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
Water reservoirs were 38% emptier in ‘dry’ August
Water levels in the river basins in southern, eastern India decreased significantly
Panel recommends new central body to mitigate water woes due to lack of agency coordination
The Parliamentary Standing Committee report also found excessive dependence on groundwater
UN 2023 Water Conference: Day 2 ends with dialogue on ‘water for sustainable development’
‘Make love not war, make sustainable development not war’ echoes in General Debate session; momentum grows with potentially game-…
World Water Day 2023: Ladana in Rajasthan made conjunctive use of ground, surface sources to solve its scarcity problem
The village dug three wells and constructed an overhead tank that can store both groud and surface water
Run-up to UN Water Conference: Bottled water masking world’s failure to supply ‘safe water’ for all, says report
Expansion of bottled water industry works against achieving the Sustaianable Development Goal to supply safe drinking water to all by affecting …
Who will provide water security to Chennai?
Chennai is battling sever water crisis with daily water supply of 550 mn l/day against a required 1,200 mn l/d
A solar water purifier, with a difference
Scientists at the Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute at Phaltan in Maharashtra developed a solar water purifier, that does not require …
'The tragedy of irrigation in India is that we have created capacity but have not utilised it'
Will the integration of Central Water Commission and Central Ground Water Board lead to better water management? Mihir Shah explains
Tax rebate to promote rainwater harvesting
Various municipal corporations in the country are offering concession of property tax in exchange of a rainwater harvesting system. Is the scheme …
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 …
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
More water is used by the bodies of those who live in nations with low development indices: Study
This will enable prediction of volume of drinking water needed in the event of a disaster
Distress looms over water-starved Chennai
People of other parts of Tamil Nadu — home to about 67 million people — have also been hurt
Water, Africa’s Gold: Kenya’s urban slums need water, even as lakes Victoria, Turkana in trouble
Urban poor in Kenya bear brunt of water scarcity due to a number of reasons, even as trans-border lakes are on the verge of dying
Every drop to drink: 24x7 potable tap water in Puri has environmental, social benefits
The project will reduce use of plastic bottles by 30 million units and overall plastic waste plastic waste by 400 tonnes per year
Water reserves in 71 of India’s 91 reservoirs have dipped: CWC
A delay in arrival of the monsoon, especially in western India, will worsen the water woes even further
How we source water for cities: Lessons Tehri taught
A look at how complex the ecological and social consequences of our urban water management can be
Why UNESCO's 'natural solutions' to water problems won't work in Africa
Nature-based solutions to water can work in some places, but on the whole they face serious limitations
Harappa to Harsud: water management in India
We have turned water, the free gift of nature, into one of its dearest commodities, says Sorit Gupto
Water in northern Australia: a history of Aboriginal exclusion
Ever since British settlement, water rights in Australia's north have favoured landowners over traditional owners, effectively locking Aboriginal …
In Africa, burden of water labour still lies on women
Over 14 million women and 3 million children spend more than 30 minutes collecting water in sub-Saharan Africa
Urban water management in Singapore
Singapore may just have discovered a remedy to reduce water wastage at the household level. The city is known for its long-standing efforts at …