Curtain raiser: Here is what we can expect from the upcoming UN 2023 Water Conference
Conference will focus on ensuring that countries deliver on promises already made and are designed to be action-oriented, inclusive and cross-sectoral
Revolutionising water sustainability: Israel’s desalination success and how India can benefit
Collective endeavours of governments, industries and communities hold the key to constructing a sustainable and water-secure world
Icebergs and fog: These unconventional sources can help beat global water scarcity
Cloud-seeding, physical transportation and wastewater management can help tap into millions of cubic kilometres of water, says new book by UN …
Why women's involvement is so vital to water projects' success — or failure
Women have notable but often invisible roles in the economically productive use of water, including agriculture, fisheries and livestock
Kenya’s new water police can teach east Africa a crucial lesson
The police unit is a game-changer in responding to east Africa’s water insecurity, say experts
Water in the age of coronavirus
As we confront the new global enemy SARS-COV-2, the availability of water will be a crucial determinant for a successful outcome in this war
How reliable are water quality monitoring results from Field Test Kits
User-based errors in the interpretation of colour-chart-based results also lead to underestimation or overestimation of results
Anupam Mishra: the man who dreamt of water-sufficient India
As a devout water conservationist, he urged people to learn from ancient ingenuity of water harvesting techniques
Debate: Should water be brought under Centre's control to settle inter-state disputes?
Sushmita Sengupta curates a debate among India's top water policy experts
'India has highest number of people without access to safe water'
A new report states that poor management of water resources is the biggest problem holding India back from reaching all of its population …
Water crisis not due to of lack of resource, but mismanagement: Union minister at CSE conference
The minister was speaking at the 2023 Policy and Practice Forum, an international gathering of water, wastewater and sanitation management …
Capacity building for water conservation needs: A young mind at work
How an architect implemented rainwater harvesting and greywater reuse projects in urban and peri-urban areas of Maharashtra and Gujarat
This Maharashtra village remains untouched by drought
Hiware Bazar that once learned from Ralegan Siddhi how to become water-secure can today teach it how to remain so
India ends August with less water in its reservoirs than 10-year average
Levels below normal in Himachal, Rajasthan, Odisha, Tripura, Nagaland, Gujarat, MP, Chhattisgarh, Tamil Nadu
Total live storage in India’s reservoirs 41% of live storage capacity
Live storage is 141 per cent of the live storage of the corresponding period last year
Is your state using water efficiently? Govt's new assessment tool will find out
NITI Aayog will launch Composite Water Management Index to assess and improve states’ performance in efficient management of water resources
Do we have alternatives to tribunals for settling water sharing disputes?
Considering the ineffectiveness of tribunals, there is a need to look for community-based approaches to resolve such disputes effectively, …
Stress signs for water
Three of the world’s top five groundwater-extracting countries are in Asia, with India leading the list. At least 10 states in the country …
India’s new hydro map
The blue represents the spread of the 30 million water-related structures built under MGNREGA. The darker the shade, the higher the number of …
Rainwater harvesting vs water ferrying trains: Which is better?
A calculation shows 7 million litres of water can be harvested from one hectare of land in Chennai
Water in news on April 13
Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and developments around water
Global Challenges in Water Governance: Environments, Economies, Societies
Provides an accessible overview of the changes in discourse surrounding global water governance
Groundwater management: The visible crisis of an invisible resource
Water table declined in pockets of 6 major cities by more than 4 metres over the years
Climate change: Delhi, Punjab and Haryana biggest hotspots of water loss in India
As many as 2.3 billion people live in countries considered to be water-stressed; the number is going to be at least 5 billion by 2050, …
To sell a resource
Water. A resource whose scarcity and inefficient allocation gives enough cause for concern. A concern which could find a solution in the concept …