Water Management

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July 15, 2024

Meter, Measure, Manage: Engineering a data-based approach for water conservation

Kritsnam where engineering meets hydrology, founded by K. Sri Harsha focuses on developing accurate, easy to install, tamper-proof, and weather-proof smart water metering solutions to deal with the growing water crisis in India.

An AI generated image, highlighting water shortage and use of tankers to provide water but water being wasted when available (Image Source: Praharsh Patel)

May 8, 2024

Ecosystem-based approach to water management: Key to Karnataka’s water future

What is the ecosystem based approach to water management? How can it help in solving the water woes of states in the Deccan Plateau?

An ecosystem based approach to water management (Image Source: India Water Portal)

April 18, 2024

Collaborative approaches to water governance in Indus, the Ganga and the Brahmaputra basin

As the demand for water from the Hindu Kush Himalaya region is expected to rise due to population growth, the impacts of temperature increases, and development requirements, researchers emphasise the urgent need to enhance scientific collaboration and rejuvenate existing treaties and governance structures.

Rivers of destiny (Image: Vikramjit Kakati/Wikimedia Commons; CC BY-SA 3.0 DEED)

April 7, 2024

Exploring smart irrigation: Drip and sprinkler systems

Advancements in smart irrigation: IoT integration for sustainable agriculture

Enhancing efficiency through sprinkler irrigation (Image: Rawpixel; CC0 License)

April 4, 2024

Water in agriculture: Navigating the nexus of efficiency, innovation, and collaboration

Tackling India's water crisis: A blueprint for agricultural water efficiency

Women working in the field in India (Image: IWMI Flickr/Hamish John Appleby; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED)

March 22, 2024

The Onus is on us

Our role in decentralized water management to solve water crisis in cities.

Sunil Mysore talking about his inputs on solving the water crisis in cities

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Floods in Assam affect one lakh people - Dhemaji worst hit

Floods in Assam, bio-toilets in Konkan railway stations and damage of hydropower project in Uttarakhand are highlights of this week's news.

Ravleen Kaur

Posted on 08 Jul, 2013 11:31 AM

Flood fury hits Assam

National Workshop on “Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage”, Society for Development Alternatives (DA), New Delhi

A workshop to promote household water treatment and safe storage (HWTS) methods as an interim measure till the time people can have access to safe drinking water 24*7

Posted on 07 Jul, 2013 04:18 PM

Organisers

Society for Development Alternatives

Venue

Qutab Institutional Area, Pranthas

About the workshop

Call for 'Prabha Dutt Fellowship in Journalism' for women, Sanskriti Foundation, New Delhi

An initiative that encourages young women who wish to investigate and research on any topic of contemporary relevance

Posted on 06 Jul, 2013 05:36 PM

Offered by

Sanskriti Foundation

Objective of the Fellowship

The purpose of the Fellowship is to encourage young mid career women journalists to develop their potential by pursuing meaningful projects without having to work under the pressures of short deadlines.

Call for abstracts, International Symposium on Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM - 2014), CWRDM, Kozhikode, Kerala

IWRM is the process of supporting the synchronized development and management of water, land and related natural resources, in order to maximize the resultant economic and social welfare

Posted on 04 Jul, 2013 12:11 PM

Organisers

Centre for Water Resources Development and Management (CWRDM)

Venue

Kozikhode, Kerala

About the symposium

An appeal to donate generously for the Uttarakhand tragedy, Peoples Science Institute, Dehradun

Following the aftermath of the Uttarakhand deluge, come and be a part of the solution, donate generously

Posted on 27 Jun, 2013 12:01 PM

Appeal by

People's Science Institute

About the appeal

Havoc created by the Uttarakhand deluge is unprecedented. Cloudbursts, heavy rainfall and losses incurred in terms of human life and property have turned an exceptional natural phenomenon into an ongoing grieving tragedy.

Free online course on 'Introduction to water treatment', Delft University of Technology

A course that helps you learn about urban water services, focusing on basic drinking water and wastewater treatment technologies

Posted on 23 Jun, 2013 05:06 PM

Organisers

Delft University of Technology

Duration of the course

10 weeks

Estimated effort for the course

About 10-12 hrs/week

About the course

Elitist Delhi scores low on environmental awareness

Urban policies seem to favour the wealthy; they don't bear the brunt of urbanization as much as the poor.

Amita Bhaduri

Posted on 23 Jun, 2013 08:18 AM

Environmentalist Robert Swan, the first person to walk the North and South Pole, was in Delhi last year. He launched phase IV of Project Search, which aimed to promote environmental awareness and sustainable lifestyles among students. Swan noted that not many Delhiites scored high on topics of environmental awareness.

Even climate change discriminates between women and men!

Climate change is coming – and women in particular will feel its effects

Amita Bhaduri

Posted on 23 Jun, 2013 04:15 AM

We await a future that could be hotter and drier because of climate change. This is increasingly recognized as a global concern and available data suggests that it is increasing the frequency and severity of weather-related hazards in South Asia.

Crop cultivation or construction - tough choice in Andhra Pradesh

Excessive sand quarrying to meet the demands of the construction industry is destroying local irrigation systems in Anantapur. Which will prevail - agriculture or construction?

Amita Bhaduri

Posted on 17 Jun, 2013 05:29 PM

The construction industry went through a boom in the 1990s due to more people demanding and affording houses. This put a lot of pressure on the Pennar area in Andhra Pradesh. Sandmining, which is the process of taking sand, became rampant at that time.

Training Programme on Citywide Sanitation Planning (CSP), Consortium for DEWATS Dissemination Society, Bangalore

A training package that offers a methodology to carry out a City Sanitation Plan with different decentralized sanitation options and integration with centralised systems

Posted on 17 Jun, 2013 04:58 PM

Offered by

Consortium for DEWATS Dissemination Society

Venue

Centre for Advanced Sanitation Solutions,
Survey # 205, Kommaghata Road, Bandmath, Bangalore

About the programme