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

Simply Put: To use groundwater, recharge

Cities need wisdom for water

Be it Cape Town or Bengaluru, the cities, especially in Global South, need to create a new future that is water-secure

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

Copying nature is the only way to revive our rivers

Artificial groundwater recharge programmes can't be the long-term solution unless they are supported with measures to conserve soil and increase …

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 …

Liability turns resource

Noida takes the help of Centre for Science and Environment; plans to harvest its stormwater to check flash floods while replenishing depleting …

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

Good monsoon pushes up Bihar groundwater level

All 38 districts in the state recorded an increase

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

Current water management system ignoring nature-based solutions: UN report

The water management system is too dependent on human-built infrastructure

Meghalaya springs back

As the hill state enters dry months, a government initiative to revive 70,000 dying springs instils hope in its water-scarce villages

Heat-busting initiative

Groundwater level plunges in Bangladesh

Dhaka is being milked dry. Of late, there has been a rapid decline in the city's groundwater table. In fact, it has depleted by over 20 m during …

Every drop matters

If water efficiency is the agenda for agriculture, then water recycling has to be the agenda for cities and industries

How is Coke-Pepsi boycott in Tamil Nadu linked to concern over groundwater depletion?

Expert finds faults in water-neutrality claim by beverage companies, calls for addressing the issue of excess water usage in their plants

Tunnel vision

Indore banks solely on rainwater harvesting, lands in a hole

World Water Day: In Alwar, community-based water management, recharge key to solving crisis

The water crisis has limited the farming season to just a few months

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

How technology can help save India’s groundwater

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

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

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

The country had its last surplus monsoon in 2013

By 2050, 115 million may face food insecurity due to reduced water level in Ganga

In the summers of 2015 and 2017, domestic water supply in the northern Indian plains was severely affected because of low water level in Ganga