Plumbing
Clean drinking water: Still a pipe dream for Maharashtra?
Posted on 30 Mar, 2020 04:34 PMLatur in Maharashtra has been facing acute drinking water scarcity over the last month and has been in news again, and that too, inspite of having piped water connections and a good monsoon this year!
![Har nal me jal, a pipe dream? (Image Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/nal_se_jal.jpg?itok=2SGH_lDA)
Tap water to all
Posted on 20 Mar, 2020 01:47 PMEfforts are underway by both state and central governments to improve access to safe and adequate drinking water to people, and nationally, as on 31 December 2018, 79% of rural habitations had been covered at 40 litres per capita per day (lpcd) but only 47% at 55 lpcd.
![Child drinks water from a tap (Image: Imal Hashemi/Taimani Films/World Bank, Flickr Commons, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/tap-water_0.jpg?itok=M9PCsVOw)
Government notifies new wetland conservation rules
Posted on 16 Jan, 2020 08:17 AMEnvironment Ministry notifies new wetland conservation rules
![Deepor Beel, a wetland in Assam (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/12217403935_9c5da227fb_z_2_0.jpg?itok=LWyHk7j6)
3rd Indian National Groundwater Conference (INGWC-2020), CWRDM, Kozhikode
Posted on 02 Aug, 2019 01:26 AMCentre for Water Resources Development and Management (CWRDM) is organizing the Indian National Groundwater Conference (INGWC-2020) to discuss 'Groundwater Resources Management for Sustaina
![CWRDM INGC](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/ingwc-2020_emblem.jpg?itok=vP9hLw9Q)
The need for survival edge technology
Posted on 02 Jul, 2019 08:58 PMDecentralised and communitarian efforts in soil and water conservation, sustainable agriculture, afforestation and renewable energy need extensive investment, if the human race is to survive the deepening water, food, energy and climate crises.
![Digging an open well that had some water at lesser depths ranging from 5-10 m using local technology in which a motor run winch draws up the dug up mud from the well bottom. (Image: Rahul Banerjee)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/winch-rahul.jpg?itok=T5NZ1vF5)
Green toilet in my backyard
Posted on 18 Jun, 2018 03:39 PMUntreated sewage is the biggest source of water pollution in India with around 70 percent of the raw sewage generated in urban areas entering lakes, rivers, seas and underground aquifers.
![Chicu with a pan used in ecosan toilet. (Photo courtesy: Chicu Lokgariwar)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/organge_toilet_new.jpg?itok=ZJvOs0Vn)
Water is more than a job for them
Posted on 21 Mar, 2016 08:39 AM"A job isn’t just a job. It’s who you are". That quote seems to define the five people who are being honoured for their extraordinary dedication in ensuring water to the people in Nagaon and the newly declared Hojai district of Assam.
![Contribution of water sector workers at the grassroots level goes unrecognised very often](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/19888110004_3bf4604886_k.jpg?itok=sWlST5On)
Water for Profit: Experiences from America and India
Posted on 27 Feb, 2016 12:15 PMIn January 2016, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) Employees Union and residents of Nagpur yet again protested the privatisation of water services in the city.
![NMC Employees Union and residents of Nagpur protest water privatisation](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/img-20160202-wa0006.jpg?itok=zdavytl4)
Is Pumpkart streamlining an unorganised sector?
Posted on 11 Feb, 2016 12:03 PMThe increasing gap in water availability in India has encouraged the growth of the water industry. Be it the bottling sector, filtration or wastewater recycling, all segments related to water are seeing a phenomenal upsurge.
![Agriculture is the biggest segment for pumping industry.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/water_pump.jpg?itok=S_qxDfSe)