Dying wisdom

Rise and fall of traditional water harvesting systems in India They are called kuhals in Jammu, kuls in Himachal Pradesh and guls in Uttarakhand.…

Waters of life

Tarun Bharat Sangh of Alwar is well-known for its work on reviving traditions of waterharvesting. But few know about the economic advantages of …

Controversial plan to sell water from Sheonath river

Ajit Jogi, Chhattisgarh chief minister, has announced an enquiry into the legality of India's first private project to supply water to industry …

DTE Coverage of Reverse Osmosis purifiers

Is your water purifier safe? DTE cover story attempts to answer an important question

Simply Put: Looking for water

Simply Put: In to a ‘blackhole’

Union Budget 2022-23: Why rural Swachh Bharat Mission needs to be back in focus

A lot needs to be done to ensure faecal sludge is treated before reaching water source

River basins under pressure

Swachh Bharat Mission: Sustenance is the mantra

Changing a habit requires time, effort and constant motivation

Simply put: Dalit children beaten to death for defecating in open

Simply put: Arsenic in UP

River of Life, River of Death: The Ganges and India's Future

India is killing the Ganges, and the Ganges in turn is killing India.

A clear picture of Maharashtra's water distribution model

2015: The year that was

Taking stock of developments of the year   

‘Strong local government needed to achieve universal access to water and sanitation’

Leading organisations come together to ensure global water and sanitation needs by 2030

Banking on self-help

Chhotaudepur has devised a successful collective water management system: water banks

In court

Taste for waste

Sewage, industrial effluent is the future

Water, holy and dirty

Wealth from water

River on canvas

Climate opportunity: How did Rajasthan harvest rainwater after the early monsoon of 2023?

The rains of May and June 2023 broke records of the last 100 years for western Rajasthan districts. The villagers turned this havoc of rain into …

Unsafe WASH behind 395,000 deaths of children under 5 in 2019: WHO report

WHO urges governments to take action with support from UN agencies, multilateral partners, the private sector and civil society organisations to …

South Africa’s drinking water quality has dropped because of defective infrastructure and neglect – new report

The current state of affairs was predicted two decades ago by numerous researchers and experts

Dry urine has great benefits for farmers: Scientist explains reuse techniques

Prithvi Simha from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences talks about the benefits of drying urine