Surface Water
Arghyam invites applications for Director - Urban Programme
Posted on 25 Apr, 2013 11:07 AM
About Arghyam
The Karamana River in Kerala – once revered but now shunned
Posted on 23 Apr, 2013 08:26 AMPeople warned to stay away from river
Safe water for all - Some ways we can preserve this natural resource
Posted on 21 Mar, 2013 09:36 PMWater rights are being discussed today as a possibility. This will lead to civil war in this country. Rights are meaningless without paying attention to duties. It is our constitutional duty to preserve and heal our environment.
If we pay attention to freeing our waters:
River water quality data by Central Pollution Control Board (2005)
Posted on 19 Mar, 2013 06:41 PMAgainst this backdrop, this document by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) elaborates on the river water quality in India. The Central and State Pollution Control Boards / Pollution Control Committees in Union-Territories of India are responsible for restoration and maintenance of the wholesomeness of aquatic resources.
Bangalore celebrates World Water Day 2013 on 22-23 March
Posted on 19 Mar, 2013 06:28 PMWe invite you to visit homes and workplaces that have harvested rainwater, treated their sewage, and acted as water stewards. From lakes to apartment complexes to corporate offices, people from each part of Bangalore will open their doors for you. Join us!
Model Groundwater Bill lays responsibility for protecting the resource from contamination primarily with the states concerned - Roundup of the week’s news (March 11- March 17, 2013)
Posted on 18 Mar, 2013 05:23 PMthe drought situation in Maharashtra, the traditional rainwater harvesting system in Rajasthan. Besides this, the news also includes reports on the campaign to save the Loktak lake in Assam and mangroves in Sundarbans, the water supply schemes in Kerala and the dropping of groundwater levels in India
New bill to control groundwater exploitation
Ganga Aviralta Chintan Yatra, Rishikesh to Badrinath, Matri Sadan Ashram, April 5-8, 2013
Posted on 16 Mar, 2013 10:04 PMYatra
Between Rishikesh and Badrinath
Background
On one side the PM says that "Ganga is the soul of India" and on the other, work on hydro projects continuously go on in the Himalayan basin of Ganga.
Experiences from a civil society initiative to restore stretches of toxic Yamuna: Report of a conference organised by PEACE, Thames River Restoration Trust and WWF India at New Delhi in March 2013
Posted on 16 Mar, 2013 09:12 PMDr Peter Spillet of the Thames River Restoration Trust shared that the Trust was the recipient of the 2010 Theiss International Riverprize funds on behalf of many organizations involved in the restoration work on river Thames in United Kingdom. He said that the Trust had shared the money for twinning projects in various countries including in India.
Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme given near-exclusive priority in 12th five year plan, but will it solve India’s water problems?
Posted on 16 Mar, 2013 09:04 PMThere is a palpable sense of a looming water crisis in India. Conflicts across competing users and uses are on the rise. In the irrigation sector, it is widely felt that “paucity of resources and poor performance of existing major and medium irrigation systems are the two main problems”(1).
Water management - Mounting challenges and responses - A report on the three day seminar jointly organised by KSCSTE and C Achutha Menon Foundation, Trivandrum from the 21st to the 23rd December 2012
Posted on 14 Mar, 2013 10:12 PMThis three day national seminar was jointly organised by the Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE), Thiruvananthapuram, and the C Achutha Menon Foundation (AMF), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala and included presentations and discussions on a range of water related themes such as water scarcity, water conservation, commercialisation of water, water conflicts and water management.
The seminar aimed at creating awareness and triggering a dialogue among scientists, academicians, researchers, activists, as well as lay people on the emerging challenges related to water resources, water quality and water conservation in the state of Kerala. The seminar was inaugurated by Shri V M Sudheeran, Ex MP and former speaker, while Dr Rajasekaran Pillai, Executive Vice President KSCSTE, delivered the keynote address with the felicitation by Shri M P Achuthan, MP.
The seminar included discussions under five different themes related to water issues that included water scarcity, water conservation, commercialisation of water, water as an new area for conflicts and water management.
The three day seminar on water management at the Achuta Menon Foundation, Trivandrum, Kerala