Eat healthy and stay cool this summer, say doctors.
But with the increasing water scarcity, illnesses such as Hepatitis A, typhoid and diarrhoeal disease too could start spreading, they say.
“Contaminated water could lead to diarrhoeal disease, Hepatitis A, dysentery and viral gastroenteritis,” said S. Subramanian, infectious diseases consultant, Gleneagles Global Hospitals.
“As the city is reeling under severe heat, residents must be careful, especially the young and the elderly.
“Check your water filters and make sure they are working properly, and cleaned periodically” he said.
“These include febrile seizures, urinary infections, skin infections and heat exhaustion.
Dr. Sankar also said that cases of accidental ingestions of kerosene, phenyl and toilet cleaner are coming in, as thirsty children mistook the liquids for beverages, especially if they were stored in soft drink bottles.
Cases of diarrhoeal disease have started coming in at SIMS Hospital, said consultant physician Jaichitra Suresh.
As water lorries are used more in the dry season, we are also checking their sources of water to see if they are safe.
While diarrhoeal disease is an acute condition, leptospirosis, typhoid and others are slower to develop, he said.

Standing in front of a former Martindale-Brightwood plating plant cleared of hazardous materials, environmental activists Tuesday ticked off the impacts that President Donald Trump’s proposed cuts to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency budget could have across Indiana.
And less money for emergency clean-up projects like the one that removed hazardous chemicals from the former Williamson Polishing and Plating site.
“One of the key points is that the program that cleaned this up is slated for the 17 percent budget cuts,” said Dr. Indra Frank, director of environmental health and water policy for the Hoosier Environmental Council.
He has said that this move would help to promote job growth and that the states should assume the regulatory power that the agency currently holds.
Brown Ave. IDEM does not have the resources to do clean-ups at sites such as this one, which had a range of hazardous materials, including sodium cyanide, sodium hydroxide, silver, zinc, other metals and numerous acids.
It took the EPA about four months and $1.8 million to clean up the site.
“We know this type of industry pollution would not be tolerated in wealthier neighborhoods,” said Elizabeth Gore, president of the Martindale Brightwood Environmental Justice Collaborative and an Indianapolis Public Schools board member.
The area is still suffering the consequences of an explosion more than 45 years ago at a lead smelter.
In 2016, that program funded 84 projects in Indiana for a total of $125 million.
“People need to understand that EPA programs make a real and positive difference in Indiana communities… None of us wants the air to be dirtier, the water to be more dangerous to drink or abandoned sites like this one abandoned forever."

PhD Studentship: Exploring farmers’ attitudes to on-farm control measures of water pollution.
The research in this PhD will explore farm business structures and management decisions and their evolution in response to the CSF programme, with a strong emphasis on farmer attitudes to a range of on-farm measures including those that are less popular with farmers.
What informs the attitudes of farmers to these measures and what might allow or encourage attitudinal shift?
This requires more in-depth research with farmers than standard interview surveys.
So it is anticipated that the student will spend time on farms in observation and conversation (an ethnographic approach) and/or conduct farmer focus groups with the study areas.
The studentship is part of a major new research programme, commissioned by the Environment Agency and led by Professor Adrian Collins at Rothamsted Research, exploring the landscape scale impacts of on-farm measures for controlling diffuse water pollution from agriculture (DWPA) funded and delivered by the Catchment Sensitive Farming (CSF) initiative.
We have a good idea of what measures appeal to famers and those that do not.
In the main, and not surprisingly, the more attractive measures are those that fit better with existing farming systems and have cost benefits to farmers (either through lower input costs or grant aid).
The studentship, open to Home/EU applicants only, includes the Home/EU fee rate (currently £4,400 per annum) and a maintenance stipend at UK research council rates (currently £14,553 per annum), plus research allowance of £2,000 per annum.
Full details of the studentships, including how to apply, can be found here: http://www.exeter.ac.uk/studying/funding/award/?id=2601 Further details about these studentships are available from our Graduate Research School: ssis-researchadmissions@exeter.ac.uk Deadline for applications is 21st June 2017.

