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Climate change threatens water access for world’s poorest communities
Clean water plays a critical role in helping communities cope with climate change.
WaterAid India
Posted on 20 Mar, 2021 02:14 PM

The impact of climate change on people’s water supplies is threatening to put progress on bringing clean water to all back decades unless urgent action is taken to help the world’s poorest communities adjust to changing weather patterns. 
Unless communities have access to a reliable and safe source of water, their health will suffer. (Image: WaterAid)
Are solar powered irrigation systems scalable in India?
Compendium on solar-powered irrigation in India
Paresh B Shirsath
Sakshi Saini
Neha Durga
Diego Senoner
Nilanjan Ghose
Shilp Verma
Alok Sikka
Posted on 20 Mar, 2021 09:38 AM

Article by: Sakshi Saini and Paresh B Shirsath
Solar power has huge potential for application in the agriculture sector, especially in the irrigation space. (Image: IWMI)
Online course: A primer on biodiversity and ecology of the freshwater ecosystems of the western ghats
This course organised by the Pune Knowledge Cluster aims to introduce various biological components of the freshwater ecosystems of the Western Ghats from a food chain-based approach.
Posted on 18 Mar, 2021 02:14 PM PKC coursePKC course 1
Enhancing water security through responsible tourism
While tourism is on the threshold of expanding in India, water scarcity and quality issues could hinder progress. What could be the way out?
Arghyam
Posted on 18 Mar, 2021 01:24 PM

Manisha Shah, Arghyam, Bangalore highlights the issues related to water scarcity and quality in the tourist destinations in India and shares the work of the ForWater collaborative.
Water tankers cater to the needs of populations in tourist destinations in India (Image Source: India Water Portal)
Decentralized water resources management
Role of village communities and rural local governments
Simi Mehta
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 18 Mar, 2021 10:30 AM

Decentralization is the transfer of powers and responsibilities from the central government to the elected authorities at the subnational level. In India, as organs of the government closest to the people, the panchayati raj system has emerged as an effective good governance tool.
A woman fetching water from the third tap in the house premises. (Image: Ajaya Kumar Behera)
India’s pandemic generation: Inching closer to ecological disasters
Battered by the impact of COVID-19
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 17 Mar, 2021 11:20 PM

India is all set to usher in a ‘pandemic generation’, with 375 million children (from newborns to 14-year-olds) likely to suffer long-lasting impacts, as per the State of Environment Report, 2021.
Environmental crisis leading to more vulnerabilities among the marginalised communities. (Image: Pixabay)
Online training: Evaluating recharge potential of borewells in rural and urban areas
This training programs aims to equip the participants with the necessary knowledge and
skills for executing effective bore well recharge interventions in rural and urban areas.
Posted on 07 Mar, 2021 07:22 PM Training flyer

 
Managing groundwater demand: the way forward
Substituting groundwater irrigation by canal irrigation will not help in maintaining the current levels of food production in India. Managing groundwater demand will, finds a study.
Meha Jain
Ram Fishman
Pinki Mondal
Gillian L. Galford
Nishan Bhattarai
Shahid Naeem
Upmanu Lall
Balwinder-Singh
Ruth S. DeFries
Posted on 02 Mar, 2021 07:25 AM

Groundwater reserves are depleting at rapid rates in India, which is one of the world’s largest consumer of groundwater with it  providing 60 percent of the irrigation needs of the country.
Groundwater, a valuable resource! (Image Source: India Water Portal)
Call for Applications to BSF's Small Grants Programme
The Bengaluru Sustainability Forum (BSF) under its Small Grants Programme calls for grant proposals.
Posted on 25 Feb, 2021 05:58 PM

Call for abstracts for the 15th World Aqua Congress
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Posted on 25 Feb, 2021 05:49 PM

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