Muddy Water
Two-third of the world population lives in water-scarce areas
WaterAid report warns of the threats of growing water scarcity across the globe
The idea of corruption
Injustice gets nastier
India's research on forage crops fails to avert fodder shortage
But it does churn out some unconventional alternatives
Water levels critically low in India’s reservoirs, river basins due to absence of pre-monsoon rain in areas
Odisha had highest departure from normal storage
Global Eco Watch: Drifting iceberg threatens seals, penguins on British Antarctic island
Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology
Skewed sex ratio worsens marriage woes for Marathwada farmers
May encourage child marriages, worries expert
Live water storage in reservoirs at the end of monsoon less than 2020
Punjab recorded the highest deficit of 40%
Industry fouls groundwater in Goa
China: Ambitious project to rescue Beijing from water crisis
Water will be diverted from country’s south to the water-scarce northern region
Alga bloom: China sacks officials
Simply Put: A fixed deposit of water
Clean water crisis: Nitrogen pollution to triple scarcity in river sub-basins worldwide
In India, Africa, sewage to be biggest contributor of nitrogen pollution in water in worst climate scenario
Nearly a billion children globally exposed to extremely high water stress: UNICEF report
Released days ahead of COP28, the report sees global event as a critical opportunity to finally put children on the climate change agenda
Fixing its Development Plan might be the solution to Mumbai’s flooding woes
Reducing concretisation in the city is crucial, allowing for more permeable surfaces. A balanced approach involves improving both blue-green …
Desert under siege
The Thar of Pakistan is an arid region troubled by long spells of drought, rapidly falling groundwater levels, abysmally low literacy levels and …
South Africa’s biggest cities are out of water, but the dams are full: What’s gone wrong
Decaying infra means residents in Gauteng Province have to face 30% water restrictions
Every 6th person under water stress: FAO
The annual amount of available freshwater resources per person had declined by more than 20 per cent in the past two decades, UN body says
Catching water where it falls
A movement to recharge the depleted groundwater aquifers in a parched district of Madhya Pradesh gathers momentum
An India where dams are no longer the new temples
As India’s water crisis deepens, the Jal Shakti ministry has the unenviable task of setting right a system mortgaged to the Nehruvian model …
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 …
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
Running out
Unless better management strategies are evolved, water scarcity in the country will only be accentuated by growing industrial and municipal demands.
Stress signs for water
Three of the world’s top five groundwater-extracting countries are in Asia, with India leading the list. At least 10 states in the country …