Climate change: Delhi, Punjab and Haryana biggest hotspots of water loss in India
As many as 2.3 billion people live in countries considered to be water-stressed; the number is going to be at least 5 billion by 2050, …
To sell a resource
Water. A resource whose scarcity and inefficient allocation gives enough cause for concern. A concern which could find a solution in the concept …
Simply Put: World Water Day 2024
Water crisis in South Africa: Damning report finds 46% contamination, 67% of treatment works near to breaking down
Monitoring and compliance were severely deficient, report shows
Quest for water: Tribals in Gujarat village use traditional methods to end shortage
Some househoulds have started reusing grey water and maintaining kitchen gardens
75 years of people’s power: Telangana’s Ibrahimpur tackles grey water stagnation, mosquito breeding
Village is entirely dependent on groundwater for its potable and non-potable uses and this has helped make their water source sustainable
Every person may have to live on less water as per capita reservoir capacity decreases: UN
While the world population might increase to nine billion by 2040, the projected reservoir volume is stabilising around 7,000 billion cubic metre
Indus river system among world’s most vulnerable water towers: Study
The research, which looked at 78 global water towers, said they were at risk, mostly due to the threats of climate change
For water purification, one size does not fit all: Experts
It's important to properly test the quality of water before taking any step for its purification, they said in a panel discussion organised by …
Problem in paradise: Water crisis deepens in Ladakh amid surge in tourists
Dry taps and tube wells and a possibility of a prolonged water crisis is casting huge shadows on Ladakh's present and future
Protecting water and land from grabbers. For a new water ethic
In a world running out of accessible water, the question of control looms large. Is water a human right, a public trust and common heritage or a …
Water-stressed in India: Experts unfazed over Bengaluru’s dismal JSA ranking
Bengaluru’s water woes and rapidly-depleting groundwater reserves led to it getting an abysmal 200th rank
Water quality deteriorating in Kochi, reveals audit
Only 24 per cent households implement water conservation measures like reuse and recycling
Bihar starts geo-mapping exercise to trace, identify thousands of water bodies
Bihar Remote Sensing Application Centre is tasked with handling the exercise
A tool to settle scores
Contests over water are set to increase, intensify
Is water use sustainable?
No. In the last 100 years, global population tripled, but freshwater use increased sixfold
India exported 3,850,431 litres of water since 2015, mostly to China: Govt
Water being exported even as government has not been able to meet its own targets for drinking water supply
Look back at the decade: Water Scarcity
In this series to highlight what was crucial in the second decade of the new millenium we now look at how water management became the debate point
Karnataka wants to drill more borewells, but where’s the water?
Despite groundwater depletion and huge expenditure incurred, the state government seeks answer to water scarcity in borewells
Asia-Pacific still most vulnerable to water insecurity
According to the ADB report, the number of countries assessed as water insecure has dropped to 29 as compared to 38 in 2013
Water scarcity may cause upto 6% loss in GDP: World Bank
Water shortage may also increase migration and conflicts in some regions, finds a World Bank report
Cost: Three rupees
..per villager per year. And the benefit of an ultraviolet disinfectant is potable water for a community of 1,000 people for 15 years
Emergency
Chennai, crippled by water crisis, is also a metaphor for what Indian cities are experiencing in sourcing and managing the most precious natural …
More shocks
The Gujarat government turns a blind eye to the quake-ravaged water storage facilities. More bad news for a state facing its second drought
Water-stressed in India: Officials in Karnataka’s Chitradurga clueless about JSA
The district scored zero in some Jal Shakti Abhiyan indicators