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Groundwater
Springs that sustain millions
Posted on 16 Nov, 2020 01:07 PMFor a long time, villagers of Thanakasoga in Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh knew about the depletion of their drinking water sources and the thirstier future they faced. “We depend on bawdis and natural springs, from where we fetched water. By 2012, our springs were dying and could hardly cater to the local demand.
![Springshed management has brought the much-required difference in people's lives, as the discharge of the springs increased (Image: Kedarnathsmritivan; Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0))](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2020-11/Natural_Water_Spring_locally_know_as_DHARA_PANI-_means_spring_of_naturalwater.jpg?itok=5JmG-82y)
CGWB gets stricter against misuse or wastage of groundwater
Posted on 09 Nov, 2020 04:40 PMSevere fine for misuse or wastage of groundwater
![Misuse or wastage of groundwater to attract hefty fine (Image source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2020-11/20150902_100433_2.jpg?itok=7zioqxM8)
Breaking down data silos in the water sector
Posted on 08 Nov, 2020 08:48 PMIn support of the Digital India Initiative, the National Hydrology Project (NHP) is translating the Ministry of Jal Shakti (MoJS), Government of India’s (GoI) vision to create a “one water, one data platform” for the country.
![Breakthrough cloud computing facilities and remote sensing applications have helped showthe filling pattern of a water body (tank or reservoir) through freely available satellite imagery at an interval of five days. (Image: Maithan dam, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2020-11/Maithon_dam%2C_india.jpg?itok=cdFNbe4p)
Creating a repository for India’s water resources data
Posted on 29 Oct, 2020 11:08 AMWater, a scarce natural resource fundamental to life, livelihood, food security and sustainable development is required in every sector i.e. domestic, agricultural, industrial and environmental. Its source is precipitation, the usual forms being rainfall, snowfall etc. These in turn build surface and groundwater resources in the form of rivers, lakes, ponds, glaciers, groundwater etc.
![Remoteness of the observation sites poses a challenge in setting up the data collection instrument (Image: Pxfuel)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2020-10/dam-hydro-power-water-hydroelectricity.jpg?itok=dHdCRggD)
Data, data everywhere, but where?
Posted on 16 Oct, 2020 09:21 AMA few of us did an exercise where we closed our eyes and thought of the first four words that came to our minds when we thought of water data in India. Here is what we came up with:
![The seamless flow of data from one program to another can be enabled if a few principles are kept in mind (Image: José Manuel Suárez, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/water_drop.jpg?itok=gD3P3GDU)
Data-driven ‘water and agriculture’ planning: The big picture
Posted on 15 Oct, 2020 06:57 PMIndia is fortunate to have a rich tradition of public data collection and compilation.
![The quality of our public data is highly variable, yet if analyses and interpretation are done keeping in mind some of the limitations, the datasets can be a precious resource at the meso and macro level. (Image: Pixabay)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/drop-of-water-cd-dvd-water-drip-564807.jpg?itok=0iq7Qf2G)
Groundwater recharge needs grassroots solutions: A study of two techniques in Kerala
Posted on 09 Oct, 2020 12:42 PMIn Kerala, around half the urban population and 80% of the rural population depend on open wells on their domestic water needs. But in the last decade, the majority of observatory wells recorded an average annual decline of half a meter.
![Rainwater is captured from the rooftop of the community hall and diverted to the sump before it is pumped into the open well. (Image by Authors)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/groundwater-recharge.jpg?itok=XIeynpwa)
New groundwater guidelines prohibit industries and mining in over-exploited zones
Posted on 08 Oct, 2020 08:45 AMRevised guidelines for groundwater use notified
![Centre issues revised guidelines for groundwater use (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2640566205_ea69994db4_c.jpg?itok=lg1xpJyb)
No improvement in the water quality of the Ganga during lockdown: CPCB
Posted on 08 Oct, 2020 08:28 AMWater quality of Ganga river remained grim during lockdown: CPCB
![Ganga river at Kachla, Uttar Pradesh. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/6172025486_d2b794f518_c_0.jpg?itok=IQJl9yTE)
Water wisdom of the Gonds of Garha Mandla
Posted on 03 Oct, 2020 05:11 PMThe Gond dynasties mainly flourished in the Central highlands of India. This region includes Sagar, Bhopal, and nearly half of Narmada valley, including the flanks of Vindhya and the Satpuda mountain ranges of southern Madhya Pradesh. The principal states of the Gonds were Garha-Mandla (1300 to 1789), Devgarh, Kherla and Chanda.
![Kolatal, a traditional tank in Garha region of Jabalpur (Image Source: K. G. Vyas)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/tanks.jpg?itok=Rsaf2pcu)