Glaring loopholes in new draft rules for groundwater extraction

The new draft rules for regulation of groundwater are a move towards decentralisation but many key concerns have been overlooked

Karnataka pinning hopes on unseasonal rain to tide over drought, water crisis

The state is staring at a severe drought for second consecutive year with coastal Karnataka experiencing a shortfall in southwest and northeast …

Running out

Unless better management strategies are evolved, water scarcity in the country will only be accentuated by growing industrial and municipal demands.

Municipality blamed for Delhi water poisoning

Municipal authorities in Delhi deny they were responsible for the deaths of eight people caused by contaminated water

Where the water is

Engineers in Jaipur are developing a software that would help quench the thirst of parched villages

Vindicated

The Magsaysay award for Rajendra Singh has meant volte-face by critics of community-based water harvesting

Simply Put: On the moon

Simply Put: Fashion parade

Simply put: AES and clean water

Drowned in apathy

Where are the world’s water stresses?

Around the world, significant issues are negatively impacting water security. While the situation appears dire, cooperation initiatives show some …

Poisoned Punjab: DTE reports from state’s villages wracked by water pollution

Cancer and a host of other diseases afflict people living in the Fazilka, Ferozepur, Ludhiana and Muktsar districts of the state, DTE finds

Climate change will cause disputes such as the Helmand to continue for years: Fatemeh Aman

Down To Earth speaks to Senior Fellow at the Washington-based Middle East Institute on the dispute between Kabul and Tehran over the Helmand …

Why full dams don't mean water security : A look at South Africa

To meet the water needs of populations and economies, planned investments must be made on time

Chennai water crisis: Some suggestions to avert a redux

Here are some suggestions to see to it that another incident like Chennai going dry does not happen in the future

Water crisis in the Himalayas: story of urbanisation at the cost of environment

For four years, two academics and a photojournalist researched urbanisation in the Himalayas to bring out the deadly scams of human activities in …

Going beyond the mega project mindset is a must for India-Nepal relations

The ongoing tussle and massive delays in both countries over the Pancheshwar Dam underscores the need to think of smaller hydro projects instead, …

Cities need wisdom for water

Be it Cape Town or Bengaluru, the cities, especially in Global South, need to create a new future that is water-secure

A story between ‘legal’ and ‘illegal’

Nobody knows (or rather, nobody wants to say) who will regulate the “permissible” and ensure that what is not permissible does not …

Genesis of water

Life on Earth is the result of several fascinating coincidences, of which the presence of water is considered the most important. But we are …

Desalinating seawater can ensure water security

National water policy should include utilisation of sea water resources for holistic development of country's water resources

Lesser water recorded in Indian reservoirs than last year

Current levels amount to just 78 per cent of the storage levels during the corresponding period last year and just about 3/4th the average …

Nitrates in Karnataka wells

In Short

South Africa's water judgement