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November 8, 2020
Breaking down data silos in the water sector
The National Hydrology Project has created a national platform for water data and is working to enhance the technical capacities of agencies dealing with water resources management.
Breakthrough cloud computing facilities and remote sensing applications have helped showthe filling pattern of a water body (tank or reservoir) through freely available satellite imagery at an interval of five days. (Image: Maithan dam, Wikimedia Commons)
December 13, 2019
Trading in virtual water
A study highlights the need to scale down the export of rice, maize, buffalo meat and other items to conserve groundwater in India.
A farmer uses a hosepipe to irrigate crops at her farm in Nilgiris mountains, Tamil Nadu (Image: Hamish John Appleby for IWMI, Flickr Commons, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
December 2, 2019
Water stewardship approach to minimizing risks for businesses
Water stewardship is an approach predicated on the concept that water is a shared resource and so water risks are also shared risks that everyone in a catchment will face
Picture credit: Romit Sen
November 18, 2019
BWSSB’s workforce woefully inadequate, says Chairman Tushar Girinath
Bangalore's water utility is understaffed, under financed and unable to service the city's water needs.
Image credit: Citizen Matters
October 25, 2019
Mapping Pune’s aquifers
Groundwater use has doubled in Pune. Comprehensive mapping of groundwater resources and better management and governance is the need of the hour.
Groundwater, an exploited resource (Image Source: India Water Portal)
October 24, 2019
Ice stupas, the contested water towers of Ladakh
While ice stupas have been hailed as sustainable solutions to the water problems of Ladakh’s villages, the locals think otherwise.
Ice Stupas near Phyang monastery (Image Courtsey: Sumita Roy Dutta, Wikimedia Commons)
News regarding hydrological problems of the country for the year 1999-2000: A report by National Institute of Hydrology
The report presents the hydrologic information and news from print media and various government agencies mostly for the year 1999-2000 compiled problem-wise and basin-wise for India.
National Institute of Hydrology
Posted on 29 Jul, 2010 07:07 AM

The report presents the hydrologic information and news available from print media and various government agencies mostly for the year 1999-2000 compiled problem-wise and basin-wise for the whole country.

Rajasthan State Water Policy - State Water Resource Planning Department (2010)
The Rajasthan State Water Policy 2010, describes the critical status of water in the state in terms of the mismatch between demand and supply.
State Water Resource Planning Department (SWRPD) (Government of Rajasthan)
Posted on 03 Jul, 2010 02:21 PM

The Rajasthan State Water Policy 2010, describes the critical status of water in Rajasthan in terms of:

  • The growing imbalance between demand and supply of water
  • Uncertainty in availability of water
  • Inequity in access to water
  • Low operational efficiency of water resource development projects
  • Depleting groundwater resources and deteriorating quality of water
  • High cost of service, low cost recovery and low level of expenditure
  • Lack of ownership among stakeholders

The policy has evolved out of the earlier policy documents and intends to function from the new perspective of Integrated Water Resources Management, which is holistic and includes a bottom up approach.

News regarding hydrological problems of the country for the year 1996-97: A report by National Institute of Hydrology
The report presents the hydrologic information and news available from print media and various government agencies for the year 1996-97 compiled state-wise and problem-wise .
National Institute of Hydrology
Posted on 01 Jul, 2010 04:00 PM

The report presents the hydrologic information and news available from print media and various government agencies mostly for the year 1996-97 compiled state-wise and problem-wise for the whole country.

Rain water harvesting or drain water harvesting - A serious approach to water conservation needed
Conservation of water, reuse , recycling of water is essential, otherwise we may have to drain harvest wastewater for consumption purposes.
nanosciences
Posted on 12 Jun, 2010 08:41 PM

IF CONSERVATION OF WATER SOURCES, RECYCLE, REUSE IS SERIOUSLY NOT ADOPTED NOW THE TIME IS NOT FAR WHEN WE MAY  NEED TO "DRAIN HARVEST" WASTEWATER FOR ALL KINDS OF CONSUMPTIONS.
An ecological framework for water management in a domestic context - A spreadsheet-based toolkit by Biome
This toolkit shows the domestic water input and output situation using the domestic water demand, waste water discharge and treatment, and rainfall availability.
Biome Environmental Solutions Private Limited
Posted on 08 Apr, 2010 10:43 PM

Based on user-entered data on domestic water demand, waste water discharge, rainfall availability and recharge, extent of reuse of treated waste water, this spreadsheet-based toolkit developed by Biome Solutions allows you to juggle around with the relevant data fields, and figure out various ways in which you can bring down your overall groundwater draft (and hence ecological footprint) as low as possible, and gives a snapshot result of your overall household-level water input and output situation.

Challenges in integrated management of water resoures - Field report from Mulbagal, Karnataka
A "state of affairs" report by Vishwanath S in Mulbagal town near Bangalore
Vishwanath S
Posted on 20 Nov, 2009 06:56 PM


In an earlier post on IUWM and interventions based on hydrological considerations, I had discussed the typologies which could define the way we intervene and address the inconsistencies in the water utility services as well as the net water availability of the region.
Water conservation by industry - A case study of WIPRO Limited - Bangalore
This presentation describes the work of WIPRO Limited, Bangalore in conserving water in its operations at its campus location in Bangalore.
WIPRO Limited
Posted on 17 Nov, 2009 05:27 PM

The various initiatives taken up include setting up a monitoring and reporting system to keep track of the water usage, increasing the reverse osmosis plant efficiency, rainwater harvesting, treating sewage and reusing treated water and more.
Efficiency of water use in Indian agriculture - Madras Institute of Development Studies
This working paper by the Madras Institute for Development Studies informs that the increase in the demand for water in all sectors especially in agriculture, and dwindling nature of the per capita availability of its supply in recent decades has induced scientists and researchers to focus their attention more on efficient use of available water. However, informed discussion of the problem and its solutions is impeded by the lack of adequate and reliable knowledge of how much water is used, where, for what purpose and how efficiently. This paper is a modest attempt to fill this gap.
K.Sivasubramaniyan
Prof. A. Vaidyanathan
Posted on 29 Aug, 2009 01:10 PM

This paper by the Madras Institute for Development Studies presents estimates of the ‘consumptive use’ of water in crop production; the ratio of consumptive use to gross water utilization; and productivity per unit of consumptive use.
The status of water resources in West Bengal: A report by Kalyan Rudra
The report by Kalyan Rudra discusses how the management of spatially uneven and temporally skewed rain-water in India is the most serious challenge for the water-managers
Kalyan Rudra
Posted on 12 Aug, 2009 12:58 PM

The availability of water, water requirement versus supply, water requirements for some major crops, groundwater exploitation, growth of population, and declining per capita water in the state of West Bengal are presented.
Water security for residents of apartments & gated communities in Bangalore - An article by SS Ranganathan
Bangalore has grown phenomenally over the last 25 years and the pleasant ‘rural scenery’of what once were the ‘outskirts’ of Bangalore has given way to forests or jungles of concrete. These are the multi-storeyed apartment complexes which have mushroomed all over, with gated communities making a break in this concrete jungle. One wonders where the residents of these complexes and communities will find the water to live a reasonably normal life.
S.S. Ranganathan
Posted on 29 May, 2009 04:27 PM

Mr. S.S. Ranganathan, author of this guest post, is a retired senior executive of Ion Exchange and currently a consultant based in Bangalore.

He can be reached at: ss.ranganathan@gmail.com , +91-9343734229

WATER SECURITY FOR THE RESIDENTS OF APARTMENTS & GATED COMMUNITIES -  S.S.Ranganathan
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