/topics/urban-water
Urban Water
Bihar under threat as massive landslide occurs in Nepal
Posted on 05 Aug, 2014 12:59 PMMassive landslides occur in Nepal and Pune's Malin village
![A landslide caused by downpour](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9724041789_fa95ac8c98_z.jpg?itok=3eApNt-R)
Solutions to Indore's water problems don't have to be so expensive!
Posted on 02 Aug, 2014 01:46 PMIn the last five decades, Indore, in Madhya Pradesh, has witnessed a substantial increase in urbanisation and industrialisation. Its population has also increased from 5,60,936 in 1971 to 2,167,447 in 2011 (Census 2011).
![Waiting for water tankers in Indore](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc_0184-1.jpg?itok=KVHKu2Zf)
Budget 2014: A water perspective
Posted on 25 Jul, 2014 01:33 PMThe 2014 Union Budget is being hailed as both challenging and decisive. Various important water issues such as rivers, watershed and safe drinking water have been addressed, money earmarked and plans and programmes announced.
![Water Budget 2014 (Source: Sourabh Phadke)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/8357660968_c5df439beb_o.jpg?itok=ncalJasf)
31% of Bangalore's groundwater not drinkable
Posted on 22 Jul, 2014 01:44 PM"Growing garbage menace ups nitrate content in lakes", said a recent headline in the Deccan Herald that highlighted a study conducted by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) on illegal dumping sites situated near water bodies in Bangalore.
![Lakes or dumping place for the construction debris](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/03_gopal.jpg?itok=IGHVM2yh)
June 2014: The driest June in 113 years!
Posted on 08 Jul, 2014 09:40 AMIndia receives only 85.8 mm of rain this June
![June 2014: driest since 1901](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/11187099345_653d8def04_z.jpg?itok=I7d3Om38)
Compensate affected farmers: HC to Narmada Authority
Posted on 30 Jun, 2014 09:07 AMHigh Court raps Narmada Authority over incomplete canal work
![State of an irrigation canal at Khargone district](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9713919205_c25c00559b_z.jpg?itok=jlifJWn-)
Call for abstracts for International Conference on Sustainable materials and Innovative technologies in Civil Engineering, Nehru Institute for Technology, Coimbatore
Posted on 18 Jun, 2014 04:35 PMThe water related themes of the Conference are
- Integerated Water Resources management
- Coastal Zone Management
- Groundwater quality
- Urban flooding and landslides
- Ocean infrastructure development
- Global warming and its impact on water resources
- Wastewater treatment and pollution control technologies
![Conference on Technologies in Civil Engineering](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/civil.jpg?itok=utdzM2mz)
Simple ways to achieve water sufficiency
Posted on 27 May, 2014 09:18 PMFresh water found on land has only two primary sources - melting of ice, and rain. Harvesting rain is crucial for sustaining both the surface and sub-soil water sources.
![Recharge well constructed in Chennai](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/12764834613_42be3c8341_z.jpg?itok=W-gYTCVH)
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)
Will the Rs. 392 crore fund help Raipur's growing slums?
Posted on 10 May, 2014 12:11 PM"The life of the people living in slums in any part of the country is a curse", says Rohit Jagat, a 30 year old resident of Shakti Nagar slum in Raipur.
![Tankers supply water to Maharajh Bandh](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc04798-children_of_maharajh_bandh_area_taking_drinking_water_from_takers-tp_0.jpg?itok=Ay0dMx-v)