Water Supply

City of Cape Town to 'name and shame' high water consumers

Cape Town – The City of Cape Town is set to release the identities of all customers found guilty of contravention of Level 3B water restrictions on Monday.

Publication Date: 
17/02/2017
News 24 (South Africa)
Tags:
Water Supply, Drinking Water, Drinking Water Scarcity, Droughts, Water Conservation, South Africa, Africa
Science And Technology

Newly engineered material can cool roofs, structures with zero energy consumption

A team of University of Colorado Boulder engineers has developed a scalable manufactured meta material — an engineered material with extraordinary properties not found in nature — to act as a kind

Publication Date: 
15/02/2017
Environment News Network
Tags:
Building Materials, Building Technology, Energy Efficiency, Solar Energy, Water Conservation
Water Resources

Sustaining water regimes - The work of Anupam Mishra

Anupam Mishra’s work on how the indigenous water systems of Rajasthan have sustained a water regime not only made it possible for a robust civilisation to thrive in the desert but along with his writings on sustainable use of water, also inspired a college lecturer to find solutions to her domestic water problem.

Publication Date: 
28/01/2017
Jyoti Raina
Economic and Political Weekly
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Tags:
Anupam Mishra, Traditional Water Harvesting, Rajasthan, Water Conservation, Delhi
Water Resources

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Bill for Conservation, Protection and Management of Ground Water, 05/12/2016

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Bill for Conservation, Protection and Management of Ground Water, 05/12/2016. Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) under the Ministry of Water Resources, RD & GR carries out ground water monitoring, four times a year, on regional scale through a network of observation wells in the Country.

Publication Date: 
05/12/2016
Rajya Sabha
Tags:
Groundwater, Water Conservation, Water Management, India, Parliament
Environment

Corporation, government department differ over greenzone rules

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With the city corporation being asked to suggest recommendations ahead of imposing interim development order (IDO) in the city, chances are high that some of the proposals in th

Publication Date: 
29/11/2016
Aswin J Kumar
Times Of India (Thiruvananthapuram)
Tags:
Kerala, Environment, Water Conservation, Chennai (T), Floods, Buildings
Industry

Companies hit by rising water costs

Companies worldwide are being warned that taking water preservation measures is now vital, and that those whole fail to act are likely to face mounting financial losses.

Publication Date: 
28/11/2016
Big News Network
Tags:
Industry, Water Resources, Water Conservation, California, United States Of America (US), Green House Gases
Water Resources

Rain water conservation schemes to be launched in Thiruvanthapuram on December 8

The rain water conservation projects will be launched in all panchayats in the district on December 8.

Publication Date: 
28/11/2016
Aswin J Kumar
Times Of India (Thiruvananthapuram)
Tags:
Kerala, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Rainfall, Panchayats, Water Resources
Water Resources

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Conservation of Water, 24/11/2016

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Conservation of Water, 24/11/2016. Under the scheme of RRR of water bodies Comprehensive improvement and restoration of water bodies, is undertaken for increasing tank storage capacity, Ground Water Recharge, Increased availability of drinking water, Improvement in agriculture/horticulture productivity, etc. State-wise details, on number of water bodies included during XII Plan, expenditure on the same during the last three years and number of water bodies revived till 03/2016 are given in Annexure-I.

Publication Date: 
Thursday, November 24, 2016
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Water Conservation, Groundwater, Water Resources, River Linking, India, Statistics, Parliament
Water Resources

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Watershed Management in Drought Hit Rural Areas, 17/11/2016

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Watershed Management in Drought Hit Rural Areas, 17/11/2016. Department of Land Resources is currently implementing 8214 watershed development projects in 28 States (except Goa) covering an area of about 39.07 million hectare under the Watershed Development Component (WDC) of the

Publication Date: 
17/11/2016
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Watershed Development, Wastelands, India, Droughts, Parliament, Water Conservation
Natural Disasters

Drought in Odisha 2015-16: drought and its alternatives – a citizens’ report on impact of drought and alternative for mitigation

A primary drought assessment done by ActionAid in 38 villages (covering districts of Bargarh, Kandhamal, Sundergarh, Ganjam, Bolangir, Koraput and Nuapada) in Odisha on May 2016 show that about 57% of the ponds and bandhas created by MGNREGA have failed to work because the structures were badly planned with the inlets and outlets damaged.

Publication Date: 
28/10/2016
B N Durga
Action Aid India
Tags:
Droughts, Agriculture, Farmers, Water Conservation, Drinking Water, Orissa (Odisha), Minor Forest Produce, Children, Migration, Crops, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS)

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