River Basin

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Industries polluting rivers, 14/03/2016

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Industries polluting rivers, 14/03/2016. Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has reported that it has identified 764 Grossly Polluting Industries on Ganga river basin. The key industrial sectors contributing to pollution of river are Pulp and paper, Distillery, Sugar, Textile, Tannery, Thermal Power Plant, Food, Dairy & Beverage, Chemical, Slaughterhouse etc.

Publication Date:

Monday, March 14, 2016

Source: Rajya Sabha

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River Pollution, Industrial Pollution, India, Statistics, Parliament, Ganga, River Basin

Energy

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Hydro-Power Projects, 10/03/2016

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Hydro-Power Projects, 10/03/2016. Hon’ble Supreme Court, vide its judgment dated 13.08.2013, directed not to grant Environment & Forest Clearances to the 24 Hydro-Electric Schemes located in Ganga river basin, as per details given in Annex-I. Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation has directed the Central Water Commission (CWC) not to appraise the Detailed Projects Reports (DPRs) of Hydro-Electric Schemes in Ganga river basin till the report of the Committee to determine the quantum of minimum E-flow is finalized.

Publication Date:

Thursday, March 10, 2016

Source: Lok Sabha

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Hydroelectricity, India, Statistics, Parliament, River Basin, Ganga

Mining

Economic incentives for the conservation of Bharathapuzha river: focus on sand mining

Rivers in Kerala are assailed by pollution, sedimentation, sand mining, and constriction of flows. The indiscriminate and unscientific sand mining, even in the midst of many regulatory and protective measures for their conservation, have made the condition of these rivers pathetic.

Publication Date:

01/03/2016

Author(s): Lakshmi Sreedhar, Zareena Begum Irfan

Source: Madras School of Economics

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Sand, Mining, Rivers, Bharathapuzha, Kerala, River Basin, Biodiversity, Biodiversity Conservation, Ecosystems

Water Resources

Transforming river basin management: stories from the Koshi basin

This is a collection of stories represents an introduction to the people and places benefiting from the work of ICIMOD’s Koshi Basin Programme.

Publication Date:

01/03/2016

Author(s): Kristen Zipperer, Shahriar M. Wahid, Kanchan Shrestha, Santosh Nepal, Arun B. Shrestha

Source: ICIMOD

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River Basin, Water Management, Water Resources, Nepal, Water Distribution, Water Demand, Hydrology, Climate Adaptation, Natural Disasters, Floods

Water Resources

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Inter-Linking of Rivers, 25/02/2016

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Inter-Linking of Rivers, 25/02/2016. This Ministry has formulated a National Perspective Plan (NPP) for Water Resources Development envisaging inter-basin transfer of water from surplus basins to deficit basins/ areas. Based on surveys, investigations and detailed studies, National Water Development Agency (NWDA) has prepared pre-feasibility reports which facilitated identification of 30 links under the NPP. The status of river links identified under NPP are given in Annexure-I.

Publication Date:

Thursday, February 25, 2016

Source: Lok Sabha

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River Linking, River Basin, Water Resources, India, Statistics, Parliament

Water Resources

Four billion people facing severe water scarcity

Freshwater scarcity is increasingly perceived as a global systemic risk. Previous global water scarcity assessments, measuring water scarcity annually, have underestimated experienced water scarcity by failing to capture the seasonal fluctuations in water consumption and availability. We assess blue water scarcity globally at a high spatial resolution on a monthly basis. We find that two-thirds of the global population (4.0 billion people) live under conditions of severe water scarcity at least 1 month of the year. Nearly half of those people live in India and China.

Publication Date:

12/02/2016

Author(s): Mesfin M. Mekonnen, Arjen Y. Hoekstra

Source: Science Advances

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1-6

Tags:

Water Demand, Water Distribution, Africa, China, Asia, Europe, United States Of America (US), India, South Asia, Irrigation, Hydrology, Pakistan, Nigeria, Mexico, Indus, River Basin

Climate Change

Climate change impact assessment on hydrology of a small watershed using semi-distributed model

This study is an attempt to quantify the impact of climate change on the hydrology of Armur watershed in Godavari river basin, India. A GIS-based semi-distributed hydrological model, soil and water assessment tool (SWAT) has been employed to estimate the water balance components on the basis of unique combinations of slope, soil and land cover classes for the base line (1961–1990) and future climate scenarios (2071–2100). Sensitivity analysis of the model has been performed to identify the most critical parameters of the watershed.

Publication Date:

11/02/2016

Author(s): Brij Kishor Pandey, A. K. Gosain, George Paul & et al

Source: Applied Water Science

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1-13

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Climate Change, Hydrology, Godavari, River Basin, Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Remote Sensing, Telangana

Environment

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding declaring Bhagirathi as an eco sensitive zone, Uttarakhand, 20/01/2016

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Legal Aid Committee, National Green Tribunal Bar Association Vs. Union of India & Others dated 20/01/2016. The MoEF had issued a Notification on 18th December, 2012 declaring Bhagirathi eco sensitive zone. They had asked the State Government to submit a zonal master plan so that the same would be approved and notified by MoEF. But till today the plan has not been submitted. These two Applications have been pending before the National Green Tribunal since 05th August, 2013.

Judgement Date:

20/01/2016

Tags:

Bhagirathi, Eco-Sensitive Zone, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), River Basin

Dams/ Irrigation

National register of large dams 2016

National Register of Large Dam (NRLD) is a compilation of the large dams in the country prepared as per information received from the State Government / Authority concerned. The lists of dams have been regrouped as per their location within the territory of a State.

Publication Date:

01/01/2016

Source: Central Water Commission (CWC)

Tags:

Dams, Dam Safety, Irrigation, Hydroelectricity, India, Rivers, Statistics, Central Water Commission (CWC), River Basin, Water Supply, Reservoirs

Water Resources

Measuring transboundary water cooperation: learning from the past to inform the Sustainable Development Goals

Water cooperation has received prominent focus in the post-2015 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). While proposals for measuring water cooperation appear to be converging toward a small set of indicators, the degree to which these proposed indicators draw on past work is unclear.

Publication Date:

22/12/2015

Author(s): Davison Saruchera, Jonathan Lautze

Source: International Water Management Institute

Tags:

Water Resources, Water Management, Water Distribution, Water Disputes, Water Policy, River Basin, Botswana, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)