Water Conservation

• IISc Innovates Hydrogel Solution for Microplastic Pollution in Water

  Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have developed a sustainable hydrogel capable of removing over 90% of microplastics from water…

• Water Quality Monitoring Device Developed by IIT Guwahati Student Wins Awards and Appreciations

  Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati) student Mr. Satyam, PhD Scholar, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, IIT Guwahati, has recently achieved a significant milestone by winning the "Best Product Design" award under the category of Water and Sanitation, at the prestigious Vishwakarma Awards 2023,…

• Namami Gange Initiative: A Comprehensive Overview of Sewerage Infrastructure and Water Quality Progress

  The efforts under the Namami Gange Programme signify a significant step towards rejuvenating the Ganga River, emphasizing the government's commitment to environmental conservation and sustainable development.…

• Achieving 100% Tap Water Coverage Under Jal Jeevan Mission to Save 5.5 Crore Hours Daily: WHO

  The Jal Jeevan Mission's progress reflects a significant step forward in realizing the vision of safe and accessible tap water for every rural home in India.…

• Union Minister for Jal Shakti Releases Dynamic Ground Water Resource Assessment Report 2023

  In-depth analysis of the data reveals encouraging trends, with improvements observed in 226 assessment units across the country compared to the 2022 assessment.…

• Rs 50 Lakh for a Glass of Water, Here's a Look at List of Top 10 Most Expensive Water Bottles

  In an era where the once freely flowing resource of water has transmuted into liquid luxury, the notion of a Rs 50 lakh glass of water might seem implausible, yet it's a tangible reality. The evolution of technology, coupled with the pursuit of purity, has…

• Storage Capacity Remains Below 70% Threshold

  India's major reservoirs show a worrisome water storage of 69% capacity as of November 16, with improvement expected from the North-East monsoon and a forming cyclone. Ongoing monitoring is crucial for agriculture and water availability.…

• India's Groundwater Levels to Decline to 'Low' by 2025: UN

  Approximately 70% of groundwater extractions are dedicated to agricultural purposes, frequently when surface water sources are inadequate.…

• FAO Hosts Rome Water Dialogue 2023 Highlighting Necessity of Water

  The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) hosted the Rome Water Dialogue 2023 which focused on raising awareness on the interlinkages, synergies, and holistic solutions that relate water to soil, land, climate change, biodiversity, fisheries, agriculture, forestry, food security and nutrition…

• Lapse In Amrit Sarovar Mission for Water Conservation, Know How Agriculture Will be Affected

  Every Amrit Sarovar will be a source of generation of livelihoods by using the water for different purposes like irrigation, fisheries, duckery, cultivation of water chestnut, water tourism, and other activities.…

• World Bank Officials Visit Uttar Pradesh's Agra to Understand Clean Ganga Project Namami Gange

  G. Asok Kumar, Director General, National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), gave a detailed presentation on Namami Gange to the Executive Directors of the World Bank from around the world.…

• Punjab & Israel Collaborate to Enhance Water Management Strategies: Minister

  The strategic partnership between the Punjab government and Israel holds great promise for enhancing water management practices in the state.…

• Union Joint Secretary Engages with Pani Samitis, Schools & District Administration During 3-Day Visit to J-K's Doda

  The visit of Union Joint Secretary Angshuman Dey and Scientist Gargee Sharma served to reinforce these objectives in the Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir.…

• Jal Jeevan Mission Quenches Thirst of Millions: Achieves 60% Coverage Milestone

  Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership, 60% of rural families now have access to clean drinking water through taps. More than 1.55 lakh villages (25 percent of total number of villages) in India have reported 'Har Ghar Jal,' which means that every household in these…

• United Nations Warn ‘Vampiric Overconsumption’ is Draining World’s Water

  United Nations started its first summit on water security recently in over 50 years, urging states to properly manage one of humanity's shared resources.…

• PM Modi Stresses on Public Participation, Says Govt's Efforts Alone are Insufficient!

  Ministry of Jal Shakti is organizing the "1st All India Annual State Ministers Conference on Water" with the theme "Water Vision@2047" on the 5th and 6th of January, 2023 in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.…

• ADB Ranks WAPCOS Among Top Consulting Firms in Water and Other Infrastructure Sectors

  WAPCOS is a top engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) firm focused on technology in the fields of water resources, energy, and infrastructure development.…

• LOTUS Project: IIT Guwahati, Bombay Collaborate with European Partners to Address Water Issues

  In collaboration with European universities, the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) Guwahati and Bombay are developing a low-cost technology to test the quality of potable and other water in India.…

• 7th Edition of India Water Impact Summit Concludes Today

  The experts agreed that the direction of a river's health cannot be determined just by biochemical signs, but by status of the aquatic life in a river.…

• Gajendra Singh Shekhawat to Inaugurate 7th India Water Impact Summit 2022 Today

  During this three-day meeting, experts from the country and abroad will examine ways to protect minor rivers that are in danger of going extinct in large river basins.…

• Haryana to Get its First Water Atlas Soon, Will Aid Farmers to Know Water-level in Their Region

