World Toilet Day: So far, we have overlooked sanitation in the climate resilience discourse
Safe and inclusive sanitation solutions can play a pivotal role in safeguarding against risks imposed by climate change
Spectre of Day Zero: How South Africa is revising its water strategy
Focus on water demand, innovative innovative and sustainable technological options
Catch the rain, fix water crisis: How Odisha leads by example
Odisha has deveoped 12,000 rainwater harvesting structures to facilitate water conservation and ground water recharge in 2,035 wards
Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (September 9-13)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal through the week&…
Distress looms over water-starved Chennai
People of other parts of Tamil Nadu — home to about 67 million people — have also been hurt
In hurry to build 40 toilets a minute, did govt forget about safe sanitation?
CAG reports of Gujarat and Uttarakhand, which are ODF status holders, say many toilets only exist on paper and several are defunct
Kenya fights drought with sand dams, other water conservation ideas
Kenyans are using traditional water conservation methods to ensure water security and grow crops
Water stress to increase, but so will water-related jobs, says UN report
According to the report, the lack of sufficiently skilled labour in water and sanitation has contributed to the estimated leakage of 30 per cent …
WASH: UN report finds 2030 SDG targets may just be a dream
Plans in place to address water and sanitation issues, countries face hurdles in implementation, says GLAAS report
Capacity building key to mainstreaming onsite sanitation management
CSE’s School of Water and Waste aims to establish policy principles, innovative technologies and implementation strategies for citywide …
REVIVING WISDOM
Rainwater is abundant in India. So is its mismanagement. This has led to a human-made water scarcity. The only way to solve modern India's water …
‘Harvesting water from air can help reimagine water infrastructure for humanity this century’
Founder of Bengaluru-based startup explains how sustainable the technology is
India responsible for largest drop in open defecation since 2015: WASH report
The report also noted some progress in achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6
Clean water crisis: Nitrogen pollution to triple scarcity in river sub-basins worldwide
In India, Africa, sewage to be biggest contributor of nitrogen pollution in water in worst climate scenario
Unsafe WASH services: 2 in 5 deaths are from sub-Saharan Africa, finds UNICEF
African countries carry the heaviest burden of child deaths from diseases caused by inadequate WASH services
Climate change and water: Ripple marks
People with lower socio-economic status, migrants and refugees are most vulnerable to the impact of climate change on water
India lags in drinking water, sanitation and hygiene facilities: Study
The Harvard University study is based on the performance of India’s 543 parliamentary constituencies on — unsafe disposal of child …
Glaring loopholes in new draft rules for groundwater extraction
The new draft rules for regulation of groundwater are a move towards decentralisation but many key concerns have been overlooked
From health to faith, everything at stake for refugees in Greece
Tens of thousands of these migrants now feel trapped in a country that is least equipped to provide care
The idea of corruption
Water in the age of coronavirus
As we confront the new global enemy SARS-COV-2, the availability of water will be a crucial determinant for a successful outcome in this war
In short
Drought of equity
A large part of Maharashtra has been declared drought-hit. But distribution of water is quite incongruous. While the few who are politically and …
Why do floods & droughts simultaneously ravage India? Expert offers explanation, solutions
The primary reason for the floods is the insufficient number of waterbodies
World Water Week 2023: Can the Jal Jeevan Mission provide tapped water to all rural households by 2024?
The scheme is making quick progress, but a major part of rural India still remains to be covered