Reviving Saraswati

Scientists in Rajasthan try to revive ancient paleo-channels to solve the state's water crisis

The drowning of a city

There are both in Delhi - criminal waste, unendurable want. And in this city of verdant veneers, nowhere does the callous politics of …

Bottled water costs us the earth

New housing to reuse water

India and Germany sign agreement for cleaning Ganga

Germany will contribute Rs 22.5 crore to the three-year-long project

Climate change to affect water availability, alter food production: UN report

Water mediated many climate change impacts on agriculture, said the report

Water crisis

Toxic water

Bangladeshis may still be drinking arsenic-laced water

Planning for water

VIETNAM

Diluting standards

George W Bush does it again. This time by diluting drinking water regulations

Drink this

Bhopal tragedy victims to get water supply 20 years too late

CAG bares Orissa muck

Flays state government for inadequate, dirty water supply

Moving nimbly beyond

California for eco-friendly toilets

Coating is better than cure

A new way to filter polluting nano-particles out of the water  

Bengaluru water crisis: Is the southern metropolis heading towards Day Zero?

City founded by Kempe Gowda following same pattern as Cape Town in 2018  

This UP lake continues to stink despite over Rs 300 cr spent on cleaning it

Lack of funds to operate sewage treatment plants around the lake, locals say only boating area cleaned regularly

Water’s value cannot be pegged to its price alone: UN report

The tremendous value of water cannot be confused with the concepts of ‘price’ and ‘cost’, the report said

THROWBACK: How China’s ‘sponge cities’ aim to re-use 70% of rainwater

Even as Indian cities become increasingly water-scarce, they get flooded — as Mumbai is getting now — by a few days' intense rainfall.…

No basic facilities, no vote, say residents of 160 villages

Lack of facilities like electricity, water and roads makes villagers in 14 states boycott the Lok Sabha elections

2.1 billion people lack access to safe drinking water at home; rural-urban gap persists

The WHO and UNICEF report finds significant inequalities in basic water, sanitation and hygiene services

Wrong predictions hampered water conservation: study

Countries should rely on realistic, short-term predictions to plan water conservation efforts

For a few dollars more

Developing countries immunised 80 per cent of their children by 1990 and saved millions of lives. But 35,000 children, under five years of age, …

Water harvesting

Participants from five countries, including India, discuss ways to improve water harvesting systems