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July 2, 2024
From scarcity to sharing: How farmers are managing groundwater in Rayalaseema
Community governance for groundwater management
Jasmine on the fields as part of the groundwater collectivisation agreement at Kummara Vandla Palli village, Sri Satya Sai District. (Images: WASSAN/Swaran)
June 30, 2024
How Burhanpur became India's first Har Ghar Jal District
SHGs empower women, ensure sustainability: A model for water tax collection in Burhanpur
Rural water security (Image: Shawn, Save the Children USA; CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
January 7, 2024
Evolution of state's role in rural drinking water governance in India
Need to nudge state governments to evolve a detailed roadmap (planning, implementation and operations related strategies)—immediate, medium and long-term—for ensuring drinking water security.
Demand-responsive approach became the mainstay of the project with the initiation of sectoral reforms (Image: India Water Portal Flickr)
December 28, 2023
Creating scalable, sustainable agriculture programs
The report presents six case studies on how sustainable agriculture programmes scaled up in the past in India
A farmer uses a hosepipe to irrigate crops at her farm in the Nilgiris mountains, Tamil Nadu (Image: IWMI Flickr Photos; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED)
December 19, 2023
Employment potential of India's Jal Jeevan Mission
This IIM Bangalore study highlights the spillover effects of public investments in rural water supply systems in the form of employment generation.
The employment structure under Jal Jeevan Mission encompasses both direct and indirect employment during construction and O&M phases. (Image: Wallpaperflare)
December 12, 2023
Insights from Atal Bhujal Yojana in Rajasthan
Learnings from India's Participatory Groundwater Management Programme
Launched in 2019, Atal Bhujal Yojana aims to mainstream community participation and inter-ministerial convergence in groundwater management. (Image: Picryl)
Paper and pulp mills pollute Uttarakhand hills
An article from Down to Earth on the pollution caused due to the paper and pulp units in several villages across Uttarakhand
Down to Earth
Posted on 20 Aug, 2009 04:49 PM

Villagers and townsfolk of Lalkuan, Bindukhatta, Pantnagar, Kichha, Bazpur and Kashipur in Uttaranchal's terai belt are beset by water and air pollution, and have picked up a struggle against a number of red-category (most polluting) paper and pulp units and distilleries in the districts of Nainital, Udham Singh Nagar and Hardwar, which are polluting the Uttarakhand hills with impunity.
Mapping water pollution and groundwater depletion due to industrial activities in India
This map from Down To Earth indicates that most of India's industrial zones are in water stressed regions, hence water prudence on the part of Industries become crucial
Down to Earth
Posted on 20 Aug, 2009 04:28 PM

This map provides the of levels of water pollution and groundwater depletion due to industrial activities in different parts of India. 
Fed by rain - India's rainfed and poorest areas overlap
India's rainfed areas are agriculture intensive - 85% of the employed people in these areas are engaged in agriculture.
Down to Earth
Posted on 20 Aug, 2009 03:52 PM

Consisting mainly of arid and semi-arid areas and the country's 200 backward districts, these rainfed regions are concentrated in 13 states.
Save the lakes campaign - Voicing concerns about the state of the Pulicat lake in Tamilnadu
The Save Pulikat Lake Campaign is an ongoing campaign intervening to prevent the deterioration of the lake due to industrial pollution
Global Nature Fund
Posted on 20 Aug, 2009 02:46 PM

Learn more about the campaign and to find out how you can contribute.

The document has been sourced from Global Nature Fund's website, an initiative of Pulicat Lake, Crenieo, Global Nature Fund, and Living Lakes.
Collection of articles on climate change with special reference to India
The following documents address various issues related to climate change, particularly highlighting the Indian context
India Water Portal
Posted on 20 Aug, 2009 12:36 PM

Climage Change, Indias perceptions, positions, policies and possibilities, written by Jyoti K Parikh and Kirit Parikh, Indira Gandhi
Teaching climate change: An interactive toolkit that will help communicate related ideas better
Are you tired of trying to communicate the issue of climate change to young students? This toolkit designed exclusively for school teachers maybe your answer to the problem
WWF Nepal
Posted on 20 Aug, 2009 11:50 AM

It offers modules on various aspects of climate change in an interactive student friendly manner designed to making teaching fun for you.

Download the toolkit here - WWF Nepal
Fighting climate change: Greenpeace
Efforts of Greenpeace in raising awareness about climate change
Greenpeace
Posted on 19 Aug, 2009 08:55 PM

Greenpeace has done a lot of commendable work in the field of climate change. This link takes you through their climate change campaigns involving the masses.

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Chennai metropolitan area's water woes: CMWSSB's plans for the future
Steps outlined by the Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board to meet the water demands of Chennai city
Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board
Posted on 19 Aug, 2009 04:01 PM

CMWSSB or Metro Water was established in 1978 and serves 180 sq kms of area and 5.5 million population.
Rainwater harvesting basics: Filtering the water before storage and use
Filtering rainwater before storage is essentially to remove organic material and silt so that the water stays clean longer.
rajshekar
Posted on 19 Aug, 2009 03:29 PM

Overview

Rainwater is amongst the purest water one can get distilled as it is by the sun. However, in a rainwater harvesting system, the water comes in contact with several surfaces, such as the roof or gutters. Its flow becomes possibly mixed with leaves or dust.
Map: International Groundwater Resources Assessment Centre's global overview of salinity in groundwater
This map consists of a description, characterization and geographical delineation (map) of global occurrences of saline groundwater
International Groundwater Resources Assessment Centre
Posted on 19 Aug, 2009 10:20 AM

In India, salinity has three types of genesis - one, by dissolution (areas concentrated in Kutch, North Rajasthan and bordering Punjab, South Rajasthan and bordering areas of Madhya Pradesh and parts of Western Uttar Pradesh; two, by irrigation (areas concentrated in the Deccan Peninsular region of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu) and parts of Orissa and West Bengal; and three, by late
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