Oxygen parks, protected grasslands: A small Maharashtra village’s efforts in environmental conservation 

The efforts of the villagers are driven by a common goal of leaving behind a healthy home for posterity

Lessons from Tauktae: Can extreme weather help with rainwater harvesting?

Cyclone Tauktae that crossed Gujarat as an ‘extremely severe cyclonic storm’, caused heavy rainfall in semi-arid places

Widespread non-compliance as thermal power plants don’t meet water use norms

An excerpt from an ongoing study by non-profit Manthan Adhyayan Kendra brings out widespread non-compliance by thermal power plants with legally …

Anupam Mishra: the man who dreamt of water-sufficient India

As a devout water conservationist, he urged people to learn from ancient ingenuity of water harvesting techniques

Dragonflies as sentinels for freshwater conservation

Freshwater is one of the most threatened resources on Earth. Dragonflies can tell us what we need to know about the state of this precious resource

Depth of decay

The scenic Kodaikanal Lake is facing a range of threats—from the spread of Alligator weed to deteriorating water quality

The much talked about Shirpur Model in Maharashtra

“Shirpur model”, is being projected as a “miracle cure” for drought. What is this much talked about Shirpur model all about?

Oasis underneath

Local people in the arid Churu district of Rajasthan know how to store sweet rainwater for the scorching, parched summers

Ground realities

The importance of groundwater as a source of irrigation and the role of traditional methods in conserving it should be given due credit

Platter of joy

People in Mendha-Lekha village in Maharashtra fashion plates out of locally available leaves. avilash roul learns lessons in sustainable forest …

Checking the flow

Water crisis in South Africa: Damning report finds 46% contamination, 67% of treatment works near to breaking down

Monitoring and compliance were severely deficient, report shows

No-water carwash

Saving water

The Delhi government proposes mandatory water harvesting units in housing complexes

Water talk

Youngsters from all over the world seek to change the paradigm of water

Restraints in place

Effective water management by a Kenyan farmer

In Kenya, where sixty per cent of all agriculturists are small farmers with less than 5 hectares (ha) of land, Peter Saku is an interesting case. …

75 years of people’s power: Tamil Nadu’s Nattathi village shows the way to grey water management

Over 35% of the households had kitchen gardens in their backyards and they began to use grey water to irrigate the gardens

Removing alien plants can save water: We measured how much

Positive effect of clearing alien trees higher in dry years compared to wet years, study predicts

Healthy rivers: How DNA tool can help keep tabs on freshwater quality

DNA technologies have revolutionised the amount of data generated from a single river sample  

Strawberry fields aren't forever

Vertical farms, the successful marriage of agriculture with industry, are the farms of the future

Jal Saheli: women water warriors of Bundelkhand

In the Talebhat block of Uttar Pradesh's Lalitpur district, women have been made water managers. Their water conservation initiatives have turned …

Carving oases in drought-prone Kutch

The Shree Vivekananda Research and Training Institute has made a name for itself, helping villagers in Kutch district. Among its innumerable …

Drinking problems

WATER FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE 21ST CENTURY Edited by Asit K Biswas, Mohammad Jelboli and Glenn Stout Publisher: Oxford University …

Rain check

The column width dedicated to rain in the mainstream print media has hit an all-time high. A few days ago, television news reporters with that …