US now calls water scarcity a national security issue: An expert explains how serious it can be

In many cases, disasters could be prevented with proper water management

Simply put: Giant Viruses found in water samples from Mumbai

The Water Will Come

What if Atlantis wasn't a myth, but an early precursor to a new age of great flooding?

What would happen now?

A normal monsoon will be useful only if we learn lessons from the current drought

Consume with care to avoid water scarcity

India’s new hydro map

The blue represents the spread of the 30 million water-related structures built under MGNREGA. The darker the shade, the higher the number of …

Stress signs for water

Three of the world’s top five groundwater-extracting countries are in Asia, with India leading the list. At least 10 states in the country …

Rainwater harvesting vs water ferrying trains: Which is better?

A calculation shows 7 million litres of water can be harvested from one hectare of land in Chennai

Water in news on April 13

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and developments around water

Global Challenges in Water Governance: Environments, Economies, Societies

Provides an accessible overview of the changes in discourse surrounding global water governance  

Injustice gets nastier

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 …

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 …

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