The paper examines the need for an alternative implementation and assessment methodology of River Action Plans in India, through an illustration of ‘Ganga Action Plan' (GAP).
Rain Shocked: A research study by Down to Earth, on how climate change is leading to a rising trend of short but intense spells of rainfall, which is making usable water scarce in India.
The Water Channel is a dedicated web-based video channel on water. It wants to be a main repository for video material on water and a medium in promoting better water management.
C Vishnupriya of Bharat institute of higher education and research, Chennai, designs rainwater harvesting system in small apartment and integrates grey water treatment and reuse system
The presentation by Anuj Bhajanka and Avinash Chirania from Guwahati college of architecture details water management system designed by them for their own college
Himanshu Raj and Neelam Verma of Malviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, designs a system of water management that provides water for use in hostel block and campus landscaping
The design competition aims to increase awareness on water as a resource that needs to be conserved and on the role of architects and designers for ensuring the same through their designs
Dipanjan Das and Shashank Jain, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, presents urban design for central ridge and its integration with the surrounding densely populated areas
Zarine Jamshedji and Shivakumar Shrikant Ranbhor from MMM college of architecture, Pune, designs integrated system to rehabilitate the environment around Kasarwadi slum in the city
Sakshi Jain of vastukala academy and Suruchi Shah of TVB school of habitat studies, New Delhi, highlights grim water situation in city and design a groundwater recharge system for collecting rainwater
Aabhas Kumar Maldahiyar and Sangeeta Kumari of ABIT, Cuttack detail out the groundwater recharge system designed by them for the BSNL telecom training centre at Bhubaneshwar.
Aditi Bidkar and Varshapriya Radhakrishnan of Symbiosis Institute of Design, Pune design compact wastewater treatment tank for an existing zinc plating unit that uses 1000 litres of water every day
Debadutta Parida and Shivani Satpathy of CET Bhubaneshwar takes up 8.3 acre existing site in Rourkela to preserve groundwater, increase water table, prevent soil erosion and flooding
The latest issue of WaterDrops focusses on issues of inclusion, including articles on Social exclusion in drinking water and sanitation, caste based discrimination, water as a tool for social control and inclusive approaches in Bihar.