Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
Water insecurity—ranging from chronic water scarcity to lack of access to safe drinking water and sanitation services, to hydrological uncertainty and extremes (floods and droughts)—can cause severe disruptions and compound fragilities in social, economic, and environmental systems. Untangling the role of water insecurity in contributing to fragility is difficult, yet …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Dr. Shailendra Kumar Modi Vs. Bhopal Sahkari Dugdh Sangh Maryadit & Others dated 14/03/2017 regarding pollution of both air and water being caused by the plant of Bhopal Sahkari Dugdh Sangh Maryadit at Habibganj Railway Station, …
Karnataka is among seven states selected by the Union Water Resources Ministry for the World Bank-aided National Groundwater Management Improvement Scheme (NGMIS) on a pilot basis. The ministry selected Karnataka, Gujarat, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh based on an alarming drop in the groundwater table due to …
Cape Town – The Western Cape government on Thursday revealed that 37% of South Africa's water supply is lost through leaks in cities. This was one of the key findings of GreenCape's Water: Market Intelligence Report 2017 which was released on Thursday. In a statement, economic opportunities MEC Alan Winde …
Pretoria - Cabinet has approved the gazetting of the draft Mine Water Management Policy for public comment, said Minister in the Presidency responsible for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Jeff Radebe. Briefing reporters following Cabinet’s fortnightly meeting, Minister Radebe said mine water management, including acid mine drainage, remains a major environmental …
Water restrictions in the Western Cape will remain in place until dams have reached 85% of their capacity, Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe said on Thursday. Cabinet was looking at ways to help the province should the current water supply run out, he told journalists at a post-Cabinet briefing. …
Cape Town – The Department of Water and Sanitation was working with the provincial government in the Western Cape to "avert a total disaster", it said in a statement on Wednesday. Department spokesperson Sputnik Ratau said two of the Western Cape's rivers, Prinsrivier and Gamka, had completely dried up, while …
Water is a crosscutting issue across many of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, there is one goal that is focused explicitly on water - Goal 6. Sustainable management of water implies that, as part of water resources management activities, sufficient water is left for ecosystems so that they can …
Economic Survey is one of the budget documents which indicates the important economic activities and achievements of the Government. The salient features of the State of the economy of Himachal Pradesh during 2016-17 are presented in Part-I, and statistical tables on various subjects are given in Part-II.
This brief explores how the design of water resources governance systems in Colombia and Peru affect stakeholder participation, drawing on insights from SEI projects in both countries. There is a growing interest in improving the governance of natural resources to ensure both equity and sustainability. Governance is not the same …
The Whanganui River is New Zealand’s longest navigable river, stretching for 290km from the slopes of Mount Tongariro to the Tasman Sea. The Whanganui River Deed of Settlement – Ruruku Whakatupua – is the culmination of over a century’s effort by Whanganui Iwi to protect and provide for its special …
The Water Rates for Surface Water and Ground Water should be rationalized with due regard to the interest of small and marginal farmers says this report by the Central Water Commission (CWC). The water rate is levied for supply of water from a public or a private system with a …
The party unveiled a water plan yesterday to be presented to the city's leaders. It proposed a three-pronged approach: "Using what we've got, saving what we've got and appreciating what we've got." This would involve rainwater harvesting in informal settlements, rethinking stormwater drainage systems, encouraging people to save water and …
CAPE TOWN - The City of Cape Town’s water crisis warning on electronic freeway signboards has gone live, indicating how much water the metro has left at current consumption rates. This is an effort to strengthen the warning that saving water is the best contingency measure before and during a …
DURBAN – eThekwini metro municipality residents are being punished because of poor water management, the Democratic Alliance in KwaZulu-Natal said on Sunday. “It cannot be that a city that receives 1,009mm in rain annually cannot find a solution to its water shortages,” DA provincial leader Zwakele Mncwango told journalists at …
Transboundary river basins cover 62 percent of Africa's total area and, with the exception of island states, every African country has at least one international river in its territory. Thus, transboundary water governance in Africa is central to any national or regional water strategy and any economic, poverty reduction, and …
In this paper, the term multi-purpose water infrastructure (MPWI) encompasses all man-made water systems, including dams, dykes, reservoirs and associated irrigation canals and water supply networks, which may be used for more than one purpose (for economic, social and environmental activities). While MPWI plays a significant role in the socio-economic …
World Bank, Federal Government and Food and Agriculture of United Nations in collaboration with the State Government to spend the sum of $508.96 million on civil Works, Water management and tree planting. Mr Bala Nayaya, state project coordinator disclosed this while speaking with Journalists yesterday in Gombe during his visit …
Due to stricter water restriction measures in Cape Town, the operating times of public swimming pools have been changed "for the remainder of the summer season", the City of Cape Town said on Wednesday. With the exception of Sea Point, the Mnandi Resort pool, and four other indoor facilities in …
This manual brings together two fields that, until recently, have been separate: human rights and IWRM. These two fields have been brought together as awareness has grown within the human rights community that water management is fundamental to the realization of a range of human rights. Similarly, water-management practitioners have …
