Groundwater

Watermelon Rind Cheaply Filters Arsenic in Groundwater

Watermelon rind, usually discarded as waste, has been shown by researchers in Pakistan to be capable of cheaply and efficiently removing arsenic from groundwater.

Publication Date:

17/08/2018

Source: Environment News Network

Tags:

Water Pollution, Water Pollution Control, Arsenic, Groundwater, Pakistan, Groundwater Quality, South Asia

Water Resources

Groundwater depletion causing reduction of baseflow triggering Ganges river summer drying

In summer (pre-monsoon) of recent years, low water level among the last few decades, has been observed in several lower Indian reaches of the Ganges (or Ganga) river (with estimated river water level depletion rates at the range of −0.5 to −38.1 cm/year between summers of 1999 and 2013 in the studied reaches).

Publication Date:

13/08/2018

Author(s): Abhijit Mukherjee, Soumendra Nath Bhanja, Yoshihide Wada

Source: Scientific Reports

Vol:

8

Issue:

12049

pp:

1-9

Tags:

Groundwater, Ganga, Rivers, Hydrology, River Pollution, Waste Disposal, Sewage Pollution, Monsoons, Rainfall Pattern, Glacial Melt

Water Resources

Dry’ Punjab draws 1.5 times the water that goes in ground

The Punjab Government may have put on hold the release of new tubewell connections, but the dramatic rate of fall in the ground water level is likely to continue unabated as the existing tubewells

Publication Date:

10/08/2018

Author(s): Ruchika M Khanna

Source: Tribune (New Delhi)

Tags:

Punjab, Tubewells, Groundwater, Fatehgarh Sahib (D), Patiala (D), Ludhiana (D), Water Resources

Water Pollution

Twenty Third Report on Socio-economic impact of commercial exploitation of water by Industries: Standing Committee on Water Resources (2017-18)

The Standing Committee on Water Resources (2017-18) present the Twenty Third Report on “Socio-economic impact of commercial exploitation of water by Industries.” The Committee (2016 -17) had taken up the subject “Ground Water Scenario, need for a comprehensive policy and measures to address problems in the Country with particular reference to (i

Publication Date:

09/08/2018

Source: Lok Sabha Secretariat

Tags:

Groundwater, Drinking Water, Water Supply, Bottled Water Industry, India, Groundwater Pollution, Parliament

Water Resources

Parched Dwarka residents revive two key water bodies

However, despite several orders by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), no concrete steps have been taken by the authorities

Publication Date:

06/08/2018

Source: Asian Age (New Delhi)

Tags:

Delhi, Groundwater, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Delhi Jal Board (DJB), Municipal Corporation, Water Resources

Energy

From rooftops to farmtops: augmenting India’s distributed solar goals through net-metered solar pumps

A Greenpeace India, Gujarat Energy Research Management Institute (GERMI) and IWMI-Tata Water Policy Program analysis finds that if solar pumps were to replace traditional water pumps in farms across the country, India could surpass its solar target of 100 GW by 2022.

Publication Date:

31/07/2018

Source: Greenpeace India

Tags:

Solar Pumps, Irrigation, India, Farmers, Subsidies, Groundwater, Agriculture

Water Resources

IIT-Roorkee team roped in for revival of Gurugram's water bodies

GURUGRAM: MCG has roped in a team from IIT-Roorkee to draw up a water conservation plan for the city, which has seen a 82% drop in its groundwater level in the past 10 years.

Publication Date:

31/07/2018

Source: Times Of India (Gurgaon)

Tags:

Haryana, Gurgaon (D), Groundwater, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT), Water Resources

Water Resources

State plans to hike cess on groundwater extraction

Levy will be up to four times the cess being collected by the water resources regulator

Publication Date:

31/07/2018

Source: Hindu (New Delhi)

Tags:

Groundwater, Maharashtra, Agriculture, Water Conservation, Water Resources, Drinking Water

Water Resources

Maharashtra Groundwater (Development and Management) Rules, 2018: Draft

In its latest draft of Maharashtra Groundwater (Development and Management) Rules 2018, the government has made a provision that will require farmers in notified groundwater-stressed areas to seek permission before sowing "water-intensive crop".

Publication Date:

25/07/2018

Source: Government of Maharashtra

Tags:

Groundwater, Water Management, Maharashtra, Farmers, Agriculture

Water Pollution

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Contamination of Ground Water, 19/07/2018

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Contamination of Ground Water, 19/07/2018. Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) monitors ground water quality periodically to ascertain the magnitude and extent of different contaminants in ground water. The ground water quality data is shared with concerned State Governments for taking necessary remedial measures. States-wise details of affected districts with ground water contamination by different chemical constituents are given at Annexure.

Publication Date:

Thursday, July 19, 2018

Source: Lok Sabha

pp:

Tags:

Groundwater Pollution, Groundwater, India, Statistics, Parliament