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Active threat

Despite efforts, clean water is scarce in India's industrial Gujarat state

India is trying to clean up its water. But in arid, industrial Gujarat state, it will take a long time – and many more protections – …

Asian, African cities rank low on water sustainability

Poor quality of water and inability to withstand natural disasters are affecting sustainability index of cities

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. …

Bad bug

Pine beetles make water quality dip in North America

Ulcerous!

A bacterium found in water wells causes ulcers

Fluorosis menace

Clean payment

DEEP TUBEWELLS

SAVING THE RIVER

Fit to drink

Tap water norms on the anvil

Shocktail!

Mumbai's water too dirty to drink

Green sports

"Calcutta is sifting on a time bomb "

DIPANKAR CHAKRABORTI, director, School of Environmental Studies, Jadavpur University has done significant work among people affected by Arsenic …

Water stress to increase, but so will water-related jobs, says UN report

According to the report, the lack of sufficiently skilled labour in water and sanitation has contributed to the estimated leakage of 30 per cent …

Water shortage in the home of glaciers

Residents in the UP Himalaya, abundant in rivers and glaciers and covered by a piped water network, are experiencing a water shortage caused by a …

There’s a hidden source of excess nutrients suffocating the Great Barrier Reef. We found it

Previously unquantified groundwater inputs are the largest source of new nutrients to Great Barrier Reef

‘Harvesting water from air can help reimagine water infrastructure for humanity this century’

Founder of Bengaluru-based startup explains how sustainable the technology is

A fluid paradox

International aid agencies and local people do not agree on what tastes like real water

Filtered effluents

Australian scientists have developed a new technique to treat industrial and farm effluents

SOUTH KOREA

Deep cleansing

Rainwater harvesting can purge pollutants too

Foul water

Bloodthirsty arsenic

Damages white blood cells