Dehydrated state of America

As California enters the fourth year of the worst drought it has seen in over 1,200 years, Venkat Srinivasan travels through America's most …

Parched future

SHARING RESOURCES

WATER DISPUTE

Tapping the Rhone

SAO PAULO

The cost of water

Faulty policies drained north China of its water. Now a project to bring water hundreds of kilometres from the south has been mooted

In court

Himalayan water-sharing system endangered

Modern practices are threatening to break up an unusual water-tapping and water-sharing process in Himachal Pradesh. Devised hundreds of years ago,…

The private eye

Water privatisation in IT capital is taking citizens for a long ride

Fasting for water

A Delhi resident goes on a fast to protest against the water problem

For good measure

An index that also uses socio-economic parameters

No water where the oceans meet

The revival of an ancient waterway could solve the water scarcity of this pilgrim town

New tool tracks water usage in agriculture

There is a direct relationship between water and food security. In order to be sustainable, agriculture must adapt to the impacts of climate …

Harappa to Harsud: water management in India

We have turned water, the free gift of nature, into one of its dearest commodities, says Sorit Gupto

Karnataka budget: experts unhappy with measures proposed to tackle water crisis

The government, according to farmers, chose temporary fix over long-term solution

Cauvery row: Karnataka ordered to release 15,000 cusecs daily to Tamil Nadu for the next 10 days

Order passed keeping in mind the difficulty Tamil Nadu farmers would face in growing samba rice in the absence of Cauvery river water

Tanakpur treaty to come up for ratification

The sharing of waters between India and Nepal has always been a contentious issue. If the latest agreement is any different, it is only because …

MORE WATER

Water riots

The struggle for water continues in drought-hit Gujarat

For a smooth flow

Water proof

Watered-down governance

Rajasthan police kills more farmers demanding water, this time in Tonk district

River Krishna: all used up

But the Maharashtra government still wants to divert 'surplus' water to dry areas

South Asia