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Demand and Consumption
A speed limit on river use
Posted on 21 Mar, 2015 01:08 PMProfessor Jay O'Keeffe is well-known to all those who are interested in the concept of environmental flow releases. The Professor has been involved in this, all over the world, since the seventies.
![The Ganga at sunset](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/healthy_river_1.jpg?itok=gzHL9blc)
A way to minimise agricultural problems in India
Posted on 24 Feb, 2015 10:10 AMMuneswar and more than 170 farmers in Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh have no regrets after shifting over from traditional agricultural methods of farming to the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) method. Why would they? Most of them have been overwhelmed by the kind of returns they have got compared to their investments.
![SRI beneficiaries in Ambikapur](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0038tps.jpg?itok=kqeq4zkG)
Call for Entries for the green film competition 'Films for Change', Television Trust for the Environment and Microsoft
Posted on 28 Nov, 2014 03:09 PMThe competition serves as a tool spread awareness on environmental issues on a large scale. By using film making, you are encouraged to highlight those issues that greatly affect the environment and climate change in your society. There are these three main themes around which you may make your films:
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What is your water footprint?
Posted on 31 May, 2014 12:11 PM“When the well is dry, we know the worth of water.” ― Benjamin Franklin
![Global water footprint](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/4306320940_e7399c7708.jpg?itok=ApwccBL4)
Access to clean water and sanitation: the rural-urban gap closes
Posted on 27 May, 2014 12:21 PMThe rural-urban divide in access to sanitation reduces: UN
![Many rural areas have free toilets](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sani.jpg?itok=AW3-JY8g)
NGT orders Singrauli power plants to supply drinking water to residents
Posted on 21 May, 2014 08:48 AM![Singrauli Coal Mines (Source: UA Satish on Flickr)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/singrauli.jpg?itok=DVQtKAn0)
Alternative farming method in Karnal
Posted on 05 Apr, 2014 01:24 PMKalwaheri is a village of over thousand households comprising mostly of small farmers and landless people tucked away in Karnal, Haryana. The district, once the birth place of the Green Revolution, is now far from green.
![Seed-fertilizer drill in use at Kalwaheri village](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/harpreet.jpg?itok=OkzwG7VV)
Their land lost to a dam, 2,000 farmers take to fishing -- in cages
Posted on 25 Mar, 2014 08:28 PMThe Chandil dam reservoir is located 30 kms from Jamshedpur on the Subernarekha river in Jharkhand. While this dam is a 'tourist hotspot', its construction has resulted in the displacement of more than 20,000 families from 116 surrounding villages. “We lost our farmlands because of the project and now, to support our families, we have to take any job available", says Narayan Gope.
![Modular cages used for cage culture in Chandil](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc05976tp.jpg?itok=9eLwk-lG)
Do we need so much energy?
Posted on 03 Feb, 2014 08:11 AMThe power sector has a large impact on the amount of water consumed. Certain processes in coal power plants require large amounts of water. In India, most of these power plants are installed in coastal areas. These plants draw ocean water, desalinate it and bring it to the required quality of water for the turbines and then re-use it.
![Effluents greatly affect marine life](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/waterpollution.jpg?itok=DIX0IXKd)
Painting Mumbai blue!
Posted on 02 Feb, 2014 10:12 PMAabid Surti who lives in Mira Road, a Mumbai suburb, was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from Hindi Sahitya Sanstha by the Uttar Pradesh Government in 2007. He has multiple creative talents. He is a painter, cartoonist, author, playwright and water warrior.
Water warrior?!
![Drop Dead Foundation Volunteers](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/wp_20131222_020.jpg?itok=zDFAPRIU)