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Sewage will overtake agriculture as the biggest polluter of river sub basins in India
Posted on 20 Feb, 2024 03:18 PMIndia is fast hurtling towards acute water scarcity. The reasons are many. While groundwater overdependence, changing rainfall patterns, poor water management practices are to blame, recent research shows that poor water quality is also adding up to this scarcity while also threatening the health of populations.
![The polluted river Yamuna at Agra (Image Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2024-02/Yamuna%20at%20Agra.jpg?itok=e9Xjmlf7)
Fostering youth engagement in water management
Posted on 25 Jan, 2024 02:01 PMEmpowering youth in Asia-Pacific's water sector is vital for sustainable water security. Engaging young professionals brings fresh perspectives, innovative solutions, and updated skills to address climate change, urbanisation, and water scarcity challenges.
![Need for meaningful youth involvement in water sector (Image: ADB)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2024-01/youth-india.jpg?itok=AHDgTnws)
Baseflows contribute to river floods in Peninsular India
Posted on 22 Jan, 2024 10:28 AMUnderstanding the causes of floods and the factors affecting intensity of floods are critical for developing effective flood management strategies. However, causes of short term variability and long term changes in extreme floods vary between the catchments.
![River floods and groundwater, the connection. Image for representation purposes only. (Image Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2024-01/Floods%201.jpg?itok=YDHuw21F)
Carbon market initiatives for forests in India
Posted on 15 Jan, 2024 11:55 AMForest carbon markets offer an alternative means of financing climate change mitigation, relying on forests as carbon removal sites.
![Carbon-dense tropical forests in India (Image: Needpix)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2024-01/teak-forests-carbon-market.jpg?itok=pd4v1Zm5)
Whose wastewater is it?
Posted on 15 Jan, 2024 10:02 AMWastewater is not considered different from freshwater in recent years and is often termed as 'used water' or 'return flow' that can be reused. This realisation of the advantages of wastewater has led many states to devise policy measures that prescribe wastewater allocations for various users.
![Wastewater disposal in India (Image Source: Sangram Jadhav via Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2024-01/Wastewater%20%281%29.jpg?itok=Tdgp8C8a)
Mapping the water workforce
Posted on 11 Jan, 2024 08:50 AMWater management is pivotal for addressing a myriad of development challenges, from poverty and food security to gender equity, impacting health, education, and livelihoods. In India, a country on the brink of water stress, effective water management is crucial, particularly in its rural areas where over 50% of households lack tap connections.
![Examining jobs, skills, and tasks in rural water sector (Image: JustJobs Network)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2024-01/justjobs-lead.jpg?itok=O6OEFddJ)
Evolution of state's role in rural drinking water governance in India
Posted on 07 Jan, 2024 07:23 PMA recent paper ‘Changing Role of the State in Rural Drinking Water Governance in India’ by NC Narayanan et al examines the major interventions in post-independent India’s rural drinking water sector—in the context of the ongoing Jal Jeevan Mission—to assess the progress made in the provision of the service as well
![Demand-responsive approach became the mainstay of the project with the initiation of sectoral reforms (Image: India Water Portal Flickr)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2024-01/pure%20water.jpg?itok=tKYJWPKb)
How has changing rural electrification impacted agricultural expansion in India?
Posted on 03 Jan, 2024 09:00 AMIndia has made impressive progress in rural electrification (RE) since the government of India shifted its policy focus towards universal household electrification since early 2000s.
![Rural electrification can affect irrigation practices. Image for representation purposes only. (Image Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2024-01/Punjab1.jpg?itok=WF-d7vYL)
Creating scalable, sustainable agriculture programs
Posted on 28 Dec, 2023 01:34 PMThe agrarian complexities India faces are large-scale and systemic, intertwined with socio-economic and environmental issues.
![A farmer uses a hosepipe to irrigate crops at her farm in the Nilgiris mountains, Tamil Nadu (Image: IWMI Flickr Photos; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-12/farmer.jpg?itok=H8IIytiS)