Managing the mega irrigation beast

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

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

Unsafe water

Contaminated alum in Mumbai's drinking water

Rainwater harvesting aids tsunami-hit Sri Lankan villages

Aqua pura

The quality of drinking water is to be monitored through district laboratories

In Focus

Cup that cheers

Manipulating the flow

The flow's not smooth

UN water report on what ails water management today

Drinking problem

Rich waste water

Channels of interest

National Water Policy draft gives industry implicit priority over agriculture

Railways will serve Kinley, Aquafina

No complimentary water pouches with meals on board

Nearly 80 per cent Indian households without piped water connection

In rural India, close to 90 per cent households do not have piped connections

Facts and figures all you need to know about the state of sanitation in India

Suspect source

Bottled water alternative for drinking is worse than problem

Society is paying for pollution, has become an economic burden

Economy of slippage

Two-third of the world population lives in water-scarce areas

WaterAid report warns of the threats of growing water scarcity across the globe

For a clean sip

A solution to purify unsafe drinking water may soon be in your pocket

Flow row

Project spawns local water rights dispute in Nepal

Bloodthirsty arsenic

Damages white blood cells