Desalination's the way out

Desalination made easy

Graphite and copper can make brackish water potable

In Short

Desalinating seawater can ensure water security

National water policy should include utilisation of sea water resources for holistic development of country's water resources

Desperate for rains

Do water related issues really matter in Parliament?

Indian scientists develop 'black gold'

New material can absorb light & CO2; potential in applications ranging from solar energy harvesting to desalinating seawater

A salty resort

In Chennai, the salinity of groundwater has increased many times above the permissible limits. The question is whether making sea water potable …

Masdar in UAE goes all green

Singapore taps its water

The Southeast Asian city-state strives to end its dependence on Malaysia for water

‘Ocean thermal energy conversion plant coming up in Lakshadweep’

The plant will power the one lakh litre per day low temperature thermal desalination plant, which converts seawater into potable water

More toxic sludge than fresh water produced from desalination

That is the conclusion reached by the first global assessment of the desalination sector’s industrial waste

World ocean assessment warns of excessive pressures on ocean resources

The report has compiled environmental impacts of all human activities on oceans and warned that a failure to act quickly would pose the greatest …

Pee, poop and paani

Bharat Lal Seth recounts his experience of drinking water reclaimed from sewage

Earth sciences ministry’s revised budget estimate reduced by 22%, multiple delays cited as reasons

Ministry cited delays in procuring high-power computing devices, constructing a National Centre for Seismology building & acquiring land to …

Choked on salt

Illegal salt making threatens Sambhar Lake’s ecology

Australia to build largest desalination plant

If only cities can see wetlands

It is time we realised that a water body is not an ornamental luxury or a wasted land

Why better sewage management in Chennai will help fight floods

Down To Earth Editor Sunita Narain explains how the city's three rivers and 320 tanks and lakes that worked as flood barriers are used mostly for …