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Surface Water
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)
Embankments in Bihar: The inapt and futile defence against floods
Posted on 19 Oct, 2020 06:05 PMWhat is the history of floods in Bihar and why is it prone to floods?
![An embankment in Madhubani after a week of repairing (Source: Santosh Yadav via IWP Flickr albums)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/50115297347_4b738f7b77_c.jpg?itok=wqBneKuH)
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)
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)
Data, a reusable asset
Posted on 29 Sep, 2020 03:48 PMA quick search for the word data on India Water Portal results in a flood of queries - people are looking for water data - for specific villages, cities or for the entire country.
![Water data needs to be liberated from the custody of one set of users and a single programme making it a reusable asset that each programme and actor builds on. (Image: Needpix)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/data-2248226_1280.jpg?itok=Av8RZHJC)
Jalyukt Shivar Abhiyan a low impact, high expenditure scheme: CAG
Posted on 23 Sep, 2020 01:29 PMJalyukt Shivar Abhiyan had a low impact in making Maharashtra drought free: CAG
![Deepening work in progress under the Jalyukt Shivar Abhiyan (Source: Ravindra Pomane)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/jys_6_0.jpg?itok=m5UgQuq4)
Overexploitation of groundwater highest in Punjab: Government
Posted on 23 Sep, 2020 01:23 PMPunjab no.1 in overexploitation of groundwater
![Overexploitation of groundwater highest in Punjab (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/27560459605_dd7aeae4a2_c.jpg?itok=jLJ3FewO)
MNREGA helps a village in Bihar become flood proof
Posted on 20 Sep, 2020 07:08 AMHarpur Bochha is a village in Vidyapatinagar block of Samastipur district of Bihar. The village, which has a population of about 11.5 thousand people and 2349 houses, remained inundated with rain and floodwater throughout the year followed by waterlogging.
![MNREGA comes to the rescue of Harpur Bochha (Source: Umesh Kumar Ray)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/img-20200826-wa0048.jpg?itok=aSjxiBkh)
Decision Support Space: A concept
Posted on 19 Sep, 2020 05:47 PMFriedrich Nietzsche famously wrote that he who has a ‘why’ to live can bear almost any ‘how'. A strong reason, motivation (why) and curiosity lead to actions that pave the path (how) to achieve any desired goal.
![Decision-making on water is a multifaceted and cognitively overwhelming process (Image: Lolame, Pixabay)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/ball-nature-river-weser.jpg?itok=y6RZyEj_)