Simply Put: A fixed deposit of water
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
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, …
India needs to conserve waterbodies and value them
Let’s not destroy our waterbodies in the name of development and rather value their importance
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
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
Bloodthirsty arsenic
Damages white blood cells
Border village gets drinking water
And its place on revenue map
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. …
Researchers design solar-powered water desalination device for rural India
Electrodialysis reversal system removes salinity of groundwater in villages by consuming 70 per cent less energy than RO
Pumping iron
The training of women in the maintenance of hand-pumps has not only flooded them with confidence, it has rescued a government water supply …
Is a 24-hour water supply possible?
An answer to this question was attempted at a workshop organised in Hyderabad, from September 23-24, 2003, by the Administrative Staff College of …
After Cape Town, another place in South Africa is fighting off a ‘Day Zero’ water crisis
Dam levels at 16%; fixing leaks and reducing consumption among measures taken
Contamination