75 years of people’s power: These Maharashtra villages practice ‘best out of grey water’

Households are connected to the treatment system through a drainage network

Not even 1 in 5 Indian rural households gets piped water, govt tells Parliament

Jal Shakti ministry reiterates all village households will be supplied water by 2024

Leakage plugged

Technique based on water pressure helps pin down pipe leaks

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Poor distribution

Review of the website www.freerice.com

For pure water

Halogen wars

Water purifier makers in court over advertisement

Can quick-fix solutions address India’s growing water woes?

Non-profits and civil society organisations are increasingly opting for quick-fix solutions to all issues, a tendency that needs to be moderated 

Modi’s rural sojourn: Take piped water to 4,620 households everyday

The challenge is to sustain supply; most habitations covered with drinking water have slipped back to non-covered status due to drying up of sources

Springs are flowing once again in these Uttarakhand villages, thanks to 'water champions'

After scientific interventions helped revive the dying springs in more than 300 villages, communities took the ownership of maintaining these …

Day Zero is meant to cut Cape Town's water use: what is it, and is it working?

Tough water restrictions and punitive tariffs will drive down water demand, helping to postpone Day Zero

A worsening water crisis in North Africa and the Middle East

Middle East and North African region is home to 7 per cent of the world's population but has access to only 1.5 per cent of its renewable …

Holes in the pipeline!

Water supply in urban areas is met partly by public systems and partly, by the private sector

Yemen: Water and energy in times of war

Water production has been seriously hampered as fewer public wells are operational due to war damage, lack of maintenance and unavailability of fuel

Improved water supply needed to reduce child mortality linked to sanitation: WHO

The study observes a general gradual decline in malnutrition with increasing access to water soruces

Delhi government releases plan to tackle water shortage

Groundwater from the Palla-Wazirabad floodplain in the city can reduce the pressure on the water supply system

A long road ahead

Despite its vast numbers of scientists and research institutes, Indian science has always fared poorly on the global front. Several reasons have …

Coimbatore attempts to save waterbodies

Thirsty? Try a glass of skywater

Water can be made from air, but it has its cost   

Stop looking to government

Individual initiatives can go a long way in solving the energy crisis  

Waterbullying to sink 20 villages

Employment guarantee scheme not in sync with Mastapur's needs

Kathmandu's water supply plan gets going

Controversy over water tariffs in Mumbai