75% of Kolkata’s groundwater is now brackish due to over-extraction: Study

Impact more in south Kolkata as innumerable new multi-storied buildings there run on groundwater

‘Groundwater depleting fast in Indus, Ganga and Brahmaputra basins’

Shanti Swarup Prize 2020 winner Abhijit Mukherjee says Indian states with highest groundwater depletion rates were subjected to water-…

Uranium contamination in Punjab could be due to geological processes: study

The latest study argues that uranium leaching from the Himalayan granite rocks has possibly contaminated Punjab's groundwater

How to make invisible groundwater visible

Sustainable vision is key to balancing current needs and future demands

In some places, you have to dig 130 feet down to get groundwater; that's how bad it is

With 44 per cent probability of below-normal monsoon this year, groundwater situation is likely to aggravate

Here are five ways to counter groundwater depletion in the Ganga basin

Managements of river catchments, surface waterbodies, wastewater and the agricultural sector, in addition to a water resources database can …

How technology can help save India’s groundwater

Technology-guided decision-making would help distinguish groundwater abuse and promote efficient use

Groundwater situation: Levels fell in most wells in 2017-18

In states like Delhi, Rajasthan, Telangana and Tamil Nadu, the number of wells having groundwater at greater depth have increased according to a …

Writing on the wall: Groundwater exploitation is triggering subsidence in Indo-Gangetic plain

Groundwater levels are declining rapidly, apart from threat of building collapse

Alarm bells ring as groundwater levels dip in 10 districts in Bihar during monsoon

Nearly 48 per cent rainfall deficit till date in state

Alarming dip in groundwater levels in 11 Bihar districts: Report

Groundwater level in Katihar, Begusarai at 25 & 24 ft respectively

Centre prepares Rs 6,000-crore plan to recharge groundwater

Once the scheme Atal Bhujal Yojana gets Cabinet’s approval, it will be implemented in water-stressed states such as Rajasthan, Haryana and …

India will be losing groundwater three times faster in 2041-2080, finds study

Climate change will likely increase crop water demand; farmers may adapt by applying more irrigation  

Bihar may introduce licences for borewells

The state is planning to introduce several measures, including making prior permission mandatory to fetch groundwater from borewells 

Water conservation fee: improving or increasing the crisis?

We need to find newer ways to reduce and regulate over-extraction and usage, than promoting further extraction and overuse of this already …

Parched Haryana: In Gothra and Khanpur Khurd, salinity, recharge issues and extraction have spelt doom

As rainfall decreases over Charkhi Dadri and Jhajjar districts in Haryana, villages are digging deeper for water and repeating a vicious cycle

Environment ministry's 50-year plan to tackle water crisis

An expert committee has proposed to regulate the overuse of water in agriculture by registration of inventories for borewells across the country

UN Groundwater Summit 2022 to help raise awareness on aquifer protection, sustainable use

Key takeaways will be presented at UN 2023 Water Conference in New York in March 2023

India had a deficit monsoon in 13 of the last 18 years

The country had its last surplus monsoon in 2013

North, sub-Saharan Africa opposites in groundwater storage, recharge: Survey

North Africa has high groundwater storage, low water recharge; sub-Saharan Africa has the opposite, a new survey has revealed

Simply Put: To use groundwater, recharge

India’s farmers need financial motivation to check indiscriminate use of groundwater for irrigation

A paradigm shift in technology, agronomic practices and support to farmers is need of the hour

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 15, 2023)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal  

Rainwater harvesting changed lives of farmers in a Rajasthan village; here is how

Groundwater in Jagsa village, Barmer was depleting; now the thriving village is known for pomegranate farming

How paddy affects: Groundwater table in this Karnal village is now at 1,000 feet

Ardana farmers do not want to grow any other crops besides wheat and paddy since the government offers MSP only on them