Ground Water

Type: Keyphrase

Name: Ground Water

description: The supply of fresh water found beneath the Earth's surface, usually in aquifers, which supply wells and springs. Because ground water is a major source of drinking water, there is growing concern over contamination from leaching agricultural or industriy.

First Reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 Documents

Coming soon: major catastrophe

IS the North-east headed for a virtual water famine? With the groundwater level declining drastically in most states in the region, about 7,000 habitations have been identified as having an excess of fluoride, arsenic, nitrate and iron in the water people ... [Published 8 hours ago by The Statesman]

Entities: Wastewater, Virtual Water, Fluoride, Declination

First Reported 12 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 1 Documents

Water initiatives undertaken in Tobago since 2001

Today, Tobago produces approximately 50,000 cubic meters (or 11 million gallons) of water per day. This is made up of to approximately 60 per cent of surface water and 40 per cent ground water sources. Over the last ten years the percentage of ground ... [Published 12 hours ago by Tobago News]

Entities: Ground Water, Water treatment, Level of Supply, Surface Water

First Reported 15 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 1 Documents

Don't keep boring the earth, it's too much

Bangalore: Bangalore was once famed for its keres or lakes. As the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) fails to meet the demand of the city’s expanding population, more and more people dig borewells to extract groundwater. Even borewells, ... [Published 15 hours ago by DNA India]

Entities: Ground Water, Bangalore, water supply

First Reported Mar 19 2010 - Updated Mar 19 2010 - 1 Documents

PepsiCo Inc

New Water Bottles Entireley from Plants

While we are all aware that we should only be using BPA-free, reusable water bottles, at least now there are some new, earth-friendly alternatives to traditional plastic bottles. Green Planet Bottling has introduced a 100-percent plant-based ... [Published Mar 19 2010 by CleanTechies Blog - CleanTechies.com]

Entities: Plastic, Plants, Recyclable, Celsias, PepsiCo Inc

First Reported Mar 19 2010 - Updated Mar 19 2010 - 1 Documents

INDIA: National Ground Water Congress to be held on World Water Day

The Ministry of Water Resources is organizing National Ground Water Congress to observe ‘World Water Day- 2010’ here on 22nd March,2010. During the week from 22nd to 27th March, workshops, seminars etc. will be held all ovr the country by Central Ground ... [Published Mar 19 2010 by IntelliBriefs]

Entities: Ground Water, World Water Day, Water Resources

First Reported Mar 19 2010 - Updated Mar 19 2010 - 1 Documents

Protect Ground Water to Promote Safe Drinking Water

Whether your drinking water comes from a spring, a well, a river or a lake, protecting ground water is essential to protecting all water resources.Wells draw upon water in an aquifer where water has filled the pore spaces in rocks, sand and soil. When ... [Published Mar 19 2010 by USAgNet]

Entities: Ground Water, Drinking Water, Stormwater, Aquifer, Pesticide

First Reported Mar 19 2010 - Updated Mar 19 2010 - 1 Documents

Kerala must realise damages from Coca-Cola: House panel

Report says people sustained economic, social and health-related devastationHigh power committee has received compensation claims for Rs. 203,20,72,410THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:The Assembly Committee on Petitions has called upon the Kerala government to assess ... [Published Mar 19 2010 by The Hindu]

Entities: water level, Ground Water, Kerala Government, Water Pollution

First Reported Mar 18 2010 - Updated Mar 18 2010 - 1 Documents

$Reducing dependence on petroleum only way out$

Reducing dependence on petroleum resources is the only way to find a safe passage for humanity, opined veteran journalist Nagesh Hegde. Delivering the keynote address at a seminar on Global warming: Present and future scenario organised by the Department ... [Published Mar 18 2010 by Deccan Herald]

Entities: Petroleum, Global Warming/Climate Change, Dinesh Nayak, Marine Geology

First Reported Mar 18 2010 - Updated Mar 18 2010 - 1 Documents

Kerala House panel wants Pepsi plant to reduce water use

The Left Government in Kerala seems to be bracing for another war on softdrink giants Pepsico and Coca-Cola. An Assembly panel, constituted to look into the ground water exploitation by the Pepsico bottling plant at Pudussery in Palakkad on Wednesday ... [Published Mar 18 2010 by Indian Express]

Entities: Ground Water, Water Resources, PepsiCo Inc, K. Jayakumar, N. K. Premachandran

First Reported Mar 18 2010 - Updated Mar 18 2010 - 3 Documents

Pepsi denies charges of water extraction

Tags: Cola, Palakkad, PepsiCo, Pudussery, Water, Foods and DrinksCola major Pepsico today denied the charge that its plant in Pudussery in Palakkaddistrict has been causing depletion of ground water in the arid area by over extraction of water.Reacting ... [Published Mar 18 2010 by Financial Chronicle]

Entities: PepsiCo Inc, Ground Water, water level, Water Conservation

First Reported Mar 15 2010 - Updated Mar 15 2010 - 2 Documents

China factory closed amid lead poisoning fears

BEIJING: Authorities in southwestern China have closed a factory after nearly 100 people -- most of them children -- tested positive for lead poisoning, state media said Monday.A total of 94 people in Sichuan province, including 88 children, were found ... [Published Mar 15 2010 by Economictimes]

Entities: China, Ground Water, Poison, Pollution

First Reported Mar 13 2010 - Updated Mar 13 2010 - 2 Documents

ExxonMobil ordered to resume well tests, free water deliveries in Baltimore County: Groundwater was contaminated by gas station

(The Baltimore Sun - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) --ExxonMobil must resume testing 130 residential wells in the Jacksonville area that were affected by a huge underground gasoline leak in 2006, according to a directive from the Maryland ... [Published Mar 13 2010 by TradingMarkets]

Entities: Exxon Mobil Corporation, Baltimore (Maryland, United States), Ground Water

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