A slum's daily struggle with water

A 17-year-old boy, a resident of Jagdamba Camp in South Delhi's Malviya Nagar captures how his community deals with the lack or excess of water. …

Perpetual Thirst

It has been 45 years since the first national water supply programme. This and many thousand crore of rupees later, more than half of India's …

Simply Put: Watery irony

South Africa’s crucial water supplies from Lesotho: What the six-month shutdown means for industry, farming, residents

If people start extracting groundwater, this could put additional strain on already stressed ecosystems

19% of world’s people without access to clean water live in India

Yet state governments are not serious enough

Lemony clean water

Lime juice, sunlight can purify water in 30 minutes

Ultraviolet disinfectant

Towards a common goal

A creative challenge: Designing proposals of 19 waterbodies in Faridabad

The project offered us an opportunity to bring substantial change through our work to the local environment and the lives of people living around …

Water-stressed in India: Ground water mostly neglected in rain-surplus South Goa

The district, which receives surplus rainfall, has repaired traditional mud bunds, desiltation of rivers and reviving old canals

Water: The clock is ticking

Day Zero has been postponed to next year for Capetonians. When is your turn? Are you ready?

Springs are flowing once again in these Uttarakhand villages, thanks to 'water champions'

After scientific interventions helped revive the dying springs in more than 300 villages, communities took the ownership of maintaining these …

A worsening water crisis in North Africa and the Middle East

Middle East and North African region is home to 7 per cent of the world's population but has access to only 1.5 per cent of its renewable …

Wiped out

Modernisation is pushing many traditional occupations dependent on water to the brink of extinction

Yemen: Water and energy in times of war

Water production has been seriously hampered as fewer public wells are operational due to war damage, lack of maintenance and unavailability of fuel

Unlocking potential of groundwater can provide water security, boost economy: UN

India is the largest groundwater user globally, finds UN report

Managing the mega irrigation beast

With better management, mega irrigation schemes can fulfil their large purpose

A model to emulate

Involve all stakeholders and train worksite supervisors and labourers to make MGNREGA benefit everyone  

Safe water and COVID-19 — where the twain meet

It's not running water, but safe running water that is needed to fight the pandemic 

Water level in reservoirs now at 25% of live storage capacity; southern, central regions worst affected

Reservoirs in central India saw the biggest drop in water levels to 29 per cent from 43 per cent in 2017

To meet 2017 target, one million rural households need to be connected with piped water supply every day

Community involvement is missing and so is the interest towards maintaining sustainability of drinking water projects. What else hinders progress …

Subverting a basic human right

A draft water policy proposes to make water an economic good

A fluid right

Campaign to make water and sanitation a right gathers momentum

Tap cards for Hubli

Residents’ lives in this Jodhpur basti revolve around water

Only downhill houses have water connections, others walk for several kilometres or are forced to use plastic pipes, pumps