Water Resources

Govt: 60 crore face high to extreme water crisis

Demand to be twice the supply by 2030

Publication Date: 
24/07/2018
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Drinking Water Scarcity, Water Management, Water Harvesting, Water Resources
Water Pollution

Widespread groundwater contamination risk from chromium

When Erin Brockovich sued a major utility company in the 1990s for contaminating drinking water with hexavalent chromium, a toxic and carcinogenic metal, national attention turned to California.

Publication Date: 
24/07/2018
PHYS
Tags:
Water Pollution, Groundwater Pollution, California, Heavy Metals, Water Management, Industrial Pollution, United States Of America (US), Water Pollution Control
Water Supply

South Africa: R78 Million Eastern Cape Water Project Fails to Deliver

"In the past 18 months we have had water for only eight months.

Publication Date: 
24/07/2018
All Africa
Tags:
Water Supply, Drinking Water, Drinking Water Scarcity, South Africa, Water Management, Africa
Climate Change

Himachal to access vulnerability of villages towards climate change

Himachal Pradesh government will soon study the vulnerability of all villages of the state towards climate change after which adaptation projects would be carried out.

Publication Date: 
02/07/2018
Statesman (New Delhi)
Tags:
Himachal Pradesh, Climate Change, Climate Adaptation, Water Management, Crops, Renewable Energy, Plastics
Water Resources

Sustainable Development Goal 6 synthesis report 2018 on water and sanitation

The Sustainable Development Goal 6 Synthesis Report 2018 on Water and Sanitation reviews the global progress made towards achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Publication Date: 
28/06/2018
UN Water
Tags:
Water Supply, Sanitation, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Drinking Water, Water Quality, Water Resources, Water Management, India, Global
Agriculture

Beyond crop per drop: assessing agricultural water productivity and efficiency in a maturing water economy

With growing water scarcity in many parts of the world and projections that indicate the need to increase agricultural production and, concurrently, agricultural water use, it is increasingly advocated to focus efforts on improving agricultural water productivity and efficiency—and thus achieve more crop per drop.

Publication Date: 
26/06/2018
Susanne M. Scheierling, David O. Tréguer
The World Bank
Tags:
Agriculture, Water Management, Irrigation, Water Resources, India, Global
Climate Change

Climate change meet ends with focus on agri & water

PATNA: The two-day East India Climate Change Conclave organized by the state environment and forest department concluded here on Saturday with three brainstorming technical sessions on climate resi

Publication Date: 
26/06/2018
Times Of India (Patna)
Tags:
Climate Change, Agriculture, Water Resources, Budget, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Water Management
Water Resources

Uganda: Conservationist Call for Review of Draft Wetlands Bill 2009

Conservationists have called for a review of the National Policy for the Conservation and Management of Wetland Resources 1995 and the draft Wetlands Bill 2009 if Uganda's wetlands are to be safegu

Publication Date: 
20/06/2018
All Africa
Tags:
Water Resources, Wetlands, Water Management, Wetland Conservation, Uganda, Africa
Water Resources

New water policy to be put to CM Rupani for clearance next week

GANDHINAGAR: The long-pending and ambitious state water policy is finally ready and will be submitted by next week for the cabinet’s nod and adoption through notification.

Publication Date: 
19/06/2018
Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
Tags:
Gujarat, Water Policy, Narmada, Rainfall, Water Management, Water Resources
Water Resources

Building a resilient future through water

Water is key to the success of all the Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs, and therefore essential for delivering on the 2030 Agenda that aims to transform our world into the future we want. To achieve this, a new way of managing water is needed, to make societies more resilient, sustainable and inclusive.

Publication Date: 
14/06/2018
Stockholm International Water Institute
Tags:
Water Management, Water Resources, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Climate Change

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