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More than a month into monsoon reservoir levels up only 6%
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More than a month into monsoon reservoir levels up only 6%

The country’s 91 reservoirs are holding less than a quarter of water they can
July 19, 2019
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Irrigation projects continue to suffer in Maharashtra: CAG
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Irrigation projects continue to suffer in Maharashtra: CAG
Not even 1 in 5 Indian rural households gets piped water, govt tells Parliament
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Not even 1 in 5 Indian rural households gets piped water, govt tells Parliament
Can a centralised approach help solve water disputes?
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Can a centralised approach help solve water disputes?
Rakesh Jaiswal: 1962-2019
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Rakesh Jaiswal: 1962-2019

A Kanpur-based journalist remembers Rakesh Jaiswal, who devoted his life to making the Ganga clean in its most polluted stretch
July 10, 2019
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Monsoon is on, but reservoir levels stay down
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Monsoon is on, but reservoir levels stay down

Rainfall deficit dropped to 21 per cent till July 7, 2019; 91 reservoirs witness 17 per cent deficit
July 09, 2019
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Union Budget 2019-20: Gush of funds for piped water
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Union Budget 2019-20: Gush of funds for piped water

The government allocated Rs 9,150.36 crore for National Rural Drinking Water Programme — increase of 69% from last year
July 05, 2019
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Catch water where it falls: Urban rainwater harvesting
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Catch water where it falls: Urban rainwater harvesting

Every raindrop matters at this time when large parts of the world are staring at water scarcity. Here are the answers to some FAQs on urban water harvesting
July 03, 2019
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Deep sea mining threatens global waters, seabed authority lets it: Greenpeace
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Deep sea mining threatens global waters, seabed authority lets it: Greenpeace

The international non-profit raises concerns on the International Seabed Authority’s role and competence
July 03, 2019
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Ratnagiri dam breach: Flooding causes 44% of dam failures in India
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Ratnagiri dam breach: Flooding causes 44% of dam failures in India

Tiware Dam in Maharashtra’s Ratnagiri district breached, flooded seven villages and swept away 20 people on July 2, 2019
July 03, 2019
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THROWBACK: How China’s ‘sponge cities’ aim to re-use 70% of rainwater
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THROWBACK: How China’s ‘sponge cities’ aim to re-use 70% of rainwater

Even as Indian cities become increasingly water-scarce, they get flooded — as Mumbai is getting now — by a few days' intense rainfall. This 2017 article offers a lesson
July 03, 2019
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Widespread non-compliance as thermal power plants don’t meet water use norms
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Widespread non-compliance as thermal power plants don’t meet water use norms

An excerpt from an ongoing study by non-profit Manthan Adhyayan Kendra brings out widespread non-compliance by thermal power plants with legally binding limits on how much water they are allowed to use
July 02, 2019
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A monsoon after two droughts
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A monsoon after two droughts

In a year of severe drought, India witnessed one of its worst floods
June 28, 2019
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Storage level: Live storage in India’s 91 reservoirs 16% of the total
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Storage level: Live storage in India’s 91 reservoirs 16% of the total

As compared to last week, this week’s storage dropped by 3.66 per cent
June 28, 2019
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Centre to send babus to 255 water-stressed districts. Here’s what they should keep in mind
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Centre to send babus to 255 water-stressed districts. Here’s what they should keep in mind

MGNREGS has implemented a slew of projects, but to hardly any effect. We need to look at the problem afresh
June 28, 2019
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Shimla, Udupi and Mangaluru: India’s soon-to-be Cape Towns
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Shimla, Udupi and Mangaluru: India’s soon-to-be Cape Towns

There is an acute water crisis in these three Tier 2 towns, mostly due to overuse
June 28, 2019
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Storage level: 23 of India’s 91 reservoirs below 50%
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Storage level: 23 of India’s 91 reservoirs below 50%

With the monsoon playing hide-and-seek, western and southern India are especially suffering, says CWC
June 21, 2019
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Do we know how much water India actually has?  Yes  No  Can’t say
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Do we know how much water India actually has?  Yes  No  Can’t say

Experts say current methodologies used by the country to calculate water availability are not adequate
June 20, 2019
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Chennai’s water wars
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Chennai’s water wars

The water-stressed city has been preying for a long time on aquifers in its neighbourhood, with often violent results, an analysis of its civic history reveals
June 17, 2019
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Water reserves in 71 of India’s 91 reservoirs have dipped: CWC
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Water reserves in 71 of India’s 91 reservoirs have dipped: CWC

A delay in arrival of the monsoon, especially in western India, will worsen the water woes even further
June 13, 2019
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Ganga clean-up deadline revised again, but is it achievable?
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Ganga clean-up deadline revised again, but is it achievable?

Union minister Gajendra Shekhawat still has a number of challenges ahead if the target is to be achieved within next two years
June 07, 2019
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New study points out how ODF villages are better off
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New study points out how ODF villages are better off

Non-ODF villages much more at risk of contamination, finds study by Centre, UNICEF 
June 05, 2019
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Public sector urea plants most inefficient consumers of water: Study
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Public sector urea plants most inefficient consumers of water: Study

The study conducted by Centre for Science and Environment highlights the need to address water demand in the urea industry as it puts pressure on available resources
June 03, 2019
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Government launches new ‘Jal Shakti’ ministry
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Government launches new ‘Jal Shakti’ ministry

The new ministry has been formed by merging the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation and Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation    
June 01, 2019
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High levels of arsenic found in groundwater in UP
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High levels of arsenic found in groundwater in UP

40 districts exposed to high concentration of arsenic in groundwater
May 30, 2019
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