Radioactive pollution in water: A global concern for human health

Radioactive contamination is more prevalent in groundwater than surface water

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How date palm seeds can remove toxins from the environment

Date seed oil could clean up polluted water and war-ravaged sites

Fewer drops to drink

Up in arms over water

Teething trouble

Sound method...

...of cleansing the membranes used in filtration of polluted water

Parched Koalas

Against slavery of a new kind

Paying the price

People power

What a waste

Bottled water is heavily taxing the world's ecosystem

Simply Put: The thirsty crow

Taliban seize Herat and assault nearby dam that provides water and power to hundreds of thousands of Afghans

The Afghan-India Friendship Dam, the main source of electricity and irrigation water for hundreds of thousands of people in western …

How DTE covered World Water Day 2023

A national workshop held in Lucknow by CSE on ‘Sustainable and Inclusive Sanitation and Water for All’ highlighted the steps Uttar …

Nearly a third of Nigerians don’t have access to a basic supply of water. This is partly because of loopholes in a law

Corruption, overvaluation of projects and favouritism in contract awards add to problems such as lack of funds, limited government capacity

How do India’s policies and guidelines look at ‘urban lakes’?

The country has come a long way in the fight to protect these bodies of water, but much more needs to be done

Indo-Pak study reveals extensive arsenic problem in Punjab groundwater

The study found that 23 per cent of the 30,567 wells they covered had arsenic content higher than the prescribed limit

CSIR develops technology for disinfecting water at Rs 2/litre

Science and Technology Minster Dr Harsh Vardhan said the domestic model can provide 10 litres of water in just five minutes and one full charge …

New study points out how ODF villages are better off

Non-ODF villages much more at risk of contamination, finds study by Centre, UNICEF 

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 …

Punjab can't scrap water-sharing agreements with states: Supreme Court

The court cancelled a law passed by the Punjab legislature, terminating a water-sharing deal with five other states

The missing manual scavengers of India

Government surveys are confined to statutory towns, highlighting the fact that the Centre looks at it as an urban problem

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

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 …