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Worldwide Water Purifier Market: Depleting Ground Water and Rising Water Pollution Bolster Growth, Says TMR.
Transparency Market Research (TMR) observes that global water purifier market is extremely fragmented.
During the forecast years of 2017 and 2025, the global market is likely to progress at a CAGR of 8.1%.
Out of all the technologies, the RO purifier technology is projected to lead the global market over the forecast years.
Scarcity of Clean Water Pushes Civic Bodies to Adopt Water Purifiers United Nations stated that there were over 3.5 billion people living in the urban areas across the globe.
Additionally, the need for water reuse and emerging trend of recycling in water intensive industries has also bolstered the growth of the global market.
Lack of Awareness about Consumption of Unsafe Water acts as an Impediment On the flip side, the global water purifier market faces some tough challenges.
Get more information from Research Report Press Release: http://www.transparencymarketresearch.com/pressrelease/water-purifier-market-2017-2025.htm This review is based on Transparency Market Research’s report, titled "Water Purifier Market (Technology – Gravity Purifiers, RO Purifiers, UV Purifiers, Sediment Filters, Water Softener, Others; End User – Industrial, Commercial, Household; Accessories – Pitcher Filter, Under Sink Filter, Shower Filter, Faucet Mount, and Water Dispenser) – Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecast, 2017 – 2025."
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Centre Water Works calls alleged polluters on the carpet.
The lawsuit is against carpet and textile companies, manufacturers and chemical suppliers of PFCs that attorneys contend are responsible for polluting the city’s water supply.
Representing Centre are Beasley Allen lawyers Jere Beasley, Rhon Jones, Rick Stratton, Grant Cofer and Ryan Kral, together with Roger Bedford of Roger Bedford & Associates in Russellville.
Jones said the lawsuit is basically the same kind of case with the same allegations made against the same defendants as in the lawsuit brought last year by the Gadsden Water Works and Sewer Board.
However, Jones said the plaintiffs filed a motion to have it moved back to state court “where it belongs,” and are waiting for a federal judge’s ruling.
When Gadsden’s suit was filed, Jones said the Gadsden Water Works and its customers did not put the chemicals in the water and should not be held responsible for removing them either.
The polluters must bear the expected multi-million dollar cost cleaning up and removing the PFCs from the water system.
Some of the highest PFC test results in North America, if not the world, have been recorded near the discharge sites for these carpet manufacturers.” In May 2016, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued new lifetime health exposure guidelines for PFOS and PFOA.
After the EPA issued the new exposure limits, an advisory warning was provided to eight systems in Alabama.
The EPA advisory focused on PFOA and PFOS, man-made chemical compounds that are used in the manufacture of non-stick, stain-resistant and water-proofing coatings on fabric, cookware, firefighting foam and a variety of other consumer products.

Board seeks bank guarantee from mining companies assuring no pollution to get consent to operate; No decision taken on Sonshi mines Team Herald PANJIM: While iron ore mining activities in Sonshi village in Sattari will remain at a halt for some more time, Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB), in a bid to avert dust pollution around mining sites, has directed all mining companies seeking to commence activities, to submit a bank guarantee assuring ‘No Pollution’, failing which the consent to operate will not be granted.
The meeting resolved to direct mining companies to produce a bank guarantee, before it decides on their consent to operate under the Air and Water Pollution Act.
The meeting also deferred the decision with regard to mining leases in Sonshi, wherein the Board felt the need for further monitoring of the ambient air quality in the village.
The guarantee amount is to be based on the area of the lease.
It will most likely be Rs 50 lakh for mining leases above 100 hectares, Rs 25 lakh for mining lease whose area is between 50 hectares and 100 hectares and Rs 12.5 lakh for mining leases below 50 hectares.
Speaking to Herald after the meeting, GSPCB Member Secretary Levinson Martins said the consent to operate would be granted only after they produce the bank guarantee and the Board is satisfied with the measures initiated by the firms to mitigate dust pollution.
If a lease holder fails to control the air and water pollution in the vicinity, the bank guarantee will be seized by the Board,” he said.
“It is now for those 39 lease holders to decide, whether they want to produce bank guarantee now or when the new season resumes in October,” Martins said.
The Member Secretary said that ‘as far as mining in Sonshi is concerned, the Chairman has asked the Board to further monitor the air pollution and submit the report’.
Mining activities at Sonshi are shut since April 28, after GSPCB declined to grant consent to operate to 12 out of 13 mining leases operational there due to dust pollution created.

