A water harvesting manual for urban areas: case studies from Delhi
This manual is built out of CSE's experience in providing technical advice to implement rainwater harvesting in the urban context.
This manual is built out of CSE's experience in providing technical advice to implement rainwater harvesting in the urban context.
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A movement to recharge the depleted groundwater aquifers in a parched district of Madhya Pradesh gathers momentum
Delhi s government is considering three proposals for water harvesting
The human population in the world has crossed the six billion mark. With this the environmental cost of foodgrain production is rising and this is putting additional pressure on natural resources.
A civil engineer revives an age old system of farmers managing irrigation tanks in Tamil Nadu
Koodankulam in Tamil Nadu is already experiencing water scarcity. A proposed atomic power project may further aggravate the problem
The Punjab government avoided tough decisions and resorted to populist measures. Now, the economy and the environment are both in tatters
Depleting groundwater sources compel farmers in Gujarat to use industrial effluents for irrigation <br>
A public interest litigation (pil) has been filed in the Madras High Court, seeking a direction against illegal tapping of groundwater in Tiruvallar and Kancheepuram districts. The
India s most agriculturally prosperous state, Punjab, is staring at an impending groundwater crisis. Over extraction of groundwater and faulty cropping practices could affect India s foodgrain production
Scientists in Rajasthan try to revive ancient paleo channels to solve the state s water crisis<br>
It is a crime. Numerous factories deliberately inject untreated effluents directly into the ground, contaminating underground aquifers. Down To Earth got samples of groundwater collected from eight places in three states and tested them for concent
<font class='UCASE'>D K Chaddha</font> , chairperson, Central Ground Water Authority CGWA , New Delhi, talks to <font class='UCASE'>Jitendra Verma</font> on the state of groundwater in India
fluorosis a crippling disease caused by excess fluoride in water, is fast becoming a scourge in Rajasthan where about 50 per cent of the villages face the problem. Excess fluoride content in the
The government recognises that the groundwater table is falling
Up to 80 per cent of Chennai s water requirement can be met by harvesting rain water, says a study
Austrelia launches a project to save the world's biggest reservoir of groundwater
IRS-LISS-II data along with other data sets have been utilized to extract information on the hydrogeomorphic features of a hard rock terrain in the Sironj area of Vidisha district of Madhya Pradesh, India. The study exhibits reservoir induced artificial groundwater recharge downstream of surface water reservoirs.
as the mercury has soared to 47