New Delhi is running out of water

Access to clean and regular water remains a challenge for New Delhi, a city that could easily tackle its water crisis with greater effort

Cauvery row: Karnataka ordered to release 15,000 cusecs daily to Tamil Nadu for the next 10 days

Order passed keeping in mind the difficulty Tamil Nadu farmers would face in growing samba rice in the absence of Cauvery river water

Are we really getting a clean Ganga by 2019?

We have already lost 30 years after the launch of the first Ganga cleaning programme. It is time to take strong and quick actions on the ground.

Over 77 countries saw highest average temperature in 2023 in close to 5 decades: Report

Central America, parts of South America, southern Africa and western Australia face highest risk of developing or intensifying drought

Water levels critically low in India’s reservoirs, river basins due to absence of pre-monsoon rain in areas

Odisha had highest departure from normal storage

New light on water disinfection

With a simple modification, ordinary tubelights can be used to provide clean drinking water.

Water supply faulted

Don't blame it, on, nature

Toxic rain

RIVER CONTAMINATION

Unclean barter

Trading in water pollution proposed

World Water Week 2023: Can the Jal Jeevan Mission provide tapped water to all rural households by 2024?

The scheme is making quick progress, but a major part of rural India still remains to be covered

UK likely to face drought in August; Residents urged to use water wisely

Drought group readies action plan as Met forecasts another severe heatwave  

Reverse migration: How MGNREGA has raised Barmani’s water table

People in Sidhi district now farm 10 months a year; even those who had quit farming are returning to it

Parched Punjab

India's most agriculturally prosperous state, Punjab, is staring at an impending groundwater crisis. Over-extraction of groundwater and faulty …

The flush, the city and the river

For the modern Indian city, the principle behind management of water and waste is a simple one: flush and forget. Not surprisingly, most cities …

Simply Put: SILLYcon valley

Disputes over natural resources or property triggered 16.8% of all murders in India in 2019-21: UN report 

Disputes over water access and the situation worsening with population growth, economic expansion and climate change have led to increased …

Live storage in India’s reservoirs increases by over 11% this week

Some 10 states had less-than-normal storage (the average for the last 10 years).

Drought in Kenya: Nearly 3.5 million people are hungry, says UN

Over 90 per cent of the open water sources have dried up

Harare has only 20% of water it needs daily

City council of Zimbabwe capital left with little chlorine to disinfect driking water

When Shimla ran out of water, and tourists as well

When Shimla ran out of water, and tourists as well

Water in news on April 11

A round-up of news on everything to do with water

Microbeads found in cosmetics face ban in US for causing water pollution

The plastic additive is banned in seven states; New York could be next

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