Cape Town invites public comments on draft water strategy
Says the strategy will ensure the city is more resilient to future natural droughts
Groundwater contamination due to arsenic, fluoride not being effectively addressed: NGT
CGWA has a total of 16 chemical laboratories in India, of which 10 labs are NABL-certified where 27,500 to 32,500 water samples are tested every year
India will be losing groundwater three times faster in 2041-2080, finds study
Climate change will likely increase crop water demand; farmers may adapt by applying more irrigation
Reservoirs in India face water crunch as monsoon progress remains poor
Depleting water levels in reservoirs will have a direct bearing on the sowing and production of Rabi crops
This smart tech can promote water efficiency
Information on root zone moisture status gives farmers the confidence to plan their irrigation schedules and to avoid over watering
UN 2023 Water Conference: Quarter of the globe lacks access to safe drinking water, says report
International cooperation over how water is used and managed is key and must be boosted to prevent a global water crisis in the coming decades, …
Water-wisdom for climate change: We must become much more efficient with every drop
The country has learnt critical water lessons through the years — now is the time to put it to practice
Asia’s largest cities, including Delhi, lack water security
Urban water security in Asian cities is in decline, forcing them to find new ways to manage this prescious resource
CSE alumnus impact: How a green entrepreneur helped restore Kham river
Principles of a decentralised wastewater treatment system was put to use to bring about transformation
How a state mission brought clean water to every household in villages with supply crisis
The project exemplifies how methodical intervention can end supply problems even in hydro-geologically complex areas
Odisha needs to make apposite effort to have toilets in all its school
Who cares for toilets in school? 34% of schoolchildren in Odisha do, finds new study
World Environment Day : How trees can purify wastewater and provide economic benefits
The pollutants in wastewater act as nutrients for the trees and plants and also help yield higher fuel wood biomass
Bihar may introduce licences for borewells
The state is planning to introduce several measures, including making prior permission mandatory to fetch groundwater from borewells
Hand washing a must for COVID-19, but do we have enough water
Though hand washing during the present COVID-19 pandemic is essential, we have to be careful while using water for this purpose
Water-stressed in India: Madhya Pradesh’s Rajgarh paints a dismal picture
No funds released under Jal Shakti Abhiyan, MGNREGS works incomplete: District officials
Reservoir levels now at 85%, but storage in six states still low
West Bengal, Tripura, Jharkhand, Nagaland collectively have a deficit of 41 percentage points, while in Uttar Pradesh it is 11 per cent and …
Desertification in India: Mining erodes soil, water table dips in Jharkhand
Water table in Barkitand village of Giridih district has fallen from 8 metre below the ground level in 2013 to about 10 m in 2017
How India and Pakistan are competing over the mighty Indus river
It is time all countries in the Indus basin acknowledge their dependence on each other and discuss joint solutions
Subsidies on irrigation efficiency may negatively affect water use: study
The decrease in water availability at watershed levels due to subsidies is a critical concern for India considering the monsoon response to …
Reluctant to upgrade
Textile dyeing units would rather extract groundwater than treat and recycle wastewater due to the costs involved and a lack of adequate policy …
Uranium in water can cause chronic kidney diseases, but India doesn’t monitor it
This is when severely high levels of Uranium are present in groundwater that people consume, says a study
The Ganga is leaving Patna’s ghats
As an ambitious Ganga renovation plan is underway, and ghats in Patna are being beautified, there is little attention being paid to the fact that …
Cleaning India’s polluted rivers
More than 38,000 million litres of waste water enters the major rivers, water bodies and even percolates into the ground every day
Rewind 2018: Is India’s head above water?
Here’s a lowdown on how India struggled to get its act together as its groundwater levels dipped and water bodies diminished
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 11, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal