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 …

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 …

How to make invisible groundwater visible

Sustainable vision is key to balancing current needs and future demands

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

California finds huge groundwater reserves; experts urge caution

The study has led to a debate in the scientific community over the utilisation of these groundwater resources in the drought-hit state

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

Diminishing effect

Bihar may introduce licences for borewells

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

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 …

Off course

How does land motion, ice height impact sea-level rise? NASA shows in maps

In maps: How Earth’s surface mass in August 2020 deviated from average for all months between 2004 and 2009; spatial variations in the …

To recharge groundwater, give due attention to soil: conservationist Vijay Borade

India, according to him, witnesses 15 tonnes of soil loss for each hectare every year due to erosion

Growth thirsty

Groundwater level is plunging in Dhaka. Experts call for making rainwater harvesting mandatory

‘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-…

Water quality deteriorating in Kochi, reveals audit

Only 24 per cent households implement water conservation measures like reuse and recycling

Jal Shakti ministry’s groundwater guideline shuns opportunity to address overall crisis

Complex groundwater systems cannot be controlled or predicted, but need to be better managed and made more efficient 

Dhaka's groundwater level at the lowest in 11 yrs

Aligarh's groundwater at risk

Pepsi plant indicted for polluting groundwater in Kerala

Planning Commission report on groundwater downplays industrial exploitation

Central Water Commission overestimates the country's usable water resources

Ankleshwar's groundwater high on heavy metals

COVID-19: Punjab’s pond cleaning project gathers pace

The Punjab government generated employment of 1,052,524 man-days under the MGNREGA since May 12

Rain or no rain