ARSENIC DISASTER

Saline solution

RATIONING WATER

A sorry state, indeed!

Down the drain

Crunching numbers

Water cess bill gets Lok Sabha nod

Curbs on bathing

Why invite arsenic?

Abjure groundwater, prudent surface water use can solve drinking water and irrigation problems

Toilet training

At Nacka nature school in Sweden

Gunchidharu

Kandikere's village body manages scarce water

Drying trends recorded in more than 30 Indian lakes: Study

In about 100 large lakes, climate change and human water consumption were identified as the main drivers of water losses and a decline in lake volume

UN 2023 Water Conference: Two billion people use a drinking water source contaminated with faeces, says WHO

Shocking statistics revealed in an official side event organised by WHO on March 22 and attended by India, Ethiopia, France, UNICEF, World Bank, …

World Water Day 2023: Dharwad revived traditional ponds to recharge its groundwater

Under Jal Jeevan Mission, groundwater sources are recharged and augmented by revived ponds that act as village-level groundwater-recharge …

Bringing tap water to rural Chhattisgarh using solar energy: Jal Jeevan Mission’s success story

Getting basic rights to water and sanitation at the grassroots level has always been a challenge for India. But Bastar shows a solution is possible

Tanks in Karnataka: Sharing land, water at a time of scarcity

Tanks have fallen into disrepair for lack of a clear community ownership; but farmers, mostly women, are now being paid for its upkeep

Every fifth child faces water scarcity globally: Unicef report

More than 155 million children in South Asia live in areas with high or even extremely high water vulnerability, Unicef says

Reservoir levels go up 32%, yet hold one-third of the water they can

In a week, India’s 100 reservoirs got 13.422 BCM water, but owing to deficient rainfall the water bodies have just 33 per cent of their capacity

Storage level: 23 of India’s 91 reservoirs below 50%

With the monsoon playing hide-and-seek, western and southern India are especially suffering, says CWC

Does rural India have enough water to sustain open-defecation free status?

While India is inching closer to being ODF, less than 20 per cent of rural households have piped water supply

As Tanzania’s Lake Rukwa continues to dry up, NGOs focus on sensitising locals

Shared Resources Joint Solutions (SRJS) initiative has been launched to build institutional capacity of civil society organisations

Tamil Nadu traders’ body calls to boycott aerated drinks amid drought

If the campaign is successful, multinational companies could face revenue losses up to Rs 1,500 crore annually

Using wastewater to grow crops can address water scarcity in agriculture

Water is vital for food production and climate change threatens this most precious resource

Cancer-causing chromium-6 found in US tap water

Almost two-thirds of the country's population may be exposed to the carcinogen, claims an independent advocacy group

Not an ideal immersion

Instead of artificial tanks, devotees use lakes and large water bodies for immersion of idols of Lord Ganesh