River Basin

Restart shelved hydro projects, demands Bahuguna

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna said that hydropower projects, which had already obtained clearance from the Union Ministry of Environment & Forest, should not be barred from other te

Publication Date:

18/04/2012

Source: Pioneer (New Delhi)

Tags:

Ganga, Hydroelectricity, Sunderalal Bahuguna, Energy, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), River Basin, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Dams/ Irrigation

Dams/ Irrigation

Nitish, Akhilesh back govt on Ganga

NEW DELHI: The UPA narrowly escaped another 'Team Anna moment' at the Prime Minister-chaired National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) meeting on Tuesday, with CMs Nitish Kumar and Akhilesh Yada

Publication Date:

18/04/2012

Source: Economic Times (New Delhi)

Tags:

Ganga, Rivers, River Basin, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Hydroelectricity, Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT)

Dams/ Irrigation

Scrap 34 dams on Ganga: Green panel

Prepared by the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), the report flashes a red light with regard to the hydroelectric projects that add up to 2,600 MW and make for about a tenth of all small and big d

Publication Date:

17/04/2012

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Alakananda, Bhagirathi, Ganga, River Basin, Rivers, Hydroelectricity, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Biodiversity, Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT), Protected Area Conservation, Wildlife, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Dams/ Irrigation

Water Resources

IWRM and IRBM concepts envisioned in Indian water policies

Indian water policies have adopted the current water management paradigms like Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) and Integrated River Basin Management (IRBM) as early as 1987 and in 2002 mainly to cope with growing challenges of water sector as a result of economic growth, burgeoning population and limited water resources.

Publication Date:

11/04/2012

Author(s): J. Harsha

Source: Current Science

Vol:

102

Issue:

7

pp:

986-990

Tags:

Water Resources, India, Water Policy, Water Management, River Basin, Ganga, Krishna, Water Disputes, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh

Water Resources

Climate change adaptation and vulnerability assessment of water resources systems in developing countries: A generalized framework and a feasibility study in Bangladesh

Water is the primary medium through which climate change influences the Earth’s ecosystems and therefore people’s livelihoods and wellbeing. Besides climatic change, current demographic trends, economic development and related land use changes have direct impact on increasing demand for freshwater resources. Taken together, the net effect of these supply and demand changes is affecting the vulnerability of water resources. The concept of ‘vulnerability’ is not straightforward as there is no universally accepted approach for assessing vulnerability.

Publication Date:

10/04/2012

Author(s): Animesh K. Gain, Carlo Giupponi, Fabrice G. Renaud

Source: Water

Vol:

4

Issue:

2

pp:

345-366

Tags:

Climate Change, Climate Adaptation, Water Resources, Bangladesh, South Asia, Brahmaputra, River Basin, India, Climate Impacts, Migration, Sea Level Rise, Food Prices

Water Resources

Outlook on water environmental management in Asia 2012

The WEPA Outlook is the flagship publication of WEPA which includes basic information on the water environment and its management in each WEPA partner country. The Outlook 2012 consists of three main chapters. Chapter 1 presents the result of the analysis of institutional frameworks for water environmental management in each country.

Publication Date:

01/04/2012

Source: Institute for Global Environmental Strategies

Tags:

Water Management, Water Quality, Asia, South Asia, Climate Change, Water Treatment Technology, Water Pollution, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Climate Impacts, Marine Ecosystems, River Basin, Groundwater, Water Resources, Lakes, Reservoirs

Environment

Assessment of cumulative impacts of hydroelectric projects on aquatic and terrestrial biodiversity in Alaknanda and Bhagirathi basins, Uttarakhand

This assessment of cumulative impacts of hydroelectric projects in Alaknanda and Bhagirathi river basins in Uttarakhand. It takes into account impact of 70 Hydro Electric Projects of which 17 are existing, 14 are under-construction and 39 are proposed.

Publication Date:

01/04/2012

Author(s): Asha Rajvanshi, Roshni Arora, Vinod B. Mathur, & et al

Source: Wildlife Institute of India

Tags:

Hydroelectricity, Alakananda, Bhagirathi, River Basin, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Biodiversity, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Flora, Fauna, Aquatic Animals

Water Pollution

PM not understanding responsibility to Ganga

Magsaysay award-winner ‘Waterman’ Rajendra Singh, who stepped down from National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) along with two others protesting government’s “negligence” of the river, on Sund

Publication Date:

12/03/2012

Source: Indian Express (New Delhi)

Tags:

Ganga, River Pollution, Rajendra Singh, River Basin, Environment Act 1986, Rivers, India

Water Resources

Reaching across the waters: facing the risks of cooperation in international waters

This study reviews the experience of cooperation in selected international river basins and during selected time periods in those basins. The review is from a country perspective and focuses on the countries’ perceived risks and opportunities in engaging in regional cooperation deals in response to the prospects for cooperation.

Publication Date:

01/03/2012

Author(s): Ashok Subramanian, Bridget Brown, Aaron Wolf

Source: The World Bank

Tags:

River Basin, International Disputes, Conflicts, Water Management, Global, India, South Asia, Water Resources

Water Resources