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July 11, 2022
Greening of barren lands – the local way
The Chauka system of Rajasthan can not only provide a sustainable way to manage water resources in water stressed regions, but also support livelihoods through development of pastures.
Can greening of barren lands happen? (Image Source: India Water Portal Flickr photos)
July 29, 2021
Demystifying groundwater for collective action
Experiences from participatory groundwater management efforts in Maharashtra
Unless work on managing the demand is undertaken, the notion of ‘infinite’ groundwater will be hard to address. (Image: Rucha Deshmukh, ACWADAM)
December 4, 2019
Looking back into history to understand droughts
The 2015­-2018 drought, the longest, but less severe of droughts experienced by India raises alarm on the negative effects of future droughts on water security in the country.
India will see more droughts in the future. (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)
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 1, 2019
From droughts to floods: India’s tryst with climate extremes
Deconstructing the traditional narrow engineering based policy discourses around floods and droughts and connecting them to social and cultural realities is the need of the hour in India.
Water talk Series at Mumbai (Image Source:Tata Insitute of Social Sciences)
September 30, 2019
The Water Future Conference in Bangalore: Towards a Sustainable Water Future
The recently concluded 4 day conference in Bangalore looked at the current state of global water resource challenges & future pathways to achieve the SDGs, while ensuring equity in access to all.
Charles Vorosmarty, Chair, COMPASS Initiative, Water Future at the opening plenary on advanced water system assessments to address water security challenges of the 21st century.
Aquifer systems of India - Atlas compiled by the Central Ground Water Board (2012)
This atlas provides a country wide overview and summary of the most important information available for all principal and major aquifer systems and depicts aquifer wise ground water scenario
Central Ground Water Board (CGWB)
Posted on 29 Sep, 2012 07:26 PM

The Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) under the Ministry of Water Resources has released a publication entitled “Aquifer systems of India” apart from aquifer atlas for six states viz. Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh and Meghalaya.
National water framework law – An explanatory note developed by the Sub-Group of Planning Commission’s Working Group on Water Governance for the Twelfth Plan
This note on the national water law provides an account of why a national water law is necessary
K C Sivaramakrishnan
K J Joy
M S Vani
Philippe Cullet
Ramaswamy R Iyer
Videh Upadhyay
Posted on 19 Sep, 2012 05:30 PM

This explanatory note by the Planning Commission on the national water law begins with an account of why a national water law is necessary.
"Crop failure resulting from failed monsoon drives farmers to suicide in Saurashtra" - Roundup of the week's news (20-26 August 2012)
The roundup this week informs of crop failures due to failed monsoons in Saurashtra, water table crisis in Noida, aquifer mapping initiative by World Bank and river restoration effort by the UK
Rina Mukherji
Posted on 28 Aug, 2012 11:57 AM

Near complete crop-failure drives farmers to suicide in Saurashtra, Gujarat
Dug wells- A potentially safe source of drinking water for the arsenic and iron contaminated region of Bihar - A paper by Megh Pyne Abhiyan (MPA)
Dugwells started losing their significance following installation of handpumps, which led to uncontrolled pumping of groundwater and problems of groundwater contamination with arsenic in Bihar
Megh Pyne Abhiyan
Posted on 03 Aug, 2012 01:00 PM

This paper published by Megh Pyne Abhiyan argues that  dug wells slowly started losing their significance following the invention and large scale marketing of hand pumps,.
The Bhungroo (Straw)- An intervention for water logging and irrigation in saline soils- A video interview with a women farmer in the Rann of Kutch
This video features a woman farmer from a small village in Rann of Kutch, who talks about the practice of “Bhungroo” in the region
Avinash Krishnamurthy
Posted on 23 Jul, 2012 09:30 PM

Tenda, a traditional system to draw water from open wells that is still practiced even today in Chattisgarh and Odisha
This article and video by Sachin Tiwale describes how farmers in Chattisgarh and Odush use the Tenda system to reduce labor and water the fields efficiently
Sachin Tiwale
Posted on 05 Jun, 2012 10:00 PM

Two talukas, Jat & Atpadi, in Sangli district of Maharashtra face worst drought despite river Krishna flowing just 100 kms away
Drought has again hit large parts of Maharashtra this year. But the worst affected are two talukas in Sangli district
Ashwin Aghor
Posted on 05 Jun, 2012 02:09 PM

 
National Environmental Engineering Research Institute seeks opinion from the public on the concept of groundwater recharge with treated municipal wastewater
The Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India, New Delhi, has entrusted National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) to undertake a feasibility study on "Artificial groundwater recharge using treated municipal wastewater". Artificial groundwater recharge is a process of augmenting the natural purification processes occurring within the soil aquifer in the vadose zone. This treatment technique is known as Soil aquifer treatment (SAT).
Anisha Nijhawan
Posted on 09 Mar, 2012 02:24 PM

Guest post by: Anisha Nijhawan
Photo exhibition on open wells and groundwater, Goethe-Institut, March 22, 2012, Bangalore
Posted on 05 Mar, 2012 12:05 PM

Organizer: Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan Bangalore

Venue: Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan Bangalore,
            716 CMH Road,
            Indiranagar 1st Stage,
            Bangalore 560 038

Gothe Institut

The Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan Bangalore, offers language courses, organises cultural events and has a Library. We determine our main areas of interest in consultation with our Indian cooperation partners from the fields of art, science and media, from NGOs and select companies, with whom we jointly develop appropriate programmes and projects. Our activities range from film screenings, exhibitions, theatre performances and concerts to workshops and conferences particularly on innovative topics such as video and media art.

Internal diameters for HDPE pipes
HDPE pipes are used to handle the flow of water, liquid chemicals, underground pipelines etc., These pipes are also used in drip, sprinkler, landscape irrigation systems, lift irrigation etc.
B Rajeshwar Rao
Posted on 04 Mar, 2012 09:30 AM

Author : B.Rajeshwar Rao

Internal diameters for HDPE pipes are given here below.
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