Revival story: How Mookaneri lake became a welcome green patch for Salem

A group of concerned citizens revived a British-era lake in Salem that had turned into a garbage dump

Political tension doesn’t leave any spotlight for green issues in J&K

Issues like shrinking of glaciers and rivers and water shortage are neither being addressed in election campaign, nor are they mentioned in …

By 2050, 115 million may face food insecurity due to reduced water level in Ganga

In the summers of 2015 and 2017, domestic water supply in the northern Indian plains was severely affected because of low water level in Ganga

East Africa 77 years behind schedule for achieving universal access to sanitation

At current rate of progress, universal access to safely-managed sanitation, aim of the Sustainable Development Goals won’t be achieved …

How the growing “one water” movement is not only helping the environment but also saving millions of dollars

Solutions to floods, droughts and pollution that look upstream, downstream and everywhere in between save dollars and make sense

Hyacinth can help remove toxic chromium from polluted water

Researchers from India and Ethiopia have developed low-cost method to remove chromium from water

After long defiance, Karnataka agrees to release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu

The decision was taken after recent bouts of rain improved the water levels in the Cauvery basin

A matter of costs

In a poor country, cost-effectiveness has to be the byword for municipal wastewater treatment. And the upward anaerobic sludge blanket …

Harsh reality

Rich or poor. The story is the same in every country. Those who respect water will always have a steady supply

Making waves

The rain dance over water harvesting structures is on. But it's also time for the government to think of making them sustainable

A grand water helpline

the timing, and background, of the recently concluded 3rd World Water Forum in Japan ensured that water be seen through the lens of conflict. …

US study finds hundreds of thousands of nanoplastic particles in bottled drinking water

Each litre contained 110,000 to 370,000 particles, 90% of them smaller than microplastics

How cost-effective technologies like GIS helped rural Sikkim rejuvenate springs

Water, food security for upcoming generations enhanced, say residents

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Underestimated threat

Drying up

Global South water-sensitive cities: Focus should be inequity in access, functionality and reusability

Cities of Global South cannot copy-paste frameworks and solutions emerging from the Global North

Water, Africa’s Gold: How poverty exacerbated Nigeria’s acute water crisis

Lack of clear government funding led to avoidable deaths from water-borne diseases like cholera

COVID-19 outbreak: More hand washing can increase India's water woes

Family of five would need 100 to 200 litres of water per day only to wash hands  

Impending displacement for Orissa villagers

The Orissa government has finally begun disbursing compensation to likely oustees in the lower Suktel dam project. Nineteen families of Magurbeda …

Clogged up in Delhi

More than two years ago, the Union ministry of urban development and poverty alleviation (moud) issued a notification making wastewater recycling …

Arsenic just got dirtier

Exposure to arsenic also increases risk of hypertension

Sweet beris of Thar

Residents dig shallow wells to tap sweet water reserves