Simply Put: World Water Day

Water crisis in South Africa: Damning report finds 46% contamination, 67% of treatment works near to breaking down

Monitoring and compliance were severely deficient, report shows

Quest for water: Tribals in Gujarat village use traditional methods to end shortage

Some househoulds have started reusing grey water and maintaining kitchen gardens

Bihar starts geo-mapping exercise to trace, identify thousands of water bodies

Bihar Remote Sensing Application Centre is tasked with handling the exercise

Water-stressed in India: Officials in Karnataka’s Chitradurga clueless about JSA

The district scored zero in some Jal Shakti Abhiyan indicators

Unlocking potential of groundwater can provide water security, boost economy: UN

India is the largest groundwater user globally, finds UN report

Nearly 80 per cent Indian households without piped water connection

In rural India, close to 90 per cent households do not have piped connections

Bottled water alternative for drinking is worse than problem

Society is paying for pollution, has become an economic burden

After Cape Town, another place in South Africa is fighting off a ‘Day Zero’ water crisis

Dam levels at 16%; fixing leaks and reducing consumption among measures taken

Successful project made women water entrepreneurs instead of water carriers

Example of project cited in report released at World Water Week in Stockholm recently

Simply Put: In the water

DTE Coverage: World Water Week 2023

Down To Earth highlights various facets of the issue of water management in India

Simply Put: Mars water & Earth water

Simply Put: The Thirsty Crow’s story retold

Simply Put: Ronaldo's leap

Why ozonization to treat drinking water can be dangerous

Continuing monsoon: Live storage of all Indian reservoirs now 88 % of their capacity

However, Tripura and Nagaland are still facing a deficit in their reservoirs

Water scarcity is inevitable, up to 270 million people at risk: IPCC report

The report will be debated in Geneva this week

Resident Welfare Associations can contribute big to conserve water

A case study from JR Nagar RWA in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

Groundwater in 12 Indian states found to be contaminated with uranium

Nearly 29%, or about 3 in every 10 wells tested in Punjab, is contaminated with uranium

75 years of people’s power: Jharkhand district modifies leach pits to tackle grey water

Pits in Sahibganj district raised to counteract frequent floods, shallow groundwater

Water management practices dismal in states: Niti Aayog

Gujarat, Andhra, MP, Himachal keeps up tight water management

El Nino may be drying out the southern hemisphere — here’s how that affects the whole planet

In a climate changing world, the global distribution of 1% water that is fresh takes on a whole new significance

Poisoned Punjab: Study finds declining groundwater quality, southwestern Punjab most affected

Intensive agriculture practices, over-exploitation of groundwater may be to blame  

Simply Put: Unsafe drinking water