, a government study shows. The report on Indonesia’s environmental quality index in 2010 conducted by the Environment Ministry showed that Bali had a score of 99.65, the highest of all the 33 provinces.

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MANILA, PHILIPPINES - With nearly 2 billion people in Asia and the Pacific having no access to adequate sanitation, representatives of governments, the business community, nongovernment organizations and international organizations are meeting at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to discuss ways to ramp up investments in the sector.

The "2nd ADB-DMC and Partners Sanitation Dialogue" calls for greater access to sanitation for all and focuses on actions needed to make sanitation and wastewater management a sustainable business.

"We have a silent humanitarian crisis in Asia. Hundreds of millions of Asians are ashamed to speak about their lack of access to safe and improved sanitation," said Arjun Thapan, ADB's Special Senior Advisor for Infrastructure and Water, during his keynote address. "But it is more than just shame if human dignity and lives are needlessly lost. In expanding sanitation coverage in Asia, silence is a luxury that we cannot afford."

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Many of Asia's poorest people live in unhealthy, squalid conditions, with no clean water or sanitation access. Families cannot escape poverty without water and hygiene infrastructure.

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Many Indians have no clean drinking water. One company is trying to change that with a smart, new and cheap device.

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