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Water Management
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)
NGT orders Singrauli power plants to supply drinking water to residents
Posted on 21 May, 2014 08:48 AM![Singrauli Coal Mines (Source: UA Satish on Flickr)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/singrauli.jpg?itok=DVQtKAn0)
Open Happiness' or open a can of worms?
Posted on 16 May, 2014 08:11 PM1999 was an interesting real estate year for Mehdiganj village in Uttar Pradesh. Someone began buying up land adjoining a soft drink factory owned by the Parle Company. They also began buying land from the farmers except the farmers had no idea as to whom they were selling the land to. As the boundary wall rose up, problems arose too.
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Bihar's great walls of destruction
Posted on 07 May, 2014 10:49 PMBorn out of the sea, the Ganga basin is a playground of the rivers coming down from the Himalayas. Floods are not a new thing in Bihar, a state in the lap of these flood plains. For centuries, the people here have lived with these waters, with the floods washing away their lands once a year, slowly, leaving behind a blanket of rich and fertile silt.
![Once rice fields, now filled with sand (Jul 2012)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/floods_bihar.jpg?itok=kSYVOVEK)
Applications invited for the post of 'Executive Director', Centre for Water Resources Development and Management (CWRDM), Kozhikode, Kerala
Posted on 07 May, 2014 02:32 PMGet more information on the opportunity
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"The Earth has enough to fulfill your needs, but not your greed"
Posted on 02 May, 2014 11:31 PMYoung Eco-Club members of Gargi Girls School, Meerut celebrated Earth Day on April 22, 2014 with two-days of festivities.
![Gagri Girls School celebrates Earth Day](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/kids-new.jpg?itok=t0ZX7SyE)
Call for participation in the training program on 'Understanding Water and Water Resources Management: Issues, Struggles and Solutions', Water Conflicts Forum and Sambhaavnaa Institute, Himachal Pradesh
Posted on 01 May, 2014 07:43 AMTheme of the training program: The theme of the workshop will focus on the crises around water and water resources management. It will highlight key issues of water as a common property resource – its exploitation, privatisation and the resulting impacts like conflicts around water and its access for the common people.
![Understanding Water & Water Resources Management](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/water_conflicts_1.jpg?itok=66fEFAhG)
Companies finally disclose their water-related risks
Posted on 24 Apr, 2014 03:17 PMBusinesses increasingly face water risks in the context of climate change. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), India will face changes in rainfall patterns, increase in frequency and severity of extreme weather events along with droughts and flood.
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Applications invited for 'Australia Awards Scholarship for Master of Integrated Water Management', Australia
Posted on 12 Apr, 2014 07:49 AMGet more information on Australia Awards Scholarship.
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