Delhi’s groundwater plummets

As groundwater levels fall to crisis levels, the government moves to limit use of borewells, but activists say it's not enough, and not based on …

Division of labour

How biodiversity helps clean pollutants in water and soil

Fluoride in water

Delhi's health authorities turn a blind eye to a rise in fluorosis cases

Contradictory claims

Sponsoring a scarcity

The Delhi Jal Board makes every effort to aggravate the water shortage in Delhi

Thinking afresh

Monitoring Ganga on Net

Military manoeuvre

Watermaker

A US-based firm has recently launched a high-tech gadget in India with the alluring promise of resolving the water crisis. 'Watermaker', a …

New online water quality monitoring system in Hyderabad

Water treatment need not cost the earth

Countries like India are increasingly opting for expensive, high-tech water treatment systems instead of low-cost, low-tech water treatment …

The debate on interlinking rivers in India

India plans to develop its water resources by interlinking its Himalayan rivers with those in the peninsular region through 30 interlinking canal …

The future's Orange

Despite efforts, clean water is scarce in India's industrial Gujarat state

India is trying to clean up its water. But in arid, industrial Gujarat state, it will take a long time – and many more protections – …

Asian, African cities rank low on water sustainability

Poor quality of water and inability to withstand natural disasters are affecting sustainability index of cities

A slum's daily struggle with water

A 17-year-old boy, a resident of Jagdamba Camp in South Delhi's Malviya Nagar captures how his community deals with the lack or excess of water. …

Drugged drink

The water we drink may be contaminated with the drugs we excrete through our urine

GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION

A clogged river

Gaping gap

Official apathy results in the failure of GAP in West Bengal

UNJUSTIFIED LAW

Arsenicosis Alarm

Polluted Yangtze

Toxic trap

Village Chipri in Kolhapur, Maharashtra is fighting: diseases, a factory and lax authorities

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