World Environment Day : How trees can purify wastewater and provide economic benefits
The pollutants in wastewater act as nutrients for the trees and plants and also help yield higher fuel wood biomass
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
Water-stressed in India: Madhya Pradesh’s Rajgarh paints a dismal picture
No funds released under Jal Shakti Abhiyan, MGNREGS works incomplete: District officials
Reservoir levels now at 85%, but storage in six states still low
West Bengal, Tripura, Jharkhand, Nagaland collectively have a deficit of 41 percentage points, while in Uttar Pradesh it is 11 per cent and …
Desertification in India: Mining erodes soil, water table dips in Jharkhand
Water table in Barkitand village of Giridih district has fallen from 8 metre below the ground level in 2013 to about 10 m in 2017
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
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 …
Cleaning India’s polluted rivers
More than 38,000 million litres of waste water enters the major rivers, water bodies and even percolates into the ground every day
New funding sources must to meet access to drinking water, sanitation
According to the GLAAS 2017 report, many people still lack access to safe and sustainable water supply and sanitation
After long denial, Haryana recognises Najafgarh lake as water body
The NGT has now directed Delhi government to take appropriate steps in accordance with law for revival of the lake
Maharashtra, Telangana sign pact on Godavari irrigation projects amid protests
Building barrages upstream of the Godavari River might prove disastrous for the farmers in Andhra Pradesh
Conflicts over water
Four of the 10 drought-hit states in the country face chronic conflicts because of poor water management and diversion of water to urban areas
Linking India’s rivers may not be a fruitful exercise, say environmentalists
The intrastate river linking concept has become popular with three projects allocated in Bihar for flood control
Humble filter makes a comeback
Traditional bio-sand purifier can filter arsenic which most commercial water purifiers fail to do
Desert under siege
The Thar of Pakistan is an arid region troubled by long spells of drought, rapidly falling groundwater levels, abysmally low literacy levels and …
Purifying the Ganga
"The story of the Ganges, from her source to the sea, from old times to new, is the story of India's civilisation ..." - …
Value for every drop
The World Bank funded project for the privatisation of rural water supply may create more problems than it seeks to solve
Not a drop to waste
A couple of decades from now, the West may have to combat an unprecedented water crisis. Contamination and wastage will only hasten the process
Book review: Water's many nuances
The Rule of Water -- Statecraft, Ecology and Collective Action in South India By David Mosse Published by Oxford University Press New Delhi …
Will the Aral Sea ever come back?
"Forgive us, Aral. Please come back." These words written in chalk, on a ship sftKk in a sandy wasteland, which was once the bustling …
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.…