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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

Videos

Indore among the cleanest cities in India

Storms in India: Science and survival

Long-delayed Teesta-III project in Sikkim gets cleared

Policy matters this week

Swati Bansal

Posted on 14 Sep, 2015 08:26 PM

Teesta-III project in Sikkim gets a green signal

The meandering Teesta river (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)

Bisalpur revisited--10 years after protesters were shot, killing 5

Despite many plans, neither rural nor urban are water secure thanks to the Bisalpur Dam since it was constructed in 2007.

Amita Bhaduri

Posted on 10 Sep, 2015 01:20 PM

Ten years ago five farmers were shot protesting the diversion of waters from Bisalpur dam to Jaipur city, located about 130 kms away.

Kisan Sewa Samiti, Chaksu struggling for drinking water allocation from Bisalpur dam (Source: CECODECON)

Shimla school goes from students bathing every other day to swimming daily!

Bishop Cotton School in Shimla tides over water scarcity by harvesting rainwater, setting an example for other residential schools located in hilly regions.

Manu Moudgil

Posted on 07 Sep, 2015 10:26 PM

Mathew Jacob, estate supervisor at Bishop Cotton School (BCS) in Shimla, remembers when he took his students walking in single file to the nearby stream to wash and bathe

Four storage tanks are linked to 1350 sqm of rooftop area at Bishop Cotton School in Shimla.

Local water storage in the Hindu Kush Himalayas

How can the massive quantities of rain falling during the four-month monsoon period be stored so that it can be used over the entire year in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region?

Ramesh Ananda Vaidya

Posted on 07 Sep, 2015 10:11 PM

The Hindu Kush Himalayan region (HKH) is the source of 10 major rivers and is often referred to as the water tower of Asia. However, communities living in this region and downstream face frequent seasonal water scarcity and flooding due to high variations in rainfall.

Kuhls carry glacial melt to fields for irrigation (Source: India Water Portal)

India Industry Water Conclave & 3rd edition of FICCI Water Awards

FICCI is organizing the India Industry Water Conclave at New Delhi, in association with HSBC and has also instituted the Annual Water Awards to recognize efforts in water management.

Posted on 04 Sep, 2015 05:07 PM

The Conclave focuses on the aspects of water conservation, management and sustainability:

India's groundwater: Invisible water, visible crisis

News this week

Swati Bansal

Posted on 31 Aug, 2015 06:13 PM

Massive national effort needed to resolve India's depleting groundwater

Water well in Purulia, West Bengal (Source: India Water Portal Flickr Photos)

Kaun kitne paani mein: Movie review

A Hindi film set in a water starved locale in Odisha asks, "Can water be bartered for love?"

Amita Bhaduri

Posted on 28 Aug, 2015 06:45 PM

‘Kitna shaant hai ye paani, aur iske liye yeh rajniti’ (the water is so still, yet there is politics around it).

Water scarcity becomes a source of conflict between two villages (Source: Facebook)

Training Programme on Introduction to SWAT by IIT Madras

IIT Madras is organising a short-term training programme on 'Introduction to Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT)' using open source tools- QGIS and QSWAT

Posted on 25 Aug, 2015 04:03 PM

The primary objective of this short term training program is to provide college teachers and professional engineers with a comprehensive understanding of GIS techniques relevant for studies related to water resources assessment.

The curious case of Kolkata's missing water bodies

The city which has close to 5000 water bodies has lost 44% in the last two decades, says Mohit Ray of Vasundhara, a group working on environmental and human rights issues in an interview.

Mohit Ray

Posted on 25 Aug, 2015 12:26 PM

Mohit Ray of Vasundhara has written two books--"Five Thousand Mirrors: The Water Bodies of Kolkata”