Water conservation fee: improving or increasing the crisis?

We need to find newer ways to reduce and regulate over-extraction and usage, than promoting further extraction and overuse of this already …

India's double challenge

Traditional system of flood management through lakes and connected water channels has been forgotten

Catching rainwater

RAINWATER CATCHMENT SYSTEMS FOR DOMESTIC SUPPLY: DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND IMPLEMENTATION·John Gould and Erik Nissen-Petersen· …

War over water

Mismanaging water can create a crisis and lead to panic. This is exactly what led to a water riot near Jamnagar in Gujarat

Who owns the river?

The Rajasthan government believes that it has a right over every raindrop and makes a move to demolish a water harvesting structure set up by …

Rise and fall of water managers

Book>> Waternama, A Collection of Traditional Practices for Water Conservation and Management in Karnataka Sandhya Iyengar publisher …

Drought but why

It is time we understood that since drought is human-made it can be reversed

Pricing the precious

A pricing mechanism and harvesting techniques will solve water crisis

Beating the drought

How some villages stayed afloat even as neighbouring lands parched

In Short

Ponds for strongmen

Village heavyweights use natural farming methods

A quick fix: How ponds built under MGNREGA turned lives around

The realisation that ponds can rapidly recharge groundwater has increased demand for MGNREGA

Growth thirsty

Groundwater level is plunging in Dhaka. Experts call for making rainwater harvesting mandatory

A decentralised system will lead to sustainable water use

S Vishwanath, a Bangalore-based engineer and planner, started the Rainwater Club to help people manage rainwater efficiently. He spoke to Binayak …

When 'calamity' strikes

Water harvesting is the new catchword for the government struggling against drought. And the media is going out of its way to spread the word. In …

The relation between tanks and trees

For survival of the traditional water management structures, one must understand the linkages between the tanks and trees

Water revolution

It is not easy to initiate a movement for water conservation in the face of drought. But the Madhya Pradesh government pushed forward in all the …

Now it is floods

Ecological poverty

Green fruits

Officials and industries honoured for their ecofriendly initiatives

Tracing the origin and recharge zones of Himalayan springs

Bihar, UP move to check misuse of groundwater

Two talukas in Maharashtra face worst drought in memory

Experts blame it on poor groundwater management, lax attitude of government in providing irrigation facilities

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

How historical methods helped landless farmers earn a living

Farmers revive traditional retention ponds that drain water during floods and retain moisture in droughts