UN 2023 Water Conference: I am hopeful Great Salt Lake won’t go the Aral Sea and Lake Urmia way, says Kevin Perry
Down To Earth speaks to Kevin Perry from the University of Utah on the Great Salt Lake in the American West
Chalk streams: why ‘England’s rainforests’ are so rare and precious
England’s chalk streams support a wide variety of biodiversity; but anthropogenic pressures are destroying these icons of English culture
Land, water resources are at breaking point: Report
Pressure on land and water systems compromising agricultural productivity, food security
75 years of people’s power: How these two villages in Chhattisgarh solved their grey water problem
Ghugwa and Patora villages in Durg district used household- and community-level soak pits to prevent waterlogging
World Rivers Day: Adopt bottom-up approach, says student who cleaned Vadodara stream
Down To Earth talks to Sneha Shahi about the issues facing Indian rivers and her own experience of working with two of them
At least 26 of India’s 123 reservoirs are full: Central Water Commission
Storage at major river basins was normal, with Narmada, Sabarmati, Krishna and Cauvery basins having storage above 90%
Watered down: Almost half of India’s rivers still remain polluted; here is why
India has mostly focussed on cleaning only major rivers; most states have recently started reviving their small rivers, but the progress remains …
Water insecurity hits sub-Saharan Africa hard: Report
People with lower levels of income and those residing on the outskirts of cities are more prone to water insecurity
In the name of development: How Nashik’s Goda Ghat juggled concretisation & de-concretisation over 2 decades
Recurring urban floods exposed how thoughtless development projects have renedered the area vulnerable
Gandhian Sanitation: Flood-prone Sahibganj uses height and bacteria to manage its waste
Flood-prone blocks of Sahibganj in Jharkhand use biodigester toilets; these comprise a series of concrete tanks that contain sheets with an …
World Water Day: Fish from common ponds help fund weddings in this Maharashtra village
The small village got ownership and management rights of the three village ponds in 2011, 70 years after its independence
How an environmental engineer used faecal sludge management to make his Telangana town clean
Faecal sludge and septage management could be an opportunity to re-consider future strategies regarding treatment of faecal waste
No plan to desilt Kosi: Bihar govt
There is no technique to desilt the Kosi, Bihar water resources minister told the assembly on March 4, 2020
COVID-19: The need is to decentralise how we manage wastewater
The water crisis in India is dire: By 2030, the country’s water demand is projected to be twice the available supply
Green issues plaguing rural West Bengal missing in Panchayat election campaigns, say activists
Low groundwater levels, cutting of trees and poor waste management not being addressed; political parties pass blame in response
Capacity building key to mainstreaming onsite sanitation management
CSE’s School of Water and Waste aims to establish policy principles, innovative technologies and implementation strategies for citywide …
Environmental crimes: India may take upto 33 yrs to clear case backlog, says report
By the end of 2018, the number of cases pending trial climbed to 48,238
Livelihoods of 3 bln people living near river systems under threat: Study
Damming, sediment mining, water diversions and groundwater extraction inhibit efforts to meet UN Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, says report
Microplastics, microbeads: What you did not know about self-care products
Bureau of Indian Standards in 2017 proposed a ban on raw materials not recognised safe for use in cosmetics from 2020. The status of the ban is&…
Mapping malaria in Africa: Climate change study predicts where mosquitoes will breed in future
By 2100, a general decrease in malaria suitability is projected across the majority of Africa
Is ethanol blending in petrol really green?
Aggressive sugarcane farming contaminates land, water
India’s lakes, reservoirs losing more water every year & climate change may be to blame: Report
An increase in surface area of the water bodies contributes to this loss
Drought in the Amazon can cause local caiman extirpations, spike human-caiman conflict
Drought conditions have previously been cited as a potential factor in increased alligator attacks on humans
Simply Put: Durga Puja 2023
Martian surprise: NASA’s Perseverance finds igneous rocks altered by water
Study adds to the evidence that Mars transformed from wet to a dry planet
