Water Resources

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding Cauvery water dispute, 27/09/2016

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of State of Karnataka & Others Vs State of Tamil Nadu & Others dated 27/09/2016 regarding Cauvery water dispute. Supreme Court directs the State of Karnataka to release 6000 cusecs of water from tomorrow i.e. 28th September, 2016 and hoped "that the State of Karnataka shall obey the order without any kind of impediment, obstruction or any other attitude till we take up the matter on 30th September, 2016."

Judgement Date: 
27/09/2016
Tags:
Cauvery, Water Disputes, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Supreme Court, Water Distribution
Water Resources

Godavari Basin Water Resources Draft Final Plan

The article comments on the Maharashtra government's Department of Water Resources Draft Godavari Basin Water Resources Plan from the perspective of the Vidarbha region.

Publication Date: 
24/09/2016
Paromita Goswami
Economic and Political Weekly
51
39
20-22
Tags:
Godavari, River Basin, Maharashtra, Water Management, Water Demand, Water Distribution, Industry, Mining, Rainfall, Thermal Power Plants
Climate Change

Climate change and economic approaches into water allocation: optimization via direct benefits of water—the case study of Rudbar Lorestan hydropower dam (Iran)

Climate change will affect hydrologic patterns in the Middle East over future decades. Already limited water resources will become further limited, creating further challenges for water allocation protocols. While there is no integrated climate/water allocation framework to develop sophisticated dynamic allocation patterns, determining the economic value of water in various markets is one way to optimize water allocation.

Publication Date: 
23/09/2016
Masoud Kazem, Daryl Mc.Phee, Alireza Torkaman Rashid
Sustainable Water Resources Management
1-12
Tags:
Climate Change, Water Resources, Hydroelectricity, Dams, Iran, Climate Impacts, Hydrology, Irrigation, Water Management, Water Distribution
Water Resources

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding Cauvery water dispute, 21/09/2016

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of State of Karnataka & Others Vs State of Tamil Nadu dated 20/09/2016 regarding Cauvery water dispute. Supreme Court orders for the constitution of the Cauvery Management Board within four weeks and directs the State of Karnataka to release 6000 cusecs of water till the next date of hearing (27 September 2016).

Judgement Date: 
20/09/2016
Tags:
Cauvery, Water Disputes, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Supreme Court, Water Demand, Water Distribution, Irrigation, Agriculture, Reservoirs, Rainfall Pattern, Drinking Water Scarcity
Water Resources

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding Cauvery water dispute, 12/09/2016

Modifying its September 5 order, the Supreme Court on Sep 12, 2016 asked the Karnataka government to release 12,000 cusecs water to Tamil Nadu

Judgement Date: 
12/09/2016
Tags:
Cauvery, Rivers, Water Demand, Water Distribution, Water Disputes, Supreme Court, Reservoirs, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka
Water Resourcres

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding Cauvery river waters allocation, 05/09/2016

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of State of Tamil Nadu Vs State of Karnataka & Others dated 05/08/2016 regarding Cauvery river water dispute. Mr. Naphade, learned senior counsel appearing for the State of Tamil Nadu contends that the State of Karnataka has not been complying with the directions given by the Tribunal in the final order and there has been flagrant violation of the same. According to Mr.

Judgement Date: 
05/09/2016
Tags:
Cauvery, Water Demand, Water Distribution, Supreme Court, Pondicherry, Farmers, Agriculture, Irrigation
Water Resources

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding Cauvery river waters allocation, 02/09/2016

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of State of Tamil Nadu Vs State of Karnataka & Others dated 02/09/2016 regarding Cauvery river waters allocation among the States of Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Union Territory of Pondicherry.

Judgement Date: 
02/09/2016
Tags:
Cauvery, Water Distribution, Supreme Court, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Rivers, Water Disputes
Water Supply

DJB plans piped water for all by 2017

To make 'right to water' accessible to all in the city, Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has decided to provide individual water connections to every household in jhuggi-jhopri clusters and villages, and even

Publication Date: 
30/08/2016
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Water Supply, Delhi Jal Board (DJB), Water Distribution, Drinking Water
Water Resources

Water harvesting project lauded by Aussie agency

The Delhi government’s first-of-its-kind “conserve and use” Palla floodplain water harvesting project was lauded by a delegation of water experts and technologists from South Australian Water, a go

Publication Date: 
12/08/2016
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Water Harvesting, Groundwater Recharge, Delhi Jal Board (DJB), Water Distribution, Water Resources
Dams/ Irrigation

Achieving sustainable irrigation water withdrawals: Global impacts on food production and land use

Human activities are increasingly leading to overuse of surface water and nonrenewable groundwater, challenging the capacity of water resources to ensure food security and continuous growth of the economy. Adaptation policies targeting specifically water security can easily overlook its interaction with other sustainability metrics and unanticipated local responses to the larger-scale policy interventions.

Publication Date: 
01/07/2016
Jing Liu, Thomas W. Hertel, Richard Lammers & et al
2016 Agricultural & Applied Economics Association Annual Meeting
1-35
Tags:
Agriculture, Food Security, Irrigation, Land Use, Dryland Farming, Water Demand, Water Distribution

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