75 years of people’s power: Telangana’s Ibrahimpur tackles grey water stagnation, mosquito breeding
Village is entirely dependent on groundwater for its potable and non-potable uses and this has helped make their water source sustainable
Every person may have to live on less water as per capita reservoir capacity decreases: UN
While the world population might increase to nine billion by 2040, the projected reservoir volume is stabilising around 7,000 billion cubic metre
Bihar starts geo-mapping exercise to trace, identify thousands of water bodies
Bihar Remote Sensing Application Centre is tasked with handling the exercise
India exported 3,850,431 litres of water since 2015, mostly to China: Govt
Water being exported even as government has not been able to meet its own targets for drinking water supply
Water-stressed in India: Officials in Karnataka’s Chitradurga clueless about JSA
The district scored zero in some Jal Shakti Abhiyan indicators
Panel recommends new central body to mitigate water woes due to lack of agency coordination
The Parliamentary Standing Committee report also found excessive dependence on groundwater
UN 2023 Water Conference: Day 2 ends with dialogue on ‘water for sustainable development’
‘Make love not war, make sustainable development not war’ echoes in General Debate session; momentum grows with potentially game-…
World Water Day 2023: Ladana in Rajasthan made conjunctive use of ground, surface sources to solve its scarcity problem
The village dug three wells and constructed an overhead tank that can store both groud and surface water
Run-up to UN Water Conference: Bottled water masking world’s failure to supply ‘safe water’ for all, says report
Expansion of bottled water industry works against achieving the Sustaianable Development Goal to supply safe drinking water to all by affecting …
Water reservoirs were 38% emptier in ‘dry’ August
Water levels in the river basins in southern, eastern India decreased significantly
South Africa’s crucial water supplies from Lesotho: What the six-month shutdown means for industry, farming, residents
If people start extracting groundwater, this could put additional strain on already stressed ecosystems
A creative challenge: Designing proposals of 19 waterbodies in Faridabad
The project offered us an opportunity to bring substantial change through our work to the local environment and the lives of people living around …
Water-stressed in India: Ground water mostly neglected in rain-surplus South Goa
The district, which receives surplus rainfall, has repaired traditional mud bunds, desiltation of rivers and reviving old canals
Unlocking potential of groundwater can provide water security, boost economy: UN
India is the largest groundwater user globally, finds UN report
A model to emulate
Involve all stakeholders and train worksite supervisors and labourers to make MGNREGA benefit everyone
Safe water and COVID-19 — where the twain meet
It's not running water, but safe running water that is needed to fight the pandemic
Residents’ lives in this Jodhpur basti revolve around water
Only downhill houses have water connections, others walk for several kilometres or are forced to use plastic pipes, pumps
More water is used by the bodies of those who live in nations with low development indices: Study
This will enable prediction of volume of drinking water needed in the event of a disaster
Every drop to drink: 24x7 potable tap water in Puri has environmental, social benefits
The project will reduce use of plastic bottles by 30 million units and overall plastic waste plastic waste by 400 tonnes per year
Water, Africa’s Gold: Kenya’s urban slums need water, even as lakes Victoria, Turkana in trouble
Urban poor in Kenya bear brunt of water scarcity due to a number of reasons, even as trans-border lakes are on the verge of dying
Bottled water alternative for drinking is worse than problem
Society is paying for pollution, has become an economic burden
Australian researchers develop model to estimate groundwater recharge more accurately
To provide a more precise estimate, they used improved chloride deposition map with enhanced data, spatial coverage
Simply Put: A fixed deposit of water
Clean water crisis: Nitrogen pollution to triple scarcity in river sub-basins worldwide
In India, Africa, sewage to be biggest contributor of nitrogen pollution in water in worst climate scenario
Extreme weather events continue to hamper access to potable water, sanitation; urgent action needed: WHO
The world is not on track to achieve Sustainable Development Goal on water and sanitation for all by 2030