India’s deepening water crisis: How villages had water before govt took over
Villagers captured rainwater wherever it fell. A hectare of desert land in Barmer, for example, can capture 1 million litres with a rainfall …
Recycling is the answer to India’s water woes
Frankfurt recycles a drop of water eight times before it reaches the sea, as compared to zero in India
Why India needs to change the way it manages water resources
Most of the water planning and development in the country has been done as per administrative boundaries rather than by using river basins as the …
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 …
Secrets of the water fort
Planners in the ancient city of Dholavira had conceptualised an amazing system of drains, dams and tanks to manage water. To conserve every drop …
Green drive
From planting trees in his arid homeland to trapping water, this former textile dealer shows the way
"We cannot just sit and wait for development support"
Martha Wangari Karua is a cabinet minister for water resource management and development in Kenya. A lawyer by profession, she is among that rare …
Will the Aral Sea ever come back?
"Forgive us, Aral. Please come back." These words written in chalk, on a ship sftKk in a sandy wasteland, which was once the bustling shore of …
Rise in salinity threatens Gangetic river dolphin habitats
Researchers find no dolphins in areas where salinity crosses 10 parts per trillion
Current water management system ignoring nature-based solutions: UN report
The water management system is too dependent on human-built infrastructure
World Water Day: Groundwater is an invisible resource
Calculating groundwater is a must for framing India's water policy
Simply Put: Abode of the clouds
India’s water crisis: It is most acute for women
The water crisis is a women’s issue and feminists need to talk about it
Water scarcity is inevitable, up to 270 million people at risk: IPCC report
The report will be debated in Geneva this week
India’s wells are running dry, fast
Hit by weak monsoons, India faces unprecedented water shortages
Flood furore
Not oil, but water
RIVERS OF DISPUTE
Water rows
MONEYMAKERS
Workshop by CSE
DECENTRALISING WATER POWERS
A manual on managing domestic waste
That sinking feeling
PLANET Earth would have been an utterly lifeless blob of space debris if it hadn't been for the water that covers 70 per cent of its surface. But …
At least 200 cities are fast running out of water
Cities across the world have grown, thrived and expanded along rich, perennial sources of water, be it lakes, rivers, springs or even seas. So, …