Corporation for Sustainable Development

Bad water for Srinagar's upmarket areas

The last common property

OSCAR OLIVERA is today an icon for all people's movements to regain control of their resources. He tells RICHARD MAHAPATRA why water is not for sale

Water to water, not water to waste

Water supply must be linked to the system of sanitation and wastewater generation

Another Bengaluru in the making? Chennai’s main drinking water source Veeranam lake dries up

Water inflow stops from Mettur dam, other reservoirs experiencing a decline too

After Bengaluru, now Bogota? High in the Andes, Colombia’s capital begins water rationing

City facing the cumulative impacts of El Nino climate phenomenon, says Colombian environment minister

Water levels in reservoirs at 35% of capacity; southern India’s at just 20%

Raises alarms for potential drinking water shortages, low water availability for agriculture in coming weeks and months

Why rural Nigeria needs to fix its sanitation gaps on a war footing  

Open defecation near water source deteriorates quality causing a visicious circle of poor sanitation & water crisis

Bengaluru is battling a crisis, but it must leverage water for peace

Sound urban planning is needed to avert such crises

Fact or fallacy: ‘RO is a defence against contaminants’

The demand for advanced purification methods in the country is likely to soar, says Mahesh Gupta, chairperson of Kent RO Systems

75 years of people’s power: Lambra in Punjab uses dry ash to treat grey water

The treatment plant works on a natural treatment system and hence no labour is involved

Cape Town will not run out of water this year

The announcement has been made keeping in mind the May-September winter rainy season

The great water rip-off

JUSTICE FLOWS

Chaste catalysis

A water-purifying technique that uses metallic catalysts

Every drop counts

Cleaning the lifeline

Clean and pure

Cost of corruption

Polluters in spotlight

New Laser technology can now determine levels of pollution in waterbodies

Fighting over water

Two people were killed in Pakistan during protests against water scarcity

Fasting for water

A Delhi resident goes on a fast to protest against the water problem

Dry wit

Half-baked plan

For good measure

An index that also uses socio-economic parameters