Water Resources

Nature for water, nature for life: nature-based solutions for achieving the global goals

Water security is recognized as one of the great challenges of the 21st century. The triple decline in quantity, quality, and reliability of potable freshwater poses numerous serious problems.

Publication Date:

21/03/2018

Source: UNDP

Tags:

Water Resources, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), India, Global, Water Quality, Wetlands

Water Resources

Regulation for groundwater abstraction

Contamination of groundwater sources due to over-abstraction and discharge of polluting substances has been a long standing problem in most parts of the country. In 1974, a legislation was specifically enacted to regulate and prohibit water pollution.

Publication Date:

21/03/2018

Source: Centre for Policy Research (CPR) Namati Environmental Justice Program

Tags:

Groundwater, Groundwater Recharge, Groundwater Quality, India, Groundwater Pollution

Water Resources

Groundwater depletion in the West Liaohe River Basin, China and its implications revealed by GRACE and in situ measurements

The West Liaohe River Basin (WLRB) is one of the most sensitive areas to climate change in China and an important grain production base in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China. Groundwater depletion in this region is becoming a critical issue. Here, we used the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellite data and in situ well observations to estimate groundwater storage (GWS) variations and discussed the driving factors of GWS changes in the WLRB.

Original Source

Publication Date:

21/03/2018

Author(s): Yulong Zhong, Min Zhong, Wei Feng & et al

Source: Remote Sensing

Vol:

10

Issue:

1

pp:

1-16

Tags:

Groundwater, China, River Basin, Remote Sensing, Climate Change, Rainfall Pattern

Water Resources

Green panel tells DJB to submit list of borewells

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday directed the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) to file the list of both legal and illegal borewells in areas marked as having contaminated groundwater.

Publication Date:

21/03/2018

Source: Hindu (New Delhi)

Tags:

Delhi, Groundwater, Delhi Jal Board (DJB), National Green Trbunal (NGT), Water Resources

Water Resources

Mantri submits report to green tribunal in Bellandur Lake case

Mantri Techzone Private Limited submitted an affidavit before the National Green Tribunal on March 19 in a case relating to Bellandur Lake.

Publication Date:

21/03/2018

Source: Deccan Herald (Bangalore)

Tags:

Karnataka, Bangalore (T), Lakes, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Environment Clearance (EC), Water Resources

Water Resources

The water gap: the state of the world’s water 2018

Already more than 60% of humanity lives in areas of water stress, where the supply of water cannot or will not continue to meet demand. If water is not managed more prudently – from source, to tap, and back to source – the crises observed today will become the catastrophes of tomorrow.

Publication Date:

20/03/2018

Source: Water Aid

Tags:

Water Resources, Water Management, Water Supply, India, Global, Water Demand

Water Resources

All's not well: Groundwater level at lowest in decade as summer sets in

BHOPAL: One-third of wells analysed in Bhopal are reporting a decadal water level fluctuation.

Publication Date:

20/03/2018

Source: Times Of India (Bhopal)

Tags:

Madhya Pradesh, Groundwater, Drinking Water, Water Resources, Central Groundwater Board (CGWB), Water Harvesting

Water Resources

Committee to inspect Yamuna water level

Green tribunal asks panel to submit a report by the first week of April

Publication Date:

20/03/2018

Source: Hindu (New Delhi)

Tags:

Delhi, Yamuna, Delhi Jal Board (DJB), National Green Trbunal (NGT), Haryana, Water Supply, Water Resources

Water Resources

Dam levels drop again in Western Cape

Cape Town – The latest average dam levels for the Western Cape have dropped to 18.9%, from last week's 19.5%, the Western Cape government said on Monday as it reminded struggling farmers that there

Publication Date:

20/03/2018

Source: News 24 (South Africa)

Tags:

Water Resources, Dams, South Africa, Droughts, Water Management, Water Supply, Africa

Dams/ Irrigation

Egypt, Sudan vow to cooperate as Ethiopia builds Nile dam

Cairo - Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir has met his Egyptian counterpart in Cairo, as the two countries look to repair ties that were recently frayed over an upstream Nile dam being built by Ethio

Publication Date:

20/03/2018

Source: News 24 (South Africa)

Tags:

Dams/ Irrigation, Dams, Ethiopia, Nile, Egypt, Sudan, International Cooperation, Water Resources, Benefit Sharing, Africa