Unlocking potential of groundwater can provide water security, boost economy: UN
India is the largest groundwater user globally, finds UN report
Managing the mega irrigation beast
With better management, mega irrigation schemes can fulfil their large purpose
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
Water level in reservoirs now at 25% of live storage capacity; southern, central regions worst affected
Reservoirs in central India saw the biggest drop in water levels to 29 per cent from 43 per cent in 2017
To meet 2017 target, one million rural households need to be connected with piped water supply every day
Community involvement is missing and so is the interest towards maintaining sustainability of drinking water projects. What else hinders progress …
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
19% of world’s people without access to clean water live in India
Yet state governments are not serious enough
Lemony clean water
Lime juice, sunlight can purify water in 30 minutes
Ultraviolet disinfectant
Towards a common goal
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
Water: The clock is ticking
Day Zero has been postponed to next year for Capetonians. When is your turn? Are you ready?
Springs are flowing once again in these Uttarakhand villages, thanks to 'water champions'
After scientific interventions helped revive the dying springs in more than 300 villages, communities took the ownership of maintaining these …
A worsening water crisis in North Africa and the Middle East
Middle East and North African region is home to 7 per cent of the world's population but has access to only 1.5 per cent of its renewable …
Wiped out
Modernisation is pushing many traditional occupations dependent on water to the brink of extinction
Yemen: Water and energy in times of war
Water production has been seriously hampered as fewer public wells are operational due to war damage, lack of maintenance and unavailability of fuel
Water reservoirs were 38% emptier in ‘dry’ August
Water levels in the river basins in southern, eastern India decreased significantly
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 …
Who will provide water security to Chennai?
Chennai is battling sever water crisis with daily water supply of 550 mn l/day against a required 1,200 mn l/d
A solar water purifier, with a difference
Scientists at the Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute at Phaltan in Maharashtra developed a solar water purifier, that does not require …
