Water in news on April 11

A round-up of news on everything to do with water

As monsoon picks up, water storage improves in major Indian reservoirs

Storage position in southern and central states increased substantially in the last one week and was better compared to the rest of the …

Continuing monsoon: Live storage of all Indian reservoirs now 88 % of their capacity

However, Tripura and Nagaland are still facing a deficit in their reservoirs

Water level in major southern and western reservoirs at 50% of storage capacity

Central Water Commission officials say there is no cause for alarm

Temperatures rise, live storage in 123 reservoirs declines

The levels plummetted to 47% from 57% of the total capacity in last one month, according to Central Water Commission data

Rains get reservoir levels to 73%

Overall storage still less than normal in seven states

Water storage in reservoirs across South, West worrisome

While precipitation has declined in these regions, usage levels remain the same, disturbing storage capacity

Water levels in India’s major reservoirs deficient by 40 per cent

The 91 water reservoirs in the country have a total storage capacity of 157.799 billion cubic metres, which is about 62 per cent of India’s …

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

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

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

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

Water level in dams has reduced drastically in drought-hit states, says CWC

Out of 5,172 big dams in the country, 4,048 are situated in the 10 droughts-hit states

A month into monsoon, India’s reservoirs are only at a third of their capacity

The current overall storage was less than that during the corresponding period last year. 

Live storage increased 165% in 123 reservoirs during monsoon

This is 87 per cent of the total live storage capacity of the 123 reservoirs

Reservoir levels go up 32%, yet hold one-third of the water they can

In a week, India’s 100 reservoirs got 13.422 BCM water, but owing to deficient rainfall the water bodies have just 33 per cent of their capacity

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

Not one dam in Kerala was inspected before monsoon, reveals RTI

The state received 42% above normal rainfall but the Central Water Commission didn’t have any information of the criticality of dams

42 rivers have extremely high concentration of neurotoxic heavy metals

Ganga was found to be polluted with five heavy metals, namely chromium, copper, nickel, lead and iron

23 major reservoirs have deficient water levels; 18 are highly deficient

The live storage of reservoirs in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and all southern states is far below normal

Water in major reservoirs of 10 states below 2017 levels: CWC

Water levels 22% below the average of last decade

Floods damage 55,000 houses, kill 511 people this monsoon

The worst affected states in terms of loss of lives have been Karnataka and Maharashtra

Water level in 91 major reservoirs reduces

The combined water stored in these reservoirs is 62 per cent of total capacity, as compared to 127 per cent last year

'The tragedy of irrigation in India is that we have created capacity but have not utilised it'

Will the integration of Central Water Commission and Central Ground Water Board lead to better water management? Mihir Shah explains

Water reserves go up; 50 reservoirs have 100% storage

Maharashta has 18 reservoirs at full capacity; Just 5 out of 143 major ones in India have 40% or below storage