Communities across the globe can build resilience to climate change by re-inventing old water storage strategies and investing in new ones, according to a new report by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), a member of the CGIAR global partnership, which unites organizations engaged in research for a food secure future.

This Odisha State Urban Water Policy, 2013 cleared by the state cabinet in October 2013 proposes an investment of Rs 4380 crore over the period of 12 years from 2015-2027 aims to provide universal access to potable 24X7 piped water supply to 106 urban local bodies. Read the text

The article presents evidence and best practice examples to inform water investments and policy, improve water services and contribute to the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) on water access.

The policies designed on the basis of estimated water footprints might actually move society further away from desirable outcomes says Dennis Wichelns, Global Water Forum in this article.

The overall objective of the Meghalaya Water Policy is to “ensure that water is used efficiently, shared equitably, managed sustainably, governed transparently and contributing to improving the health and livelihoods of all citizens”.

Government of Himachal Pradesh notified the state water policy during the year 2005. Rapid increase in demand for water due to population growth, urbanization, industrialization, changing life style and climate change have resulted in increased pressure on water resources.

The water-food-energy nexus is emerging as a critical issue in Asia and the Pacific. It is clear that solutions must be found to assure water security, thereby eliminating the immediate--and increasing--risk to food security, energy security, and economic growth and stability: water must be recognized as an economic as well as a social good.

This paper argues that the coming battle for global water, food, and energy security will most likely be won or lost in Asia. This is a region that relies very much on irrigation for food production and where already two thirds of the world's 850 million poor and hungry live.