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Meat industry worst among food-based industries in terms of water management

New report says meat firms pollute groundwater and overuse water to farm their products

Not even 1 in 5 Indian rural households gets piped water, govt tells Parliament

Jal Shakti ministry reiterates all village households will be supplied water by 2024

Chennai’s water crisis: A lesson for Indian cities

As India’s urban population is set to increase, the need is to consider water resource availability and carrying capacity of cities in …

Do we know how much water India actually has?  Yes  No  Can’t say

Experts say current methodologies used by the country to calculate water availability are not adequate

Singapore’s journey from a water scarce to a water secure nation

Singapore has tapped every opportunity to collect, treat, reuse and produce necessary water resources

Water: The clock is ticking

Day Zero has been postponed to next year for Capetonians. When is your turn? Are you ready?

Water in news on April 16

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and developments around water

Cape Town will not run out of water this year

The announcement has been made keeping in mind the May-September winter rainy season

The West must pay for its external water footprints: expert

Water-stressed developing nations are using significant amount of their water to grow food to be imported to the West

Holes in the pipeline!

Water supply in urban areas is met partly by public systems and partly, by the private sector

Wiped out

Modernisation is pushing many traditional occupations dependent on water to the brink of extinction

Researchers develop new technology for water management, flood control

The frequency of recording data is higher and it is more economical when compared to tools available in the market currently

Water levels in India’s major reservoirs deficient by 40 per cent

The 91 water reservoirs in the country have a total storage capacity of 157.799 billion cubic metres, which is about 62 per cent of India’s …

Seeking ways to quench Delhi's growing thirst

Beleaguered as the Capital's authorities are by increasing demand, large-scale wastage and heavy, unsustainable subsidies, the need for a more …

A new paradigm

Taming The Waters·Satyajit Singh·Oxford University Press·Price Rs 395

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Fighting over water

Two people were killed in Pakistan during protests against water scarcity

Fasting for water

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

Dry wit

Water mismanagement