Water war

A dispuet is brewing between TN and Kerala over a controversial dam

Deadly leakage

Rivers at risk

Securing water for people does not have to be at the cost of biodiversity

Drought hit

Jharkhand’s water table falls three metres in one year

The way to clean sewage

Sewage treatment by filtration through a semi-permeable membrane has proved successful

Spreading message

Gujarat to set up water regulatory commission

When markets do work

Letters

Rivers of discord

Poor performance

Of arsenic removal plants in West Bengal

Against the flow

Experiments in budgeting water

State is trying to get farmers to budget water

Yamuna crosses danger mark, may get flooded

The Central Water Commission says the river is flowing at 205.24 metre level

UN highlights importance of water in maintaining global peace

Stresses the need for better water management techniques worldwide

Motivating people

...to harvest water in their homes

Reusing wastewater

A new technology to remove chloroform from the wastewater of drug plants

Coping with drought

Rainfall is scarce, groundwater levels have fallen; what exactly is happening in Rajasthan?

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River politics: Krishna changes course

South Africa’s drinking water quality is declining since 2014 — nearly half of it is unsafe to drink

Of total 958 water supply systems in the country, 29% were in a critical state  

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 5, 2023)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal  

Non-sewered sanitation system in Odisha | DTE Water series

Odisha’s Faecal Sludge and Septage Management has become a model for other states to replicate

Simply Put: Sanitisation amid COVID-19

Bihar to pipe Ganga water to three cities

Gaya, Rajgir, Nawada suffer drinking water shortage