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Water Management
India issues notice to Pakistan to renegotiate Indus Waters Treaty to optimise water use
Posted on 02 Feb, 2023 12:36 PMIndia issues notice to Pakistan seeking modification to Indus Waters Treaty
![Indus River between Domkhar and Skurbuchen (Image: Keith Goyden, India Water Portal Flickr)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-02/9245084431_0d49bfc6d8_o.jpg?itok=Wd4lES2j)
An index for impact monitoring of water infrastructure
Posted on 25 Dec, 2022 06:52 PMMahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is currently the largest funded rural development program in India to ensure rural livelihood by providing employment through different activities.
![rigorous post-implementation monitoring and impact assessment of assets is needed (Image: UN Women)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-12/8237335587_3421362b57_b.jpg?itok=62WqAUWD)
Solar powered micro-sprinkler irrigation system for semi-arid tropics
Posted on 25 Dec, 2022 12:33 PMDiminishing water resources to irrigation is a major global challenge in sustainable food production. Terrapon-Pfaff et al. (2018), analysed the linkages between small-scale energy projects in developing countries and the food and water aspects of development.
![There is a need to need to develop solar powered micro-sprinkler system considering the techno-socio-economic situation of the small holders of the dryland region. (Image: Rawpixel; Free CC0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-12/lead_1.jpg?itok=4DMKidxD)
Water Quality Management Course - Not just a training program
Posted on 16 Dec, 2022 01:17 PMThe journey of the Water Quality Management (WQM) Course into a movement with over 1500 WaterQualityChampions’ (WQC) across the country is curious and exciting. The course is enabling participants into “Water Quality champions” that even the course creators did not anticipate. Hence, it demands a closer introspection - into what went behind.
![During a WQM course, a field team member from INREM facilitating a demonstration](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp-images/INREM%2013.png_0.jpg?itok=GgvS18Sm)
Water storage in river basins dips in 2021, drier than normal conditions to blame: WMO
Posted on 15 Dec, 2022 06:07 PMSignificant drop in the volume of Ganga river water and groundwater in the river basin, reveals WMO report
![Ganga river in Uttarakhand (Source: IWP Flickr album)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp-images/6172025486_33e51c3608_h.jpg?itok=sclAVExQ)
Classifying rivers for setting up stone crushers is illegal: NGT to Uttarakhand government
Posted on 14 Dec, 2022 02:33 PMUttarakhand’s classification of rivers to set up stone crushers violates NGT Act
![A river in Uttarakhand (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp-images/3204749394_019a845f3a_c%20%281%29.jpg?itok=w2aDA0XM)
The water that you eat
Posted on 06 Dec, 2022 11:38 AMWhat was your water consumption today?
If I were to quickly calculate this, I would add up the litres of water I drank, the water I used up in cooking, washing, cleaning, and bathing; and quickly tell you that I used up around 80 litres of water. Your total would also be somewhere in the ballpark.
![Historically, India has been a net exporter of virtual water (Image: PxHere)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp-images/lead_2.jpg?itok=FTwTflbu)
A successful model of integrated farming system in Koraput
Posted on 03 Dec, 2022 07:23 AMRapid population growth is leading to land fragmentation and reducing the amount of cultivable land available to owners. This trend of declining land ownership combined with natural disasters is reducing the viability and sustainability of agriculture.
![Mangaraj's farm is a model for the region (Image: Tripati Khura)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp-images/mangaraj.jpg?itok=hSKdOIhh)
Decentralised urban water management in Chhattisgarh
Posted on 06 Nov, 2022 01:39 PMOver the past few years, it has become increasingly clear that centralised urban water management in this country is in deep crisis. Water supply is both inadequate and extremely costly, water harvesting and recharging and used water treatment and reuse are mostly absent and storm water management is a disaster.
![People are struggling to get the quantity and quality of water in urban areas (Image: Makarand Purohit)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp-images/struggle-for-a-pot-of-drinking-water-at-bhuri-tekri-indore_32115103622_o.jpg?itok=SEBVIIpN)
Wheat sowing dates influences yields in Eastern Gangetic Plains
Posted on 02 Nov, 2022 07:51 PMWheat is a principal crop staple in South Asia with current cultivation extending across 36.1 million ha; around 73% of this area is in India where wheat provides approximately 21% of the aggregate food energy and 17% o
![Greater adjustments to the annual cropping calendar are anticipated to increase wheat yield potential by an average of 0.84 t/ha (Image: Pixnio)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp-images/PIXNIO-1807675-1200x900.jpg?itok=Skk6Ts8P)