2943 amends the Water Code to clarify the state water pollution control revolving fund’s purpose as being the provision of financial assistance to persons for projects eligible for assistance under certain provisions of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, including water quality control projects provided by the bill.
The bill requires the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB), in conjunction with or separate from the account in the revolving fund for nonpoint source pollution control and abatement projects, by rule to establish a program to promote the acquisition by eligible applicants of conservation easements and requires TWDB to adopt the rules not later than January 1, 2018.
The bill changes the time frame by which a loan is to be fully amortized from not later than 20 years after completion of the treatment works to not later than the expiration date of the term of the loan.
The bill requires certain projects financed through the revolving fund to have a demonstrable impact on water quality control, as determined by TWDB.
Amends Section 15.601(a), Water Code, as follows: (a) Requires that the state water pollution control revolving fund (revolving fund) be used to provide financial assistance to persons for projects eligible for assistance under Section 603(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.
Section 1383(c)), including nonpoint source pollution control and abatement and water quality control projects described by Sections 15.603(h) (relating to a revolving fund for providing financial assistance to persons for nonpoint source pollution control and abatement projects) and (h-1) of this code (Water Code), in accordance with the capitalization grant program established under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.
(1) to make loans on the conditions that: (A) the loan is made at or below market interest rates, including an interest-free loan, at a term not to exceed the lesser of 30 years or the projected useful life, as determined by TWDB, of the project to be financed with the proceeds of the loan, rather than those loans are made at or below market interest rates, including interest-free loans, at terms not to exceed 20 years; (B) principal and interest payments will begin not later than one year after completion of the project to be financed with the proceeds of the loan and the loan will be fully amortized not later than the expiration date of the term of the loan, rather than not later than one year after completion of any treatment works and all loans will be fully amortized not later than 20 years after completion of the treatment works; (C) and (D) makes no changes to these paragraphs; (2) through (7) makes no changes to these subdivisions; (8) to provide financial assistance to persons for a nonpoint source pollution control or water quality control project under Section 319 of the federal act or Section 15.603(h) or (h-1) of this code, rather than for a nonpoint source pollution control project under Section 319 of the federal act or for an estuary management project under Section 320 of the federal act; and (9) and (10) makes no changes to these subdivisions.
(c) Requires that a project financed through the revolving fund, other than a project authorized under Section 603(c)(1), (5), or (11) of the federal act (33 U.S.C.
Amends Section 17.0821(c), Water Code, to require TWDB to use the revolving fund in accordance with Section 15.604(a)(4), rather than Section 15.604(4), of this code and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, Section 603(d)(4), as a source of revenue to be deposited in accordance with this chapter for certain payments.
Requires TWDB to adopt rules under Section 15.603(h-1), Water Code, as added by this Act, not later than January 1, 2018.

EPA partners with Texas to eliminate water pollution; Awards $2 Million Grant to Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
DALLAS – (May 15, 2017) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded $2 Million to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to support the state’s water pollution control program.
The grant will also help prevent, reduce and eliminate water pollution through monitoring, standard setting, enforcement and compliance activities.
“Protecting America’s water resources is one of the highest priorities for the EPA and the Trump Administration,” said Administrator Pruitt.
“This grant empowers Texas to protect their cherished water resources.” “Texas continues to demonstrate the value of state and federal partnerships,” said Acting Regional Administrator Sam Coleman.
“This initiative will help water related environmental issues in the state.” The Clean Water Act provides funding to water pollution control programs to build and sustain effective water quality programs that ensure the health of our nation’s water bodies.
The funds are awarded under section 106 of the Clean Water Act.
EPA provides this financial assistance to build and sustain effective water quality programs that ensure the health of our nation’s water bodies.
The objective of the Clean Water Act is to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the nation’s waters.
Programs under the act support monitoring, assessment, protection, and prevention of polluted runoff in waterways.

GSPCB seeks bank guarantee from mine leases to ensure ‘no pollution’.
Panaji, May 15 (PTI) The Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) today directed the mine lease holders operating in North Goa’s Sonshi village to furnish bank guarantee, which will be forfeited if they cause air and water pollution.
The GSPCB today held a meeting under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Dharmendra Sharma to decide on whether to grant consent to operate 39 mining leases, including 12 in Sonshi village.
Several residents of Sonshi had protested last month stating that there was a rise in air pollution, after which the mining operation in this area had been suspended.
“The board today refused to allow the mining operations at Sonshi till further orders.
The mining firms have been asked to furnish bank guarantee, which will be forfeited if they cause pollution,” GSPCB member secretary Lavinson Martins told reporters.
The mining operations in Sonshi has been shut since April 28 after the lease holders were found to be involved in violation of pollution norms.
He said the guarantee amount will be based on the area of the lease.
“It is most likely to be Rs 50 lakh for mining leases that have area above 100 hectares; Rs 25 lakh for mining lease with area between 50 and 100 hectares and Rs 12.5 lakh for mining lease area below 50 hectares,” he said.
This is published unedited from the PTI feed.