At least 750,000 children at risk of contracting water-borne diseases in Eastern Ukraine: UNICEF

Eastern Ukraine’s drinking water supply has been affected as vital water infrastructures are damaged due to the conflict

Water crisis in Tripura town

Feni river dispute fuels water shortage in border town

जल संकट का समाधान: 18 साल पहले के प्रयास आ रहे हैं काम

मध्यप्रदेश का एक गांव मिसाल बन गया है कि कैसे डेढ़ दो दशक पहले किए गए कार्यों का फल बाद में मिलता है 

Distress looms over water-starved Chennai

People of other parts of Tamil Nadu — home to about 67 million people — have also been hurt 

Cities across India have started water rationing

The 2019 summer is going to be intensely water scarce as cities find themselves without adequate water sources 

Power Generation and Increasing Water Scarcity: Interview with Barbara Schreiner

The Executive Director of Pegasys Institute in South Africa talks about thermal power generation and water shortage in her country

Only 21% live storage left in country's 91 reservoirs, reveals CWC report

Thirteen reservoirs have less than 20 per cent storage with respect to last year

Now, Hyderabad joins list of places suffering from severe water crisis

There is a gap of 47 per cent between demand and supply of water in the city

Two new Bollywood films and a message

Contemporary Hindi films get real, hitch-hike to success

Muddy Water

REVIVING WISDOM

Rainwater is abundant in India. So is its mismanagement. This has led to a human-made water scarcity. The only way to solve modern India's water …

पर्यावरण की दशा-दिशा 2020: घट रहा है नदियों में पानी, कम हो रही प्रति व्यक्ति उपलब्धता

डाउन टू अर्थ की स्टेट ऑफ इंडियाज एनवायरमेंट 2020 रिपोर्ट में भूजल स्तर, सूखती नदियां और प्रति व्यक्ति पानी की उपलब्धता का विश्लेषण किया ...

जल संकट का समाधान: बारिश के पानी को बेकार नहीं जाने देगा ये महादलित टोला

बिहार के गया जिले की महादलित बस्ती में एक टंकी बनाई जा रही है, जिसकी क्षमता 75 हजार लीटर है। इस टंकी में बारिश ...

NITI Aayog meeting: PM finally comes around to the existence of water, agrarian crises

These issues existed before elections and persist now. Difference: nobody from the government was owning it up and now they are recognising the …

Two-third of the world population lives in water-scarce areas

WaterAid report warns of the threats of growing water scarcity across the globe

Glaring loopholes in new draft rules for groundwater extraction

The new draft rules for regulation of groundwater are a move towards decentralisation but many key concerns have been overlooked

The idea of corruption

Injustice gets nastier

WWF identifies 100 cities, including 30 in India, facing ‘severe water risk’ by 2050

These cities would have to build ‘resilience’ if they were to manage such scarcity, the nonprofit said

Can India manage its precious waters

Even as water levels in river basins across the country diminish, the gap between water demand and supply is gradually widening. India faces a …

CSE workshop shines spotlight on ‘capacity-building’ for water conservation needs

The current urban water management paradigm has legal and institutional gaps and disregards the natural environment

India's research on forage crops fails to avert fodder shortage

But it does churn out some unconventional alternatives

2.1 billion people lack access to safe drinking water at home; rural-urban gap persists

The WHO and UNICEF report finds significant inequalities in basic water, sanitation and hygiene services

Global Eco Watch: Drifting iceberg threatens seals, penguins on British Antarctic island

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology

Micro-irrigation: The way ahead for sustainable agriculture

In the age of climate change and water scarcity, micro-irrigation can help increase crop yield and decrease water, fertiliser and labour …