Rainfall and other forms of Precipitation
Mitigating the potential unintended impacts of water harvesting - A WHiRL Research Report
Posted on 20 Oct, 2010 07:28 AMThis report under the WHiRL research project by the Natural Resources Institute (NRI) identifies the potential unintended impacts of water harvesting so that, if at all possible they are avoided altogether, but if these do occur, they are recognised at an early stage and steps are taken to mitigate their affects. It highlights evidence that is emerging about water harvesting in semi-arid areas, on how water if used inappropriately, can lead to inequitable access to water resources and, in the extreme, to unreliable drinking water supplies.
Floods, Rains - News Roundup (7-14 October 2010)
Posted on 15 Oct, 2010 02:37 PMThe latest news indicates that the monsoons and the flood situation has receded in most parts of India except in the North East where Manipur valley continues to suffer from incessant rains and flooding with attempts being started at flood management.
Orissa: Jajpur and Kendrapara districts in the grip of water crisis due to indiscriminate use of water by industries in Kalinga Nagar : News roundup (7-14 October 2010)
Posted on 15 Oct, 2010 10:22 AMWater for Industry
Climate Change/Environment
Extreme water logging and flood situation in channelized areas in Pune - A report
Posted on 13 Oct, 2010 04:32 PMGuest post by Parineeta Dandekar
While this news item was about to be published, Pune received heavy rains on the 4th of October (highest in the last 118 years, 104 mm in 40 minutes and 181.3 mm in 24 hours). While the city administration stressed that this was a cloud burst, this claim was quashed by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD). This was said to a rare event, which was experienced in many places in Maharashtra.
10 people lost their lives to these rains, including three young children and a 25 year old Ph D researcher, Agnimitra Bannerjee, from National Chemical Laboratory, who was washed away in a channelised nallah stretch. Channels prove to be much more dangerous as the velocity of water is high and there is nothing to hold on to, in case a person falls in one of these fast-flowing nallah channels.
Floods, Rains - News Roundup (1-7 October 2010)
Posted on 08 Oct, 2010 02:34 PMRecent reports on the monsoon and the flood situation indicate that the rainfall has receded from northern India and has shifted to the south of India. Reports indicate heavy rainfall and flooding in parts of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Reports also indicate that India’s 16-week monsoon period has ended last week and the meteorological department has confirmed of 102% than normal rainfall. Inspite of the floods and the problems associated with it, reports also indicate positive news that the heavy rainfall has helped to recharge lakes and water bodies in different parts of India and may see a positive impact on agriculture in the coming days.
Floods - News Roundup (24-30 September 2010)
Posted on 01 Oct, 2010 12:07 PM- The news earlier in the week still reports of flood fury in different parts of North India such as Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Hyderabad, Delhi, Agra. However, in the later part of the week, the flood situation seems to be easing in most parts of the North such as Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal except in Uttar Pradesh, especially western, where the situation still continues to be grim.
Member's newsletter from International Rainwater Harvesting Alliance(IRHA)- September 2010
Posted on 24 Sep, 2010 11:55 AMFloods, Rains News Roundup (16-23 September 2010)
Posted on 24 Sep, 2010 10:45 AMReports of floods, swelling of rivers continue from various parts of North India such as Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand. There have been reports of landslides in the Himalayas, Himachal Pradesh, especially Shimla where the tourism industry has suffered and tourists have been reported to be stranded because of floods and landslides. Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand have been the worst hit with a high number of deaths due to monsoon and floods.
"Andhra's mammoth water harvesting program - 'Jalayagnam', sinks" : News roundup (16-23 September 2010)
Posted on 24 Sep, 2010 10:29 AMAgriculture/Watershed Development
Visualizing Bangalore temperature
Posted on 23 Sep, 2010 11:22 AMI was going through weather data exposed by India Water Portal and I was thinking about an interesting application which would show my love to Bangalore. The best part of Bangalore is its temperature, rains and clouds. So I wrote this small app which uses the data provided by India Water Portal (which in turn is by CRU). IWP has data for all the districts in India, for every month and for multiple parameters. They have data for 100 years. It quite an amount of data to play with if you are interested. They have an easy way of filtering and downloading.