World Water Day: Are we ready for the thirsty future?

Local water management is crucial

Not even 1 in 5 Indian rural households gets piped water, govt tells Parliament

Jal Shakti ministry reiterates all village households will be supplied water by 2024

Crowdsourcing technology could ensure safety of drinking water in rural India

Research group develops a simple test kit that combines science and mobile phones

Unsafe water

Wahtech

But what has the state done?

Wah India

Arsenic

One in three married couples in India have no room to themselves

NSSO report shows half of India has no access to sanitation, drainage or waste disposal

Thirsty? Try a glass of skywater

Water can be made from air, but it has its cost   

Post-floods, Orissa's tribal districts suffer cholera outbreak

Simply Put: Age of inequality

Shimla, Udupi and Mangaluru: India’s soon-to-be Cape Towns

There is an acute water crisis in these three Tier 2 towns, mostly due to overuse

You may be drinking tiny pieces of plastic with bottled water

A study says that 93% of bottled water contains microplastics

On paper

In court

Water pollution hot spots identified in Indian rivers

Data is misleading and underestimates pollution, allege scientists

In short

Scarcity to abundance: How a Maharashtra village came together to address water crisis

Cultivable land with perennial irrigation grew 20% in a decade 

As told to parliament (December 9, 2021): Yamuna ammonia pollution affects Delhi water supply

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Cape Town invites public comments on draft water strategy

Says the strategy will ensure the city is more resilient to future natural droughts

World Water Week discusses green options to manage water resources

Municipality in South Africa awarded for water and sanitation work

World's biggest trade fair

The US used partnerships to counter multilateralism

Battle of the brackets

The Plan of Implementation is a list of vague expressions

Stop the cycle of poison