Surface Water

Term Path Alias

/topics/surface-water

Featured Articles
January 2, 2023
अब उन खरे तालाबों की खोज कौन करेगा? 
अनुपम मिश्र या हम सबके प्रिय पमपम पर पाँच साल पहले लिखा गया श्रवण गर्ग का यहआलेख है। अनुपम भी उनके द्वारा तलाशे गए तालाबों की तरह से ही खरे थे। अनुपम ने तो तालाबों को उनके दूर होते हुए भी खोज लिया । हम उन्हें अपने इतने नज़दीक होते हुए भी खोज नहीं पाए। 19 दिसम्बर को अनुपम की पुण्यतिथि थी।
अनुपम मिश्र, गांधी शांति प्रतिष्ठान में। फोटो - सिविल सोसाइटी, लक्ष्मण आनंद
January 1, 2023
Localised impacts of irrigation on economic development
Results show the impacts of agricultural productivity boosts in India can be highly heterogeneous
Buckingham canal near Kasturba Nagar, Adyar (Image: India Water Portal)
December 25, 2022
An index for impact monitoring of water infrastructure
A study develops a prototype method by employing the remote sensing-based ecological index
rigorous post-implementation monitoring and impact assessment of assets is needed (Image: UN Women)
October 6, 2022
Visualizing the Vrishabhavathi river to keep it alive
In an effort to inform the general public, especially citizen activists, policymakers, researchers, and students, about the current status of the Vrishabhavathi river, Paani.Earth has created the necessary maps, data, analysis, and information to drive conservation awareness and action around the river.
Vrishabhavathi river (Image Source: Paani.Earth)
August 9, 2022
MGNREGS becoming the quintessential scheme for tribal agriculture
Ensuring irrigation through farm ponds in tribal Chhattisgarh
Many tribal farmers opted for individual farm ponds under MGNREGA ensuring protective irrigation. (Image: Meenakshi Singh)
November 8, 2020
Breaking down data silos in the water sector
The National Hydrology Project has created a national platform for water data and is working to enhance the technical capacities of agencies dealing with water resources management.
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)
A national action plan to ensure sustainable and responsible business on the anvil
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 23 Mar, 2020 12:19 PM

Centre to finalise National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights
An industrial area in Chhattisgarh (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Poisonous encounters: Nitrates in drinking water
A study finds that long term exposure to high levels of nitrates in drinking water can lead to health effects such as shorter height or stunting.
Esha Jhaveri
Jason Russ
Sébastien Desbureaux
Richard Damania
Aude-Sophie Rodella
Giovanna Ribeiro
Posted on 16 Mar, 2020 10:07 AM

Nitrogen pollution of water can lead to severe consequences not only for the environment, but also to human health. Current evidence shows that nitrogen pollution of water is on the rise not only in developing, but also in developed countries.
Polluted drinking water, a grave health hazard (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Under Har Ghar Nal Se Jal, states to open water testing labs
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 12 Mar, 2020 02:39 PM

DDWS orders states to open up water testing laboratories to the public
Residents of a village testing their water (Source: Arghyam)
Mahadayi river water dispute receives final award
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 05 Mar, 2020 02:05 PM

Karnataka allowed to implement Kalasa-Banduri project
The Mandovi river disputed between Karnataka and Goa (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
UP's Banda exemplifies water conservation efforts
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 05 Mar, 2020 02:00 PM

Limca Book of Records recognises UP's Banda for water conservation efforts
Local women and men engaged in digging trenches (Source: IWP Flickr photos). Pic for representation only
Parasite – the film and India’s disaster management
How different populations face different levels of risk and vulnerability during disasters?
Chetna Verma
Posted on 25 Feb, 2020 02:36 PM

Parasite, the South Korean movie released in 2019 has gained attention worldwide especially after its historical win at the Oscars 2020. The film takes on two different worlds co-existing in a country but set apart by class and wealth.
A still from the movie Parasite (Image: Christiano Betta, Flickr Commons: CC BY 2.0)
Revival of non-monsoon flows in rivers
Non monsoon flows of rivers in India are showing a declining trend. What can be done to deal with the situation?
K G Vyas
Posted on 24 Feb, 2020 11:41 AM

Non monsoon flows of Indian rivers are declining

Recent evidence shows that monsoon flows in Indian rivers are almost unaffected, but the non-monsoon flows show a declining trend. This has manifested in the form of:
The river Karamana in Thiruvanathapuram, Kerala (Image Source: India Water Portal)
Sixty river stretches found polluted in the northeast: CPCB
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 22 Feb, 2020 09:53 PM

Northeast has 60 polluted river stretches: CPCB
A river in Assam (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Waterways spell disaster for Gangetic dolphins
A study shows that noise pollution due to industrial transportation and recreational waterways over the Ganga can spell doom for dolphins by affecting their feeding habits and social behaviours.
Mayukh Dey
Jagdish Krishnaswamy
Tadamichi Morisaka & Nachiket Kelkar
Posted on 10 Feb, 2020 02:50 PM

Noise pollution, a rising threat
The Gangetic dolphin (Image Source: Arati Kumar Rao)
Budget 2020: Is the allocation enough to meet the piped water dream
Experts discuss if the budget has enough funds for water access and security.
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 09 Feb, 2020 09:25 PM

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s budget announcement on February 1, 2020 made a push for piped rural drinking water supply and promised full coverage of all households by 2024.
Just 21.4 percent of India’s households have access to piped water, as per NSSO data (Image: Niyantha Shekar, Flickr Commons; CC BY-NC 2.0)
Subscribe to Surface Water
×