Purifying the Ganga
"The story of the Ganges, from her source to the sea, from old times to new, is the story of India's civilisation ..." - Jawaharlal Nehru
How reliable are water quality monitoring results from Field Test Kits
User-based errors in the interpretation of colour-chart-based results also lead to underestimation or overestimation of results
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 21, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Modi’s rural sojourn: Take piped water to 4,620 households everyday
The challenge is to sustain supply; most habitations covered with drinking water have slipped back to non-covered status due to drying up of sources
Lessons from Bellandur: Governments should allocate more resources to monitor, protect lakes
They should focus on judicial utilisation of the water census reports and identify plans to restore the encroached and lost water bodies
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 21, 2022)
Every drop to drink: 24x7 potable tap water in Puri has environmental, social benefits
The project will reduce use of plastic bottles by 30 million units and overall plastic waste plastic waste by 400 tonnes per year
Free from fluorides
A Jaipur-based doctor claims to have developed a technique to clean fluoride contaminated water
The reality of water security in Asia and Pacific regions
A recent report says that water security has improved, but long-term access to freshwater is still a concern
"The story of the Ganges, from her source to the sea, from old times to new, is the story of India's civilisation ..." - …
Safe drinking water in America: Not everyone has it
COVID-19 can’t be transmitted through drinking water, but that doesn’t mean your tap water is safe
Delhi’s groundwater plummets
As groundwater levels fall to crisis levels, the government moves to limit use of borewells, but activists say it's not enough, and not based on …
Extreme weather events impact global river water quality: Study
Long-term or multi-decadal climate change has led to increasing water temperatures and algae levels
Water treatment need not cost the earth
Countries like India are increasingly opting for expensive, high-tech water treatment systems instead of low-cost, low-tech water treatment …
The debate on interlinking rivers in India
India plans to develop its water resources by interlinking its Himalayan rivers with those in the peninsular region through 30 interlinking canal …
Watermaker
A US-based firm has recently launched a high-tech gadget in India with the alluring promise of resolving the water crisis. 'Watermaker', a …
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. …
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 …
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
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 13, 2022)
Bottled water norms not in place
On April 1 this year the revised norms for bottled water should have come into force, but didn't. By missing the deadline -- which ironically …
Arsenic-free
Scientists in Sweden are propagating laterite treatment for the removal of arsenic from groundwater in the Bengal Delta plains