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 Standing Committee on Water Resources examined the subject ‘Review of ground water scenario, need for a comprehensive policy and measures to address problems in the country with particular reference to (i) dark blocks, and (ii) contamination of underground water by certain industries’ and submitted their report in December 2015. …
The purpose of this paper is examine the notion of tenure in connection with water resources and to explore whether the concept of water tenure has the potential to make a useful contribution towards resolving the world’s water resources challenges. It seeks to provide answers to the following questions: (a) …
This report is a holistic review of water governance in Bangladesh, with the aim of providing insight to government and non-government actors on the current challenges and opportunities around water governance. The hope is that the findings will help all actors in Bangladesh to align on a positive roadmap for …
Centre for Budget & Governance Accountability (CBGA) in partnership with Arghyam undertook the study ‘Tracking Policy and Budgetary Commitments for Drinking Water and Sanitation in the New Fiscal Architecture in India’ in an effort to understand the fund flow processes of the different institutions/line agencies that are involved in the …
Water cooperation has received prominent focus in the post-2015 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). While proposals for measuring water cooperation appear to be converging toward a small set of indicators, the degree to which these proposed indicators draw on past work is unclear. This paper mines relevant past work …
The government has proposed setting up of an independent water regulatory authority and amendments to the Goa Ground Water Regulation Act, 2002 and Goa Irrigation Act, 1973 to manage and regulate utilisation of water resources in the state. In an earnest attempt to conserve, protect and regulate the most precious …
This WWAP publication (produced in close collaboration with IUCN Environmental Law Center, University of Dundee IHP-HELP Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science and Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research) explores the role of water governance in a transboundary context, in a way that identifies best practice examples of effective policy …
Water quality issues are complex and dynamic in nature and need urgent attention and action. Improving efficiency of water use requires regulatory frameworks that better reflect how different water uses require different water qualities, such as water from industrial processes being reused in agriculture. Drafting regulatory instruments to better manage …
Since the 1980s a major change took place in public policies for water resources management. The role of governments shifted under this reform process from directing, and investing in, the development, operation and maintenance of water infrastructure to managing water resources systems by stipulating general frameworks and defining key principles …
Concerned by the future projections of water availability in India, the government is mulling over a legislation route to save the scare resources in the country - the way it is being managed jointly by the European Union nations. It will come out with a new draft National Water Framework …
The Draft Rajasthan Water Policy aims to influence the thought process and deliberations that will set an overall direction to developmental activities in the urban water sector. The Policy aims initially at recognizing issues related to urban water management in aspects related to drinking water. The other components of the …
If you haven't installed the rainwater-harvesting unit at your house yet, then cough up a huge penalty from December. The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board has decided to levy incremental penalty on erring property owners. The harvesting unit is a must in houses built on sites of dimension of …
This report provides a systematic review of the evidence to date, both published and grey literature, on the relationship between water and sanitation and nutrition. Also survey the potential impact of improved water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) on undernutrition. This is the first report that undertakes a thorough review and …
This year marks the sixth year of CDP’s water program. Since its launch a large and growing number of institutional investors have begun using the platform to engage with companies on water exposures and opportunities. While substantial progress has been made in corporate water disclosure, companies’ reliance on this precious …
The State Government would shortly announce the proposed water policy which would lay much needed emphasis on the need to regulate over exploitation of ground water resources. Speaking to The Shillong Times on Monday, Deputy Chief Minister in charge of Water Resources, Rowell Lyngdoh, asserted that it will not take …
The Sahyadri Sanchaya has criticised the State government’s move to conduct a social assessment survey of the Yettinahole project and has termed it irrelevant. In a press release, the Sanchaya has stated that the government had made a wrong move by taking up the project in the first place, which …
ST JAMES, Jamaica (JIS) – As of September 1, it will be mandatory for all commercial and residential housing developments in St Elizabeth to have provisions for rainwater harvesting, whether or not they are connected to a central water supply system. The policy currently requires people undertaking developments to provide …
Extreme and unpredictable rainfall patterns, intense floods, and droughts add significantly to the cost of controlling and managing water resources in Eastern Africa. This paper describes the approaches being taken in selected countries and how each country has interpreted the IWRM principles to address water resource management challenges. IWRM, introduced …
The countries of Central and Eastern Europe faced the challenges of becoming EU Member States. In the water sector, the environment and water quality requirements of the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) dominate water resources planning and management. Many see this as a surrogate for IWRM, although IWRM has a …
A new national policy is being prepared to address issues such as scarcity of water, inequities in its distribution, food insecurity and lack of unified planning and management. The policy, being prepared by the Ministry of Water and Power, aims at improving fresh water use; developing hydropower projects for economic …
