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Simply Put: Contaminated tap water

Simply Put: Contaminated tap water

12 hours ago

1 min read

Invisible employer

Invisible employer

Sushanta Kumar Mahapatra

15 hours ago

2 min read

Global power struggles over the ocean’s finite resources call for creative diplomacy

Global power struggles over the ocean’s finite resources call for creative diplomacy

17 hours ago

5 min read

News

Invisible employer

Invisible employer

Sushanta Kumar Mahapatra

15 hours ago

2 min read

A jalasathi demonstrating the quality of Odisha’s tap water.

Why India’s cities struggle to keep tap water safe — and what Odisha did differently

13 Jan 2026

6 min read

Care for a sip? Tripura villagers complain of contaminated, high iron drinking water supply

Care for a sip? Tripura villagers complain of contaminated, high iron drinking water supply

12 Jan 2026

7 min read

Microsoft's campus under construction.

Microsoft project in Greater Noida faces action over unauthorised groundwater extraction

09 Jan 2026

3 min read

Unsafe water, year-round: Over 5,500 fell sick, 34 died due to contaminated tap water across India in last 12 months

Unsafe water, year-round: Over 5,500 fell sick, 34 died due to contaminated tap water across India in last 12 months

08 Jan 2026

4 min read

Contaminated water crisis: CAG finds Indore loses 65% of drinking supply, Bhopal close behind

Contaminated water crisis: CAG finds Indore loses 65% of drinking supply, Bhopal close behind

Rakesh Kumar Malviya

07 Jan 2026

3 min read

In Bhopal’s gas-affected neighbourhoods drinking water pipelines intersect with sewage lines, heightening the risk of contamination.

Contaminated drinking water: Indore deaths spark outrage, but Bhopal’s waterborne disease numbers raise deeper concern

Rakesh Kumar Malviya

05 Jan 2026

3 min read

Contaminated drinking water case: CAG report found serious flaws, but Indore remained unconcerned

Contaminated drinking water case: CAG report found serious flaws, but Indore remained unconcerned

Rakesh Kumar Malviya

02 Jan 2026

3 min read

How Dar es Salaam’s poor are bearing the brunt of a water crisis

How Dar es Salaam’s poor are bearing the brunt of a water crisis

17 Dec 2025

5 min read

As told to Parliament (December 4, 2025): Over 81% of rural households now have tap water connections

As told to Parliament (December 4, 2025): Over 81% of rural households now have tap water connections

04 Dec 2025

3 min read

Hidden resource

Hidden resource

Raman Jeet Singh

01 Dec 2025

2 min read

Government of Odisha plans tourism boost around Hirakud Dam amidst environmental concerns

Government of Odisha plans tourism boost around Hirakud Dam amidst environmental concerns

Priya Ranjan Sahu

21 Nov 2025

3 min read

Interviews

Economist and Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee

‘The poorer you are, the more expensive water is’

Preetha Banerjee

08 Nov 2025

2 min read

Global South cities have a crucial opportunity to learn from costly mistakes elsewhere on land subsidence: Leonard Ohenhen

Global South cities have a crucial opportunity to learn from costly mistakes elsewhere on land subsidence: Leonard Ohenhen

Sushmita Sengupta

25 Oct 2025

8 min read

Himalayan springs are cultural and ecological lifelines. But scientific studies on them remain fragmented: Vinod Kothari

Himalayan springs are cultural and ecological lifelines. But scientific studies on them remain fragmented: Vinod Kothari

04 Oct 2025

4 min read

Getting the BBNJ Agreement ratified at the United Nations Ocean Conference will be an ambitious task: Nichola Clark

Getting the BBNJ Agreement enter into force at the UN Ocean Conference will be an ambitious task: Nichola Clark

Rohini Krishnamurthy

24 Apr 2025

6 min read

Bengaluru after Day Zero: ‘City’s government & people took water scarcity head on & will convert crisis into opportunity’

Bengaluru after Day Zero: ‘City’s government & people took water scarcity head-on & will convert crisis into opportunity’

17 Aug 2024

4 min read

Krishnarajasagar dam on the Cauvery river, Karnataka. The researchers studied Cauvery basin, among others. Photo: iStock

‘Baseflow one of most important factors driving river flooding in Peninsular India’

29 Apr 2024

6 min read

Blogs

Global power struggles over the ocean’s finite resources call for creative diplomacy

Global power struggles over the ocean’s finite resources call for creative diplomacy

17 hours ago

5 min read

India’s water future depends on a hybrid approach

India’s water future depends on a hybrid approach

Prerna Vijaykumar Mehta

15 Jan 2026

4 min read

Time and neglect have altered Damdama Lake in Gurugram. But it still holds promise

Time and neglect have altered Damdama Lake in Gurugram. But it still holds promise

15 Jan 2026

6 min read

Sewage and solid waste flowing into the Kanh River in Indore near Goari Nagar bridge.

Indore’s clean image masks a liquid waste crisis

Sushmita Sengupta

07 Jan 2026

6 min read

Faecal sludge management in Ethiopia.

Treatment and safe disposal are the weakest links in the African sanitation systems

31 Dec 2025

5 min read

Is groundwater India’s biggest invisible employer?

Is groundwater India’s biggest invisible employer?

Sushanta Kumar Mahapatra

29 Dec 2025

3 min read

FSTP in Badaun, Uttar Pradesh.

The biosolid bottleneck: Why Uttar Pradesh’s sanitation story remains half finished

19 Dec 2025

6 min read

From concrete walls to living edges, here’s how riverside habitats are being restored along the Thames

From concrete walls to living edges, here’s how riverside habitats are being restored along the Thames

10 Dec 2025

3 min read

Videos

India’s urban water crisis: Sewage in taps, deaths across cities

India’s urban water crisis: Sewage in taps, deaths across cities

Across India’s cities, a glass of tap water is quietly turning deadly

15 Jan 2026

1 min read

Uttarakhand Health Crisis: Almora deaths

Uttarakhand Health Crisis: Almora deaths

18 Oct 2025

1 min read

Treaty in abeyance: Climate, conflict & Indus waters

Treaty in abeyance: Climate, conflict & Indus waters

30 Apr 2025

1 min read

Climate conflicts: Building the largest dam on Brahmaputra’s Great Bend in China

Climate conflicts: Building the largest dam on Brahmaputra’s Great Bend in China

01 Apr 2025

1 min read

World Water Development Report 2025: Glacier melt threatens billions

World Water Development Report 2025: Glacier melt threatens billions

26 Mar 2025

1 min read

How to bridge the increasing water gap in India?

How to bridge the increasing water gap in India?

22 Mar 2025

1 min read

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