Extreme weather events continue to hamper access to potable water, sanitation; urgent action needed: WHO
The world is not on track to achieve Sustainable Development Goal on water and sanitation for all by 2030
Climate change and water: Ripple marks
People with lower socio-economic status, migrants and refugees are most vulnerable to the impact of climate change on water
Life in the dry Thar desert
In the dry Sam region of Jaisalmer district in Rajasthan, there are villages which rely on water harvesting structures for regular water needs. …
Researchers design solar-powered water desalination device for rural India
Electrodialysis reversal system removes salinity of groundwater in villages by consuming 70 per cent less energy than RO
Pumping iron
The training of women in the maintenance of hand-pumps has not only flooded them with confidence, it has rescued a government water supply …
Is a 24-hour water supply possible?
An answer to this question was attempted at a workshop organised in Hyderabad, from September 23-24, 2003, by the Administrative Staff College of …
Water woes in wet Kerala
More than 2,000 mm of rain in 2003 but crops destroyed and farmers committing suicide; crores spent on 31 irrigation projects but villages going …
An Act to commodify water
Meghalaya's draft water Act water omits conservation and management from the sustainability point of view
UN 2023 Water Conference: African Heads of State lead from front; announce ‘presidential compacts’ on water, sanitation
Ethiopia makes commitment to revise the loan policy and directives to accommodate loan access for water, sanitation
Community-managed pond offers sustainable solutions to arid Barmer village
Rajasthan is prone to water insecurity during heat waves and heavy rainfall, where ponds and lakes dry up and groundwater gets over-exploited
2022 too short, too far: How India struggled for water safety
Down To Earth recaps the primary environment, health and developmental news from 2022
A month into monsoon, India’s reservoirs are only at a third of their capacity
The current overall storage was less than that during the corresponding period last year.
See how Indian states fared on the water index
The NITI Aayog, in its latest assessment, analyses the water index scores of states between 2015-16 and 2016-17
Bengaluru should celebrate World Water Day every day
Contrary to popular imagination, water resources have been misused rampantly in the urban centres, not rural areas
Reflection in a pond
As urban residents switch to municipal water, the labour class struggles with disappearing ponds, their main water source. Sorit Gupto …
Checking the damage
MANTHAN SE PRAVAH·VHS (PAL)·colour·30 mins· Gujarati (with English commentary)·Directed by Raju Barot·…
Quenching parched throats
Solutions do not come easy. However, there are ways to avoid a bigger crisis: give water back to the people and rediscover the water harvesting …
No water just woes
Despite numerous schemes, financial allocations and "election-time" promises, drinking water is still a scarce commodity. Public participation …
Faucets of the problem
Once known as the land of magic, India amazed the west with the trick of the bottomless pitcher. The magician would fill countless containers …
Rethink usefulness of trading water: UN human rights expert
States must ensure appropriate legal measures to prevent price speculation of water
India's water footprint 200 per cent higher than China
India will need to feed a projected 394 million more people by 2050. What are the agricutural challenges?
Government launches new ‘Jal Shakti’ ministry
The new ministry has been formed by merging the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation and Ministry of Drinking …
Streams of trouble
As demand for water becomes unmanageable, conflicts are brewing between nations that share transboundary freshwater reserves. Such conflicts are …
Scattered dots
Sarnath Banerjee takes on too many nuances of a water crisis that are difficult to integrate in his graphic novel
MGNREGA: 15 years of moving from crisis to solutions
How the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme been used by India
