When water is no longer limitless

Day Zeroes are inevitable unless cities innovate, diversify supply sources and emphasise on the judicious use of water

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 …

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

Rise in salinity threatens Gangetic river dolphin habitats

Researchers find no dolphins in areas where salinity crosses 10 parts per trillion

Not oil, but water

RIVERS OF DISPUTE

Water rows

DECENTRALISING WATER POWERS

Water scarcity is inevitable, up to 270 million people at risk: IPCC report

The report will be debated in Geneva this week

World Water Day: Groundwater is an invisible resource

Calculating groundwater is a must for framing India's water policy

Current water management system ignoring nature-based solutions: UN report

The water management system is too dependent on human-built infrastructure

India’s wells are running dry, fast

Hit by weak monsoons, India faces unprecedented water shortages

Flood furore

MONEYMAKERS

Workshop by CSE

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 …

Low rain spurred 10% of 1970-2000 migration increase: Report

Water shocks affect not only the number of people who move but also the skills they bring with them