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Research Papers
Calculating the water footprint of buildings
Posted on 02 Apr, 2016 05:43 PMConstruction industry is a booming industry, with the real estate sector contributing heavily towards the country’s GDP.
![What is the water footprint of a building (Source: Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/ishtika_house_construction_-_saradas.jpg?itok=6EsebMMQ)
Is safe drinking water for all an elusive goal for rural India?
Posted on 25 Mar, 2016 09:14 PMThe goal of securing universal access to safe drinking water continues to be elusive for India inspite of the impressive strides made in the current years.
![A hand pump in Madhya Pradesh (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/news_this_week_1.jpg?itok=W3T-nn38)
Can India meet its target of 100GW of solar power by 2022?
Posted on 15 Mar, 2016 09:01 PMThe present government has set a target of 100 gigawatts (GW) of solar power capacity for the country by 2022.
![Solar power use in a Tamil Nadu farm (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/solar_panels_tn_1.jpg?itok=LOILGBHR)
Groundwater: Pressing problems and future prospects
Posted on 12 Mar, 2016 10:35 PMGroundwater is the major source of drinking water in both urban and rural India, and an important source of water for agricultural and industrial sectors.
![Using a handpump to extract groundwater (Source: Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/pakistan_pump_water_system_at_my_farm_lands.jpg?itok=bPfIJI02)
More than 90% of Bangalore's lakes are polluted or encroached
Posted on 11 Mar, 2016 10:48 AMIndia has had very little to celebrate on World Wetlands Day this year as it has lost its wetlands at an alarming rate of 38% in just a decade (1991-2001).
![Rachenahalli Lake in Bengaluru (Source: Sumetee Pahwa Gajjar)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/rachenhelli_lake_in_bangalore.jpg?itok=_H-78rRa)
Toilets can work!
Posted on 27 Feb, 2016 02:20 PMOpen defecation continues to be practised by as high as 65% of India's rural population and only 14% of rural households have access to piped water supply leading to high rates of infant deaths and mortality. This working paper titled 'Toilets can work: Short and medium run
![Hygienic latrines and diarrhoea (Source: Sourabh Phadke)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/toilets_10.jpg?itok=miGnLsH6)
The new Indian middle class and water use in Calcutta
Posted on 27 Feb, 2016 01:54 PMAn ever expanding middle class has come to symbolise a new India which is changing individual and household consumption patterns by accessing resources and technologies beyond their availabilities.
![Water use in urban cities (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/water_1_7.jpg?itok=e1vbDrJ-)
Is traditional wisdom key to combating climate change?
Posted on 15 Feb, 2016 09:55 PMErratic rainfall, heavy storms, extreme weather and droughts are some of the major impacts of climate changes. Though it affects everyone, certain sections of society, like indigenous people who live closer to the natural environment, are in fact more vulnerable to these variations.
![A woman draws water from a 'taanka' in Rajasthan (Source: Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/taanka.jpg?itok=Qd0IQehs)
Gender and water use: Looking beyond pure data
Posted on 05 Feb, 2016 12:36 PMGrowth and development indicators at the policy level many a times demand the need for factual data that is often standardised and expressed as numbers in order to make each local context comparable to other and allow data to be aggregated to higher geographical scales.
![Gender and water use (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/gender_and_water.jpg?itok=35AKXHmW)
Development or drastic ecological changes: Where is Dehradun headed?
Posted on 05 Feb, 2016 11:49 AMThe Babur Nama mentions that the “
![The changing face of Dehradun (Source: Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dehradun_india_2006-4.jpg?itok=-zMhupyu)