The Japanese capital Tokyo receives 1,400 mm of rain in a year. But concrete prevents it from percolating into the ground. Urban flooding and acute water scarcity affected the people almost every

Water is bound to dominate the agenda of the country s politicians and planners in the future Though ignored for years by the political leadership and mismanaged by a myopic bureaucracy, there is still hope.

The Development of Humane Action Foundation (DHAN) of Madurai, Tamil Nadu, has successfully initiated an extensive programme to revive tanks (earthen- bunded reservoirs constructed across slopes).

Three countries in Southeast Asia -- Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines-- have made efforts to provide drinking water by capturing rain. In Thailand, the absence of foreign assistance for

Excerpts from the Statement of Shared Concern by the participants of the CSE conference on Potential of Water Harvesting: Traditions, Policies and Social Mobilisation New Delhi, October 3 5, 1998 voiced the new paradigm for water management

Water has suddenly become a favoured subject for seminars and conferences all over the world.