Water Supply

New alliance to scale up rain water harvesting launched

Water and Irrigation Cabinet Secretary Eugene Wamalwa speaking during the signing and launch of the Kenyan Chapter of Billion Dollar Business Alliance(BDBA) at World Agroforestry Centre in Nairobi

Publication Date: 
18/04/2017
Standard Media (Kenya)
Tags:
Water Supply, Water Harvesting, Kenya, Water Management, Irrigation, Africa
Water Resources

Drought fails before rainwater harvesting here

Sulugodu farmer Sooraj thrives by making best use of little rain received

Publication Date: 
22/03/2017
Aditya K A
Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
Tags:
Karnataka, Groundwater, Droughts, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Water Resources
Water Resources

वर्षा जल संचयन व निकासी का सूत्रधार बनेगा मौसम विभाग

वर्षा जल संचयन व निकासी का सूत्रधार बनेगा मौसम विभागवर्षा जल संचयन व निकासी का सूत्रधार बनेगा मौसम विभाग

Publication Date: 
21/03/2017
Dainik Jagran (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Water Harvesting, Rainfall, Monsoons, Urban Waterlogging, Water Resources
Water Resources

MUDA to make rainwater harvesting must for new buildings

Realising the gravity of water crisis in Madikeri, the Madikeri Urban Development Authority (MUDA) has decided to make rainwater harvesting mandatory for newly-built commercial complexes and houses

Publication Date: 
20/03/2017
Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
Tags:
Karnataka, Bangalore (D), Water Harvesting, Buildings, Water Resources
Water Resources

Training in rainwater harvesting technologies

The second-phase training programme on low-cost rain-harvesting technologies, organised by the District Legal Services Authority for farmers in the district will be held at the Regional Agriculture

Publication Date: 
01/03/2017
Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram)
Tags:
Kerala, Water Harvesting, National Bank For Agriculture And Rural Development (NABARD), Wayanad, Water Resources
Environment

Rainwater havesting in GSP Gold Schools

CSE's Green Schools Programme (GSP) is a learning programme for schools that seeks to foster environmental education by moving beyond textbooks and concentrating on ‘doing’ activities. It helps schools audit their resource consumption and provides them with the methodology to carry out activities as environmental managers and plug gaps that are identified through the audit. Schools that submit the audit are rated and certified based on their contribution to the environment.

Publication Date: 
Feb 2017
Aditi Sharma
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Tags:
Water Harvesting, Environment Education, India, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Climate Change

The economics of adaptation: concepts, methods and examples

The Economics of Adaptation: Concepts, Methods and Examples is a guide for practitioners to assess economic benefits and costs of avoiding climate change damages through adaptation by developing these estimates using existing tools and data.

Publication Date: 
31/01/2017
John MacIntosh Callaway, Prakriti Naswa, Sara Lærke Meltofte Trærup, Riyong Kim Bakkegaard
UNEP DTU Partnership
Tags:
Climate Adaptation, Climate Change, Cost Benefit Analysis, Water Harvesting, Tanzania, Ecosystems, Amazon, Cyclones, India, Developing Countries
Water Resources

सख्ती: झारखंड रेन वाटर हार्वेस्टिंग रेगुलेशन 2017 की अधिसूचना जारी, 300 वर्ग मीटर के प्लॉट में रेन वाटर हार्वेस्टिंग लगाना जरूरी

रांची: ‘झारखंड रेन वाटर हार्वेस्टिंग रेगुलेशन-2017’ की अधिसूचना सभी शहरी निकायों के लिए जारी की गयी है.

Publication Date: 
31/01/2017
Prabhat Khabar
Tags:
Jharkhand, Water Harvesting, Compensation, Regulations, Construction Industry, Buildings, Water Resources
Environment

Tribunal cracks green whip on Puri

The eastern zonal bench of the National Green Tribunal today passed several strictures to improve the environment of Puri.

Publication Date: 
18/01/2017
Jayanta Basu
Telegraph (Kolkata)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Puri (D), Environmental Security, Water Harvesting, Air Pollution, Environmentalists, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Environment
Energy

छत पर सोलर पैनल लगाओ, 30 फीसदी की सब्सिडी और प्रॉपर्टी टैक्स में छूट पाओ

भोपाल। कुलदीप सिंगोरिया। अब आप भी अपने घर की छत पर सोलर पैनल लगाकर बिजली का उत्पादन कर सकते हैं। इसके लिए लगने वाले प्लांट की लागत पर 30 प्रतिशत सब्सिडी के साथ ही आपको नगर निगम प्रॉपर्टी टैक्स में

Publication Date: 
17/01/2017
Dainik Jagran (New Delhi)
Tags:
Madhya Pradesh, Solar Energy, Renewable Energy, Subsidies, Water Harvesting, Electricity, Energy

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