Everyone loves an overflowing dam
Even as the government raced to fill up the reservoir of the Sardar Sarovar Dam by September 15 (one-and-a-half months ahead of the schedule as …
New membrane to help remove oil, dyes from industrial waste water
The membrane, developed by team from IIT-G, using graphene oxide, cotton fibre and dopamine removed around 98 per cent of oil from the water
India has 20 river basins, all over-exploited
Over 60 years after the country got its first plan to rejuvenate the rivers, not a single basin has been spared from overexploitation
As temperatures continue to rise, birds struggle to survive
Record-breaking temperatures reduce bird population and are behind absence of insectivorous birds
COVID-19: The need is to decentralise how we manage wastewater
The water crisis in India is dire: By 2030, the country’s water demand is projected to be twice the available supply
Green issues plaguing rural West Bengal missing in Panchayat election campaigns, say activists
Low groundwater levels, cutting of trees and poor waste management not being addressed; political parties pass blame in response
Capacity building key to mainstreaming onsite sanitation management
CSE’s School of Water and Waste aims to establish policy principles, innovative technologies and implementation strategies for citywide …
Livelihoods of 3 bln people living near river systems under threat: Study
Damming, sediment mining, water diversions and groundwater extraction inhibit efforts to meet UN Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, says report
Microplastics, microbeads: What you did not know about self-care products
Bureau of Indian Standards in 2017 proposed a ban on raw materials not recognised safe for use in cosmetics from 2020. The status of the ban is&…
Give rivers their rights, activists tell IUCN World Conservation Congress
Only 37% of rivers longer than 1,000 km still flow freely due to dams being built on them
Jakarta acts to stop being the next Atlantis
Stopping Jakarta sinking cannot happen overnight, but the city is finally taking the action needed to stop groundwater extraction
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 19, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 21, 2023)
UN member states agreed on the first international treaty to protect the high seas
The UN High Seas Treaty is a framework to protect the world’s oceans by bringing them under protected areas. The treaty is designed to …
Antimicrobial resistance: Zero Liquid Discharge can help contain environmental AMR
Pharmaceutical company in Gujarat designed a ZLD unit to remove antibiotics from manufacturing wastewater
Ocean carbon observing system inadequate and immature: Report
The Ocean Observing System Report Card, 2022 report card pointed at inequality in the operational services across the oceans like Indian Ocean, …
CSE-trained professionals prepare India’s first rural water and sanitation safety plan
The Brahamandiha water and sanitation safety plan was launched on March 15, 2021 for the Brahmandiha Gram Panchayat of Bankura …
High levels of uranium in groundwater of eastern Karnataka’s 57 villages: Study
Uranium concentration in groundwater exceeded 30 μg/l, more than the WHO-prescribed limit, in 57 out of 73 villages
Hermann Bacher: The Swiss Jesuit who revolutionised watershed development in India
Hermann Bacher, who spent 60 of his 97 years in India, was deeply impacted by the Maharashtra drought of 1972; it led him to recalibrate his …
Dying Sabarmati: Polluting units to be named, shamed and prosecuted, says Gujarat HC
Stopping pollution is everybody’s collective responsibility, says Gujarat High Court
Fate of Afghanistan’s karez system uncertain, but south India’s surangam thriving
While there is debate regarding the origins of the surangam, it resembles the karez and qanat system in some respects
How Delhi Master Plan 2041 misses the bus in every aspect
The draft Delhi Master Plan 2041 in its current form, lacks substance, basic data and numbers worth of a Master Plan on a range of issues, from …
Solar irrigation can transform Indian agriculture, enhance livelihoods of small to marginal farmers
Farmers can have control over water and electricity supply through solar water pumps
China’s Brahmaputra dam: Trans-boundary water governance in South Asia needs a rethink
As Beijing announces construction of a super dam on the Yarlung Zangbo, it is time to reconsider the fluvial landscape approach to river basin …
IISc researchers devise new wastewater recycling system
The new wastewater treatment and recycling system has saved 180,000 litres in a Karnataka village in a year