RIVER CONTAMINATION

New light on water disinfection

With a simple modification, ordinary tubelights can be used to provide clean drinking water.

Water supply faulted

Don't blame it, on, nature

Toxic rain

Unclean barter

Trading in water pollution proposed

Dangerous

Farmers oppose Tamil Nadu government's new project

Pashchimi Uttar Pradesh ke jalashay

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Iron out arsenic

24x7 water in the 1700s

300-year-old aqueduct to get protected heritage statu

Reverse migration: How MGNREGA has raised Barmani’s water table

People in Sidhi district now farm 10 months a year; even those who had quit farming are returning to it

World Water Week 2023: Can the Jal Jeevan Mission provide tapped water to all rural households by 2024?

The scheme is making quick progress, but a major part of rural India still remains to be covered

UK likely to face drought in August; Residents urged to use water wisely

Drought group readies action plan as Met forecasts another severe heatwave  

Parched Punjab

India's most agriculturally prosperous state, Punjab, is staring at an impending groundwater crisis. Over-extraction of groundwater and faulty …

Sub-committee's report to frame water policy for industries

The flush, the city and the river

For the modern Indian city, the principle behind management of water and waste is a simple one: flush and forget. Not surprisingly, most cities …

Disinfectants pollute water

Voices from Making Water Everybody's Business Talking about water

Water is bound to dominate the agenda of the country's politicians and planners in the future Though ignored for years by the political …

Dream stuck in pipeline

The Melamchi project promised to end Kathmandu’s acute water shortage. But 15 years later, it is nowhere near completion

In short

Ears have been picked, where is the info?

Ideas to save government money

How historical methods helped landless farmers earn a living

Farmers revive traditional retention ponds that drain water during floods and retain moisture in droughts

TANZANIA

Filter out trouble

Gold and silver nanoparticles remove pesticides from water