Shift in priorities
Springs of life India's water resources
How pure are their claims?
Market for water purifiers booms, but consumers cannot be sure of quality in absence of regulations
Smart but pricey
Why automatic water meter technology is not the best idea for households
Contaminated water
Freshwater: a scarce resource
Funds denied
Water crisis: a case study of Jabalpur
Jabalpur's shrinking lakes needs sincere planning and community participation
Lost and found
Karnataka villages are reviving underground springs that were once their lifeline in summers
Lake Victoria: CSE lays out strategy to manage water quality in Tanzania
Startegy for Mwanza city suggests greater focus on Nyashishi river needed, connecting households to sewer lines and waste segregation
Jobs round the year: How MGNREGA made Balangir job-secure
The success of MGNREGA projects has made Odisha offer 300 days of guaranteed work a year to curb distress migration in this district
Spring in a box
A village in Maharashtra solves its water crisis by building underground boxes to tap spring water
Water woes acquire gargantuan proportions
The country’s national leaders have shown a remarkably weak appetite on policy and legislation
Fundamental judgement
Clean drinking water is a fundamental right, states the Supreme Court and wants government to set up environmental courts
Ground reality
As the water crisis surfaces yet again, illegal borewells spring up in and around Delhi. Binayak Das and Suresh Babu on a plummeting water table …
Villagers march to revive the Meghal river
Even as citypeople all over India were finalising their Christmas party-hopping plans, a celebration of a very different kind galvanised Junagadh …
No end in sight for Delhi’s water shortage as Himachal does U-turn; says ‘No surplus water left’
Supreme Court expresses irritation at flip flop by hill state; top lawyer offers apology
Stark difference in reality and records, as rural India faces major challenges in managing greywater
On paper, 92.4% villages are ODF Plus, but ground mapping shows most only have poorly maintained community soak pits
After 10 years & Rs 9,630 crore, scheme for drought-proofing Maharashtra can provide water to just 487 people for a year
The drought in Marathwada is clearly a human-made disaster, due to the mismanagement of water, say experts
DTE Coverage: Bengaluru Water Crisis 2024
Why the city that abounded in lakes and rivers went waterless
Bengaluru water crisis: Their suggestions ignored for over a decade, two hydrogeologists prescribe an immediate solution
The cumulative impact of these measures would meet the water requirement of 14 million people in Bengaluru, without any dependence on groundwater
Why is Bengaluru city facing the worst water crisis in its nearly 500-year history?
The situation might get worse as the next monsoon is still 100 days away
Radioactive pollution in water: A global concern for human health
Radioactive contamination is more prevalent in groundwater than surface water
Fight against COVID-19 is a fight for water, against inequality
Let us end our water divides. It is already late
Climate change and water: Wise old ways
We need to tweak traditional methods to tackle climate change