After Cape Town, is Sydney heading for a date with Day Zero?
From June 1, 2019, the Australian megapolis will face water cuts again after nearly a decade as levels in its dams are just over 50 per cent
For water purification, one size does not fit all: Experts
It's important to properly test the quality of water before taking any step for its purification, they said in a panel discussion organised by …
Meghalaya: How the ‘abode of clouds’ ran out of water
Many people have been on the receiving end of prolonged water scarcity, with Meghalaya grappling with one of the worst water crises in recent times
Prioritise and invest on water security and clean drinking water
In order to adapt well and build resilience, it is important to strengthen water resources and their accessibility as part of climate change strategy
The need of the hour
Experts all over agree that rainwater harvesting is the best way to improve the lot of villages
The story of a thirsty Kumaon
WATER IN KUMAON: ECOLOGY, VALUE, AND RIGHTS·edited by Gopal K Kadekodi, K S R Murthy, Kireet Kumar·G B Pant Institute of Himalayan …
Blazing India: The sun beats down mercilessly on Vidarbha
With no rains yet and the heat wave still on, the situation in Maharashtra’s easternmost region has everybody worried
Chennai’s water wars
The water-stressed city has been preying for a long time on aquifers in its neighbourhood, with often violent results, an analysis of its civic …
Singapore’s journey from a water scarce to a water secure nation
Singapore has tapped every opportunity to collect, treat, reuse and produce necessary water resources
A worsening water crisis in North Africa and the Middle East
Middle East and North African region is home to 7 per cent of the world's population but has access to only 1.5 per cent of its renewable …
URBAN WATER HARVESTING SINGAPORE
Rain in a concrete jungle Short of water, Singapore harvests the rain that falls on most of its land despite industrialisation. The city has …
Holding water
The EK Panch Ek Talaab movement has ushered in a new era for the people of Madhya Pradesh's Shahdol and Mandsaur districts
RURAL WATER HARVESTING MADHYA PRADESH
1 + 1 = 11 People have responded overwhelmingly with money and voluntary labour to a government call to renovate water harvesting structures. …
Melbourne could go the Cape Town way: Study
A large forest near the city is on the brink of collapse, in turn endangering the city’s water supply
Climate change blues: Many lakes to turn green, brown
Air, temperature, precipitation, lake depth and elevation determine the colour, along with factors like algae and silt
Sikkim best prepared to tackle drought, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh the least
All four districts of the northeastern state are resilient to drought, but that’s not the case with any of the districts in Rajasthan and …
South Africa’s biggest cities are out of water, but the dams are full: What’s gone wrong
Decaying infra means residents in Gauteng Province have to face 30% water restrictions
Power trickles down
Successful cooperatives compel Maharashtra government to hand over control of irrigation facilities to farmers
Every 6th person under water stress: FAO
The annual amount of available freshwater resources per person had declined by more than 20 per cent in the past two decades, UN body says
India world’s 13th most water-stressed country: WRI
The World Resources Institute also notes that 12 of the world's most water-stressed countries are in the Middle East and North Africa
India’s water crisis: The seen and unseen
As many as 256 of 700 districts reported critical or over-exploited groundwater levels as of 2017
At least 750,000 children at risk of contracting water-borne diseases in Eastern Ukraine: UNICEF
Eastern Ukraine’s drinking water supply has been affected as vital water infrastructures are damaged due to the conflict
Distress looms over water-starved Chennai
People of other parts of Tamil Nadu — home to about 67 million people — have also been hurt
Spectre of Day Zero: How South Africa is revising its water strategy
Focus on water demand, innovative innovative and sustainable technological options
Catch the rain, fix water crisis: How Odisha leads by example
Odisha has deveoped 12,000 rainwater harvesting structures to facilitate water conservation and ground water recharge in 2,035 wards