UN 2023 Water Conference: Humanity draining its own lifeblood through ‘vampiric overconsumption’, says Guterres
Humans have broken the water cycle, destroyed ecosystems and contaminated groundwater, Antonio Guterres noted
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 7, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Gandhian Sanitation: Ariyanendal’s streets flooded regularly with grey water; here is how they got cleaned
The Tamil Nadu village used MGNREGA and Panchayat funds to build individual and community soak pits
Water levels in important reservoirs consistently dipping: CWC data
Low storage can affect summer crops to be harvested by May-June as well as Kharif sowing
Activist protesting Odisha’s plan to divert river forcibly removed from protest site, in hospital
The Odisha government has filed 1,000 cases and arrested 24 people who ransacked a project to divert water from the Kharosotra river
‘Futures trading can bring efficiency to California’s water sector’
Michael Kiparsky from the University of California tells Down To Earth that fears about futures trading in water commoditising it are …
Revival story: How Mookaneri lake became a welcome green patch for Salem
A group of concerned citizens revived a British-era lake in Salem that had turned into a garbage dump
Political tension doesn’t leave any spotlight for green issues in J&K
Issues like shrinking of glaciers and rivers and water shortage are neither being addressed in election campaign, nor are they mentioned in …
By 2050, 115 million may face food insecurity due to reduced water level in Ganga
In the summers of 2015 and 2017, domestic water supply in the northern Indian plains was severely affected because of low water level in Ganga
East Africa 77 years behind schedule for achieving universal access to sanitation
At current rate of progress, universal access to safely-managed sanitation, aim of the Sustainable Development Goals won’t be achieved …
How the growing “one water” movement is not only helping the environment but also saving millions of dollars
Solutions to floods, droughts and pollution that look upstream, downstream and everywhere in between save dollars and make sense
Hyacinth can help remove toxic chromium from polluted water
Researchers from India and Ethiopia have developed low-cost method to remove chromium from water
After long defiance, Karnataka agrees to release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu
The decision was taken after recent bouts of rain improved the water levels in the Cauvery basin
A matter of costs
In a poor country, cost-effectiveness has to be the byword for municipal wastewater treatment. And the upward anaerobic sludge blanket …
Harsh reality
Rich or poor. The story is the same in every country. Those who respect water will always have a steady supply
Making waves
The rain dance over water harvesting structures is on. But it's also time for the government to think of making them sustainable
A grand water helpline
the timing, and background, of the recently concluded 3rd World Water Forum in Japan ensured that water be seen through the lens of conflict. …
Vanishing wells of Marathwada: Farmers report water table dropped to 300 metres in 30 years
As trips to fetch water from tankers get longer, expert says dire situation result of poor water management
Big leap ahead for India's sanitation economy
Four-day summit in Pune gathers experts and businesses
Catch where it falls, to fight drought and to create employment
This old video can inspire you to turn to rainwater harvesting
Rivers of stories
Each river in the subcontinent has a story and most have several stories
Old water in a new bottle: graphic editor Sorit Gupto's take
Threat from agriculture
Why are farmers in Haryana leaving their fields vacant?
Excessive cropping of paddy has completely depleted groundwater in some places; in others, there is the problem of waterlogging
Aquifer mapping programme critical to raise groundwater levels
The National Aquifer Mapping and Management Programme aims to cover more than 25 million square kilometres that have been delineated “…
