Halogen wars

Water purifier makers in court over advertisement

Civil engineering for a social planet

A technology worth a try...

Water of Ganga, 21 other rivers in Bihar unfit to even bathe in, finds state pollution control board

Six sewage treatment plants in Patna not fully functional, direct discharge of effluents in Ganga

Water has long been used as a tactical weapon in warfare

The pummelling of Gaza and the destruction of its water systems by Israel is only the latest instance of water being used as a weapon of war

Activist protesting Odisha’s plan to divert river forcibly removed from protest site, in hospital

The Odisha government has filed 1,000 cases and arrested 24 people who ransacked a project to divert water from the Kharosotra river  

Water levels in important reservoirs consistently dipping: CWC data

Low storage can affect summer crops to be harvested by May-June as well as Kharif sowing

By 2050, 115 million may face food insecurity due to reduced water level in Ganga

In the summers of 2015 and 2017, domestic water supply in the northern Indian plains was severely affected because of low water level in Ganga

East Africa 77 years behind schedule for achieving universal access to sanitation

At current rate of progress, universal access to safely-managed sanitation, aim of the Sustainable Development Goals won’t be achieved …

How the growing “one water” movement is not only helping the environment but also saving millions of dollars

Solutions to floods, droughts and pollution that look upstream, downstream and everywhere in between save dollars and make sense

Revival story: How Mookaneri lake became a welcome green patch for Salem

A group of concerned citizens revived a British-era lake in Salem that had turned into a garbage dump

Hyacinth can help remove toxic chromium from polluted water

Researchers from India and Ethiopia have developed low-cost method to remove chromium from water

UN 2023 Water Conference ends with over 700 commitments to make world water-secure

The event was attended by 10,000 participants at the UN headquarter and online, a statment claimed

UN 2023 Water Conference: Humanity draining its own lifeblood through ‘vampiric overconsumption’, says Guterres

Humans have broken the water cycle, destroyed ecosystems and contaminated groundwater, Antonio Guterres noted

Lessons from Bellandur: Governments should allocate more resources to monitor, protect lakes

They should focus on judicial utilisation of the water census reports and identify plans to restore the encroached and lost water bodies

Political tension doesn’t leave any spotlight for green issues in J&K

Issues like shrinking of glaciers and rivers and water shortage are neither being addressed in election campaign, nor are they mentioned in …

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 7, 2023)

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

After long defiance, Karnataka agrees to release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu

The decision was taken after recent bouts of rain improved the water levels in the Cauvery basin

Cauvery turmoil: Bengaluru city, Old Mysuru region hold total bandh; little or no effect elsewhere in Karnataka

Ten thousand people will go to Delhi on October 5 to drive home a point with the President of India on Karnataka’s claim over Cauvery water

Gandhian Sanitation: Ariyanendal’s streets flooded regularly with grey water; here is how they got cleaned

The Tamil Nadu village used MGNREGA and Panchayat funds to build individual and community soak pits

‘Futures trading can bring efficiency to California’s water sector’

Michael Kiparsky from the University of California tells Down To Earth that fears about futures trading in water commoditising it are …

A matter of costs

In a poor country, cost-effectiveness has to be the byword for municipal wastewater treatment. And the upward anaerobic sludge blanket …

Harsh reality

Rich or poor. The story is the same in every country. Those who respect water will always have a steady supply

Making waves

The rain dance over water harvesting structures is on. But it's also time for the government to think of making them sustainable

A grand water helpline

the timing, and background, of the recently concluded 3rd World Water Forum in Japan ensured that water be seen through the lens of conflict. …

Vanishing wells of Marathwada: Farmers report water table dropped to 300 metres in 30 years

As trips to fetch water from tankers get longer, expert says dire situation result of poor water management