In Africa, burden of water labour still lies on women

Over 14 million women and 3 million children spend more than 30 minutes collecting water in sub-Saharan Africa  

Urban water management in Singapore

Singapore may just have discovered a remedy to reduce water wastage at the household level. The city is known for its long-standing efforts at …

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National Water Policy draft gives industry implicit priority over agriculture

Nearly 80 per cent Indian households without piped water connection

In rural India, close to 90 per cent households do not have piped connections

Facts and figures all you need to know about the state of sanitation in India

Suspect source

Simply Put: A fixed deposit of water

India needs to conserve waterbodies and value them

Let’s not destroy our waterbodies in the name of development and rather value their importance

Antibiotic resistant bacteria found in river water

Banaras Hindu University researchers collected samples at 5 ghats on the Ganga in Varanasi

World Water Day: Drawing to a close

Groundwater level has dipped in almost all parts of India, with the maximum depletion observed in and around Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, Gujarat, …

With half a million new farm ponds, should farmers be worried about deficit monsoon?

In the last 12 years, the MGNREGA has created at least 46 new water harvesting structures in every village

With low water reserves, a blistering Indian summer

The water levels in Indian reservoirs are at levels lower than they have been in nearly a decade, and as the summer approaches, it looks like it …

When water is no longer limitless

Day Zeroes are inevitable unless cities innovate, diversify supply sources and emphasise on the judicious use of water

Stemming the Tide: Human Rights and Water Policy in a Neoliberal World

Stemming the Tide explores how the human right to water and sanitation is fulfilled in different contexts, whether neolibe.

Recycling is the answer to India’s water woes

Frankfurt recycles a drop of water eight times before it reaches the sea, as compared to zero in India

Village of woe

The water woes of Patti Pachgai village in Uttar Pradesh are being compounded by the incompetent responses of the state government and local NGOs.…

Bottled water alternative for drinking is worse than problem

Society is paying for pollution, has become an economic burden

Economy of slippage

Two-third of the world population lives in water-scarce areas

WaterAid report warns of the threats of growing water scarcity across the globe

For a clean sip

A solution to purify unsafe drinking water may soon be in your pocket

Flow row

Project spawns local water rights dispute in Nepal

Clean water crisis: Nitrogen pollution to triple scarcity in river sub-basins worldwide

In India, Africa, sewage to be biggest contributor of nitrogen pollution in water in worst climate scenario

Extreme weather events continue to hamper access to potable water, sanitation; urgent action needed: WHO 

The world is not on track to achieve Sustainable Development Goal on water and sanitation for all by 2030

Climate change and water: Ripple marks

People with lower socio-economic status, migrants and refugees are most vulnerable to the impact of climate change on water

Life in the dry Thar desert

In the dry Sam region of Jaisalmer district in Rajasthan, there are villages which rely on water harvesting structures for regular water needs. …