Water Conservation

Declare water emergency in country: farmers’body

Peasants’ organisation All India Kisan Mazdoor Sabha (AIKMS) demanded Central government to declare state of water emergency in the country, review implementation of water conservation and take up

Publication Date:

09/05/2016

Source: Hindu (New Delhi)

Tags:

Water Conservation, Drinking Water Scarcity, Water Management, Groundwater, Water Resources

Dams/ Irrigation

Co-benefits and trade-offs in the water–energy nexus of irrigation modernization in China

There are strong interdependencies between water use in agriculture and energy consumption as water saving technologies can require increased pumping and pressurizing. The Chinese Government includes water efficiency improvement and carbon intensity reduction targets in the 12th Five-Year Plan (5YP. 2011–2015), yet the links between energy use and irrigation modernization are not always addressed in policy targets. Here we build an original model of the energy embedded in water pumpingfor irrigated agriculture and its related processes.

Publication Date:

06/05/2016

Author(s): Roger Cremades, Sabrina G S A Rothausen, Declan Conway & et al

Source: Environmental Research Letters

pp:

1-12

Tags:

Irrigation, China, Agriculture, Water Conservation, Climate Change, Climate Adaptation, Energy Efficiency, Green House Gases

Water Resources

Projects worth Rs 2446 crore approved for developments of ghats and crematoriums along river Ganga

Giving a major fillip to its Ganga rejuvenation efforts, the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) - a central body to implement the government's Namami Gange scheme - has approved projects

Publication Date:

05/05/2016

Author(s): Vishwa Mohan

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

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Ganga, Ministry Of Water Resources, Water Conservation, Tree, Afforestation, Crematoriums, Water Resources

Water Supply

Govt to implement water scheme in 20 more villages

Kolhapur: District guardian minister Chandrakant Patil on Sunday said the state government is keen on effective implementation of Jalyukt Shivar Abhiyan in 20 villages in the district this year.

Publication Date:

03/05/2016

Source: Times of India (Kolhapur)

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Maharashtra, Kolhapur (D), Water Supply, Water Conservation, Open Defecation, Drinking Water

Agriculture

Activists call for measures to tackle agrarian crisis

As testimonies of farmers’ distress from drought-hit regions of Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telengana and Rajasthan were unfolded in the national Capital on Sunday, ex

Publication Date:

02/05/2016

Source: Tribune (New Delhi)

Tags:

Agriculture, Farmers, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Drought Management, Sunita Narain, Oilseeds, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Water Conservation

Water Resources

Govt should enact laws to ensure water security for all

The Centre and state governments should enact laws for restoration and conservation of rivers and ground water to ensure water security for all, noted water conservationist Rajendra Singh has said

Publication Date:

02/05/2016

Source: Business Standard (New Delhi)

Tags:

Water Resources, Groundwater, Water Conservation, Drinking Water, Rajasthan

Biodiversity

Mainstreaming ecosystem services and biodiversity into agricultural production and management in East Africa

This Technical Guidance Document addresses the need for mainstreaming biodiversity and ecosystem services into agriculture, at the national level.

Publication Date:

01/05/2016

Source: FAO

Tags:

Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity, Agriculture, Africa, Ecosystems, Food Security, Convention On Biological Diversity (CBD), Water Conservation, Farmers, Traditional Knowledge, Biodiversity Conservation

Water Resources

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding installation of rain water harvesting systems in hotels of Delhi, 28/04/2016

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vikrant Kumar Tongad Vs. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. dated 28/04/2016 regarding installation of rain water harvesting systems in hotels of Delhi. Local Commissioner has filed the report. On inspection it was found that the IBIS Hotel has installed two Rain Water Harvesting Systems and both are similar in design and the said design is the approved design as per the CGWA. The report further shows that the Rain Water Harvesting Systems are in good and clean condition, are satisfactory and are as per the approved design.

Judgement Date:

28/04/2016

Tags:

Urban Water Harvesting, Hotels, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Compensation, Water Conservation, Delhi

Water Resources

Imported water risk: the case of the UK

While the water dependency of water-scarce nations is well understood, this is not the case for countries in temperate and humid climates, even though various studies have shown that many of such countries strongly rely on the import of water-intensive commodities from elsewhere. In this study we introduce a method to evaluate the sustainability and efficiency of the external water footprint (WF) of a country, with the UK as an example.

Publication Date:

27/04/2016

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

Source: Environmental Research Letters

Vol:

11

Issue:

5

pp:

1-10

Tags:

Water Resources, United Kingdom (UK), Imports, Trade, Consumption Patterns, Water Conservation, India, Spain, United States Of America (US), Pakistan, Iran, South Africa

Environment

Action Taken on Third Report (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) on Environment Management in Indian Railways - Stations, Trains and Tracks: Public Accounts Committee (2015-16

Public Accounts Committee (2015-16) present this Thirty Eighth Report (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) on Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/Recommendations of the Committee contained in their Third Report (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) on “Environment Management in Indian Railways – Stations, Trains and Tracks” relating to Ministry of Railways (Rai

Publication Date:

26/04/2016

Source: Lok Sabha Secretariat

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