Seeking ways to quench Delhi's growing thirst

Beleaguered as the Capital's authorities are by increasing demand, large-scale wastage and heavy, unsustainable subsidies, the need for a more …

Water rights and entitlements

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Many a slip

Can India meet the 2012 deadline to provide safe drinking water to all rural homes?

Muddy Water

WATER SCARCITY

Jungle rule

Protect forests, get clean water

Drug abuse

Ranbaxy, Dutch pharma put paid to groundwater

New filter to remove arsenic from drinking water

Canadian student wins 2022 Stockholm Junior Water Prize

Researched how to treat and prevent harmful algae blooms after fisherman father couldn't work anymore

Water stress

With about 4 per cent of the water resources of the world, India should have been a water-adequate nation. However, in 2011 India turned into a …

Manna from heaven

Delhi is at the mercy of its riparian neighbours for water. Experts now say, water harvesting might be a step in the right direction towards …

Cleanup time

A campaign by an organisation to clean up the polluted lakes of Udaipur has finally paid off. The Rajasthan High Court clamps down on erring …

Tapping wastewater

Put into effect in earnest, the law on wastewater recycling can provide lasting relief to a parched Delhi. samreen farooqui delves into the issue

Drinking water audit report by March 2011

In addition to conducting financial audits, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), VINOD RAI, has decided to conduct a social and …

Water-stressed in India: Why Jal Shakti Abhiyan has only cosmetic effect in Palakkad

Palakkad ranked 219th in Jal Shakti Abhiyan despite more than 2,300 mm rain annually

Karnataka to divert Mahadayi water

Goa cries foul. Supreme Court orders tribunal to settle dispute

A midsummer dream

Anyone will tell you that follow-ups are not a story. Journalism is not about following stories of specific villages and how they fare year after …

A holistic water management system in urban areas for a sustainable future

An integrated approach can bring healthy coordination between all stakeholders

A fluid paradox

International aid agencies and local people do not agree on what tastes like real water

SOUTH KOREA

Bland offer

By Karnataka on Cauvery

Political parties cannot offer solutions

Well into his seventies, the veteran of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Kushabhau Thakre recently took office as president of the …

How recycled water could revolutionise sustainable development

Collecting and exploiting waste water is both technically feasible and financially justifiable

Not only depletion, sparse data on Himalayan springs is also a big concern

Greater awareness, understanding and a national springs’ inventory can help achieve water security for the future

Unsafe WASH services: 2 in 5 deaths are from sub-Saharan Africa, finds UNICEF

African countries carry the heaviest burden of child deaths from diseases caused by inadequate WASH services