South Africa’s crucial water supplies from Lesotho: What the six-month shutdown means for industry, farming, residents

If people start extracting groundwater, this could put additional strain on already stressed ecosystems

Bengaluru is battling a crisis, but it must leverage water for peace

Sound urban planning is needed to avert such crises

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

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 …

The last common property

OSCAR OLIVERA is today an icon for all people's movements to regain control of their resources. He tells RICHARD MAHAPATRA why water is not for sale

Bengaluru water crisis: Citizens raise questions on flourishing tanker business as municipal supply dries up

Water tanker operators often fail to produce adequate lab test results confirming water quality

Simply Put: Ration denied

Simply Put: Investments are subject to weather risk

World Cities Day: Clock ticking for India’s urban areas; act now, say experts

The time has come for active policies to make sustainable modes work for all income levels, they say

Value your local water system

Bengaluru floods should draw our attention to how the same tragic story of loss of waterbodies in almost all Indian cities. But will it?&…

A success story: How we restored 15 rural waterbodies in UP’s Gautam Buddha Nagar

Depleted groundwater levels, deteriorated water quality, garbage and wastewater inflow, etc, were some of the issues faced by these rural waterbodies

Globally, India recorded the highest loss in terrestrial water storage

For the past 20 years, India has experienced terrestrial water storage (TWS) loss of at least 3 cm per year. In some regions, the loss has been …