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 …
The Department of Water and Sanitation to host the media and a delegation from the Nigerian Integrated Water Resources Management Commission at the Vaal Dam The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) will on Wednesday, 18th of April host the media and the Nigerian Integrated Water Resources Management Commission at …
Agriculture outside the city increases the Urban Heat Island effect due to increased moisture supplied by irrigation. To mitigate heat in the cities, it is important to have green spaces inside the city. Urban areas across the globe are in the grip of temperature extremes and emit a significant amount …
Convert irrigation development corporations into river basin agencies: report The State government has accepted a report on an integrated state water plan (ISWP) for Godavari basin, which proposes extending autonomy to the Maharashtra Water Resources Regulatory Authority (MWRRA), on the lines of the Comptroller and Auditor General, for a better …
The MoU aims to promote and facilitate technical support as well as to develop, protect and utilize the joint water resources between the two countries. The two ministers agreed to set up a joint technical committee comprised of five members from each side to follow up on the implementation of …
A non-profit organisation plans to issue a 1.5 billion shilling ($15 million) bond this year to fund Kenyan water utilities. Robert Bunyi, chief Executive Officer of the Kenya Pooled Water Fund, said on Wednesday it aimed to launch a 15-year instrument and to have it certified as a green bond. …
Water use in the City of Cape Town has stabilised at lower levels compared to the beginning of the year, Deputy Mayor Ian Neilson said on Wednesday. The decline saw Cape Town dam levels drop by only 0.3% last week, he said. Dams supplying the city now stand at 21.8%. …
The report is an advocacy piece to raise awareness around the need to shift the typical way urban water has been managed and to share emerging principles and solutions that may improve urban water supply security in water scarce cities. It aims to promote successes, outline challenges and principles, and …
SHIMLA: Chief minister Jai Ram Thakur said special campaign would be launched to sensitize masses about water conservation, adding that traditional methods should be adopted to save this precious resource. He said workshops would be held at panchayati raj-level to involve the elected representatives to take water conservation initiatives effectively. …
The drought is about to whack Capetonians in the pocket‚ doubling the price of water in the next two years. The City of Cape Town’s draft budget‚ tabled at Wednesday’s council meeting‚ proposes a 27% rise in water tariffs from July 1. And it will get worse in 2019‚ with …
Capetonians have managed to get water usage down to 522 million litres per day over the past week - 43 million litres less than the previous week's water usage. The City of Cape Town still requires Capetonians to reduce collective usage to 450 million litres per day or 50l per …
JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia has joined a UN-sponsored international decade to safeguard and improve the world’s water supplies. The “Action Water for Sustainable Development” decade was adopted by the General Assembly in December 2016 and begins this year. It will help focus attention on global water security during the next 10 …
A research fellow at the Centre for Coastal Management of the University of Cape Coast Dr. Donaltus Agnorien has charged authorities to double up efforts aimed at saving the country’s water bodies. The country, he explains is heading for doom as water bodies in the country are at a stage …
Water rationing in Brazil's capital - one of an increasing number of cities facing shortages - will end by December with the completion of an expanded supply system, said the region's governor. Water is under pressure globally as the planet warms and demand grows along with populations, according to a …
An Embu resident has petitioned the Senate to pass a law that will protect water towers and riparian zones. In a petition dated January 26, Taratisio Kawe, the chairperson of Itimbogo Water Users’ Committee, says wetlands are important and sensitive ecosystems that provide values to Kenyans directly or indirectly. He …
Cape Town – The latest average dam levels for the Western Cape have dropped to 18.9%, from last week's 19.5%, the Western Cape government said on Monday as it reminded struggling farmers that there was help available. "We are keeping a close eye on the weather in the hope that …
People in Cape Town may be forced to turn off their taps in July - because of an unprecedented drought in South Africa. If that happens, Cape Town will become the first major city in the world to run out of water. Authorities say only substantial rainfall can fix the …
Population growth, changing consumption patterns and development are taking their toll on the world’s water supplies, and governments need to rely more on ‘green’ water management to ensure a healthy planet and meet the needs of the fast-growing global population. That’s one of the messages in a new study by …
Brazilian President Michel Temer opened an international conference on world water supplies in Brasilia on Monday, saying there is "no time to lose" to avoid disaster. That could rise to 5.7 billion people by 2050, the report said. "There is simply no time to lose," Temer said in opening remarks …
Already more than 60% of humanity lives in areas of water stress, where the supply of water cannot or will not continue to meet demand. If water is not managed more prudently – from source, to tap, and back to source – the crises observed today will become the catastrophes …
Five billion people could be left with poor access to water by 2050 if nothing is done to enhance its supply and quality warns United Nations in this new World Water Development Report. It recognizes water not as an isolated element, but as an integral part of a complex natural …
