Managing the mega irrigation beast

With better management, mega irrigation schemes can fulfil their large purpose

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For tankers, just sms

Perform or perish

What do you do when you have to chose between water and water scientists?

688 billion cubic metres: India's water withdrawals for agriculture is the highest in the world

Globally, irrigation accounts for an estimated 70 per cent of total freshwater withdrawal

Three feared dead as dam bursts in Himachal Pradesh

Two securities guards were reportedly buried in the muck while a local resident was washed away

Finding the course at last

Bihar, which uses a large amount of water from upstream Ganga, criticises the Indo-Bangladesh water treaty apprehending adverse impact on its …

A necessary drain

Draining of Lake Powell, formed after creation of a dam on the Colorado river, has become essential for restoring the ecology of the Grand Canyon …

Powering the elite

How Israel

The spirit of water

Mahadapur goes green the 'group irrigation management' way

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For a few drops

Desperate remedy

Water prices up down under

Wise statute

Australia responds to water scarcity

In a first, 4 West African countries commit to cooperate on Senegalo-Mauritanian Aquifer Basin

The Senegalo-Mauritanian Aquifer Basin is the largest in West Africa; Four countries have now agreed to cooperate on sharing it peaceably, …

Changes in South Africa’s rainfall seasons could affect farming and water resources

Trends across different rainfall zones demonstrated patterns that can be linked to changes recorded for large-scale climate systems, the study found

CWC water availability report: Better methodology but questions remain

The current study has not looked at the most crucial data — how much water, of the total, is utilisable

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 …

World Water Day: Drawing to a close

Groundwater level has dipped in almost all parts of India, with the maximum depletion observed in and around Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, Gujarat, …

Kerala: Floods over, struggle continues

Incessant rains and severe flooding have rendered several people without homes, food or even a livelihood

With low water reserves, a blistering Indian summer

The water levels in Indian reservoirs are at levels lower than they have been in nearly a decade, and as the summer approaches, it looks like it …