WWF identifies 100 cities, including 30 in India, facing ‘severe water risk’ by 2050

These cities would have to build ‘resilience’ if they were to manage such scarcity, the nonprofit said

घरों में भू-जल निकासी पर लग सकती है रोक

पानी आपूर्ति करने वाले स्थानीय निकायों की यह जिम्मेदारी होगी कि वह जिन घरों में पाइप के जरिए जलापूर्ति कर रहे हैं उनमें मशीनों ...

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All the water they need

Rainwater harvesting is catching on in a big way in Kochi

Virtual realities

Bangalore is in the throes of a water privatisation debate. But the most critical flaws in a new plan for its suburbs have got missed out. s …

Packaged water @ 10 paise/litre

Water crisis in Tripura town

Feni river dispute fuels water shortage in border town

War over water

Mismanaging water can create a crisis and lead to panic. This is exactly what led to a water riot near Jamnagar in Gujarat

Babhali, barrage of contention

Chandrababu NaiduÔÇÖs arrest reignites the Godavari dispute

Better governance needed to fix water crisis in Himalayan towns: Study

Five Indian Himalayan towns were facing increased water insecurity, according to study by ICIMOD 

Why ozonization to treat drinking water can be dangerous

वैज्ञानिकों ने बनाई पानी में  फ्लोराइड का पता लगाने की आसान किट

जीव वैज्ञानिकों ने एक सरल, सस्ती परीक्षण किट विकसित की है। यह पीने के पानी में फ्लोराइड के खतरनाक स्तर का पता लगा सकता ...

Continuing monsoon: Live storage of all Indian reservoirs now 88 % of their capacity

However, Tripura and Nagaland are still facing a deficit in their reservoirs

Water scarcity is inevitable, up to 270 million people at risk: IPCC report

The report will be debated in Geneva this week

क्या हर घर स्वच्छ जल आएगा?

यदि पाइप से भी प्रदूषित जल ही गिरेगा तो फिर पाइप की जलापूर्ति का क्या फायदा होगा

Water level in major southern and western reservoirs at 50% of storage capacity

Central Water Commission officials say there is no cause for alarm

पानी को क्यों तरसा केपटाउन?

केपटाउन में 15 जुलाई से जीरो डे लागू करने की घोषणा की गई थी जिसे फिलहाल अगले साल तक टाल दिया गया है लेकिन ...

At least 200 cities are fast running out of water

Cities across the world have grown, thrived and expanded along rich, perennial sources of water, be it lakes, rivers, springs or even seas. So, …

Current water management system ignoring nature-based solutions: UN report

The water management system is too dependent on human-built infrastructure

Teabag method for removing fluoride from water developed

India’s wells are running dry, fast

Hit by weak monsoons, India faces unprecedented water shortages

Storm in a water pot

Social activist Nafisa Barot recalls how water unleashed the powerful energies of women in Gujarat

Shrinking source

More than half of the world's major aquifers, which store groundwater, are depleting faster than they can be replenished

Meghalaya springs back

As the hill state enters dry months, a government initiative to revive 70,000 dying springs instils hope in its water-scarce villages

That sinking feeling

PLANET Earth would have been an utterly lifeless blob of space debris if it hadn't been for the water that covers 70 per cent of its surface. But …