Water Resources

Measuring the changing pulse of rivers

River flood risks are expected to rise as climate change intensifies the global hydrological cycle and more people live in floodplains. Changing risk may be revealed by trends in flood frequency, magnitude, or seasonality, as well as by shifts in the mechanisms that generate inundations. However, detection and attribution of climate signals in flood records is often hampered by brief, incomplete, or poor-quality flood data. Additionally, it can be difficult to disentangle the effects of changing climate, land cover, channel morphology, and human activities.

Publication Date:

11/08/2017

Author(s): Louise J. Slater, Robert L. Wilby

Source: Science

Vol:

357

Issue:

6351

pp:

552

Tags:

Rivers, Hydrology, Floods, Climate Impacts, Europe, Climate Adaptation

Water Resources

Submit action plan on 4,095 defunct tubewells: HC to govt

PATNA: The Patna high court on Wednesday ordered the state government to submit within four weeks its plan and time frame to make the 4,095 non-functional tubewells for irrigation purposes operatio

Publication Date:

10/08/2017

Source: Times Of India (Patna)

Tags:

Bihar, Tubewells, High Court, Groundwater, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Water Resources

Water Resources

Weeds out, but 25,000 tonnes of grass still clogs Bellandur Lake

BENGALURU: After 20,000 tonnes of weed removed, the southern side of Bellandur Lake, near Sun City apartments, once again resembles a water body .

Publication Date:

10/08/2017

Source: Times Of India (Bangalore)

Tags:

Karnataka, Lakes, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Water Resources

Water Resources

Key depts divided on waterways proposal for 11 rivers in state

The Centre’s ambitious plan to develop 11 rivers in Karnataka as National Waterways to enable transport of goods has not gone down too well with the Water Resources Department, which has questioned

Publication Date:

10/08/2017

Source: Deccan Herald (Bangalore)

Tags:

Karnataka, Cauvery, Ganga, Ecology, Transport, Water Resources

Water Resources

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding environmental/ minimum flow of the rivers despite hydro projects, 09/08/2017

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Pushp Saini Vs. Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change & Others dated 09/08/2017 regarding environmental flow of the rivers which should be permitted despite hydro projects. Counsel appearing for Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change submits that the Ministry has already completed river basin study of 6 river basins i.e.

Judgement Date:

09/08/2017

Tags:

Rivers, Hydrology, India, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Dams, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)

Agriculture

Co-optimizing solutions in water and agriculture: lessons from India on water security

The World Business Council for Sustainable Development’s (WBCSD) newest report, Co-optimizing solutions in water and agriculture: Lessons from India on water security, identifies key enablers for scaling up solutions to water-scarcity in India. The information is designed to be useful for companies worldwide.

Publication Date:

09/08/2017

Source: World Business Council for Sustainable Development’s (WBCSD)

Tags:

Water Resources, Water Management, Agriculture, India, Industry, Crops, Farmers

Water Resources

100-plus rivers and lakes to be improved

Freshwater improvement projects covering over 100 rivers and lakes across New Zealand are to receive grants of $44 million from the Government, Environment Minister Nick Smith announced today.

Publication Date:

09/08/2017

Source: Big News Network

Tags:

Water Resources, Water Quality, Rivers, Lakes, New Zealand, Water Pollution Control, Freshwater Ecosystems

Water Resources