BETTER LIVING

No new laws

UNITED NATIONS

Recycling resolve

Controlled flow

Water, water

Battle lines are drawn as drought proofing remains a distant dream

Contaminated cocktail

A law that lacks depth

Loopholes surface in Goa's new groundwater regulation

Developing politics: Election 2004 is not the end

At boiling point

Desperate Karnataka villagers damage barrage in Maharashtra

Rice does not need water

The system of rice intensification method shows how

Lake assault

Udaipur's waterbodies run dry, authorities run amok

Water conservation slogans mandatory on Bhopal's hoardings

Groundwater contamination due to arsenic, fluoride not being effectively addressed: NGT

CGWA has a total of 16 chemical laboratories in India, of which 10 labs are NABL-certified where 27,500 to 32,500 water samples are tested every year

Water-wisdom for climate change: We must become much more efficient with every drop

The country has learnt critical water lessons through the years — now is the time to put it to practice

Asia’s largest cities, including Delhi, lack water security

Urban water security in Asian cities is in decline, forcing them to find new ways to manage this prescious resource

Subsidies on irrigation efficiency may negatively affect water use: study

The decrease in water availability at watershed levels due to subsidies is a critical concern for India considering the monsoon response to …

Reluctant to upgrade

Textile dyeing units would rather extract groundwater than treat and recycle wastewater due to the costs involved and a lack of adequate policy …

Uranium in water can cause chronic kidney diseases, but India doesn’t monitor it

This is when severely high levels of Uranium are present in groundwater that people consume, says a study

The Ganga is leaving Patna’s ghats

As an ambitious Ganga renovation plan is underway, and ghats in Patna are being beautified, there is little attention being paid to the fact that …

Humble filter makes a comeback

Traditional bio-sand purifier can filter arsenic which most commercial water purifiers fail to do

How India and Pakistan are competing over the mighty Indus river

It is time all countries in the Indus basin acknowledge their dependence on each other and discuss joint solutions

Bihar may introduce licences for borewells

The state is planning to introduce several measures, including making prior permission mandatory to fetch groundwater from borewells 

Hand washing a must for COVID-19, but do we have enough water

Though hand washing during the present COVID-19 pandemic is essential, we have to be careful while using water for this purpose

CSE alumnus impact: How a green entrepreneur helped restore Kham river

Principles of a decentralised wastewater treatment system was put to use to bring about transformation