  The water atlas will describe groundwater recharge, soil erosion, rainfall patterns, and how construction work near the Aravali Hills has hampered these processes.…

• India can Learn About Water Management from Israel: Jal Shakti Ministry

  The 17th Everything About Water Expo 2022 was inaugurated today in the national capital by Ambassador of Israel in India Naor Gilon to strengthen cooperation between Israel and India in the water sector and the two countries' longstanding ties.…

• Kisan Mela, Tamil Nadu Highlights Importance of Water Conservation

  The importance of micro irrigation systems and water conservation techniques was discussed by Valliyammai, Professor of Water Technology Centre, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University. G. Subramanian, Assistant Engineer, Agricultural Engineering Department, highlighted the water conservation schemes available.…

• KVK Kisan Mela 2022 Focusses on Conservation of Water for the Future Generation

  Kisan Mela 2022 was organized by KVK on July 27, 2022. Many eminent personalities were there to speak on the theme of the event "Water Conservation".…

• 25 Water-Tech Startups Reach Semi-Finals of The/Nudge Prize- Ashirvad Water Challenge

  The/Nudge Prize- Ashirvad Water Challenge aims to nurture technology-based innovations that improve water cycle management. Through this challenge, the focus is to support solutions that improve water quality, enable efficient water harvesting, storage, drainage and reuse, and incentivize behavioral change towards water conservation and waste…

• Less than 25% Households Covered in UP, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh & Rajasthan under Jal Jeevan Mission

  The government's initiative aims to provide safe and adequate drinking water to all rural Indian households through individual household tap connections by 2024. 9.59 crore of the country's 19.13 crore rural households have access to functional tap water connections.…

• Good News! Government Will Reward Farmers for Conserving Water

  The district's agricultural department has launched a water conservation pilot project in Sunam and Dhuri blocks to encourage farmers to save groundwater by using water-saving techniques.…

• IIT Madras Receives New Research Centre for Wastewater Analysis

  Water fingerprinting is one of the advantages of wastewater analysis for studying the chemical and biological molecules in it. According to the release, the WBE project includes aspects such as tracking pollutants, pesticides, licit and illicit drugs to which the population is exposed.…

• Haryana to Inaugurate 111 Ponds Under Amrit Sarovar Scheme on May 1

  On May 1, the Haryana government will inaugurate 111 ponds under the Amrit Sarovar Scheme. The scheme focuses on restoring and rejuvenating water bodies.…

• UPL joins hands with Bidal, a Model Village for Water Conservation by Supplying Zeba

  The ceremony of handing over the 50 MT of Zeba was done in Bidal on the 28th of February in the presence of Savesh Kumar for water conservation.…

• Yamuna River To Get Back Its Fish By 2023: Water Minister

  According to Delhi Water Minister Satyendar Jain, the famous Yamuna river in Delhi would be totally cleaned and ready for bathing by 2023. According to the minister, the fish would be visible in the water body as well.…

• PepsiCo Announces Successful Results of a Technology to Save 60 million liters of Water Annually

  PepsiCo had fully adopted this technique at its foods manufacturing plant in Kolkata, India, where the proof-of-concept showed the approach could save 60 million liters of water annually.…

• ‘Behavioral Change a Must for Water Conservation,’ says MoS Prahlad Patel

  Speaking on this occasion, Ramesh Chand, Member, Niti Aayog expressed serious concern about our cropping pattern. “India accounts for 18% of the world’s population, 2.4% of land and 4% of water. If we look at these ratios, we should have been facing scarcity of land…

• “Water is a Holy Substance Needed to Sustain Life of All Kind”: Dr M. Madhu at World Water Day 2022

  Dr. M Madhu, Director of ICAR-IISWC, Dehradun emphasized the need to conserve water, especially rainwater for future use at the webinar.…

• World Water Day: Dr. Sangita Laadha to Participate in Webinar on Sustainable Use of Water in Agriculture

  Among the dignitaries joining the live discussion on the topic ‘Sustainable Use of Water in Agriculture’ organised by Krishi Jagran will be Dr. Sangita Laadha.…

• A Utah Farmer Invests in Irrigation Now to Conserve Water for Future Needs

  Over the last six years, he's converted hundreds of acres of onions to drip irrigation, which reduces evaporation and sends water directly to the crops. It was expensive.…

• Clean Water Challenge Launched by Nudge Foundation, Ashirvad Pipes & GoI

  The Challenge will help the government's Jal Jeevan Mission, which aims to supply clean and sufficient drinking water to all rural Indian homes through individual household tap connections by 2024. The/Nudge Foundation and Ashirvad Pipes believe in Indians' ability to innovate at a grassroots level…

• India Plans to Divert Surplus Waters under ‘Indus Treaty’ to Irrigate its Own Land

  After 9 years of negotiations, India & Pakistan signed Indus Water Treaty in 1960, with World Bank being a signatory. The treaty sets out mechanism for the cooperation and information exchange between two countries regarding the use of 6 rivers – Ravi, Chenab, Beas, Jhelum…

• Karnal Laboratory gets Water Testing Equipment

  Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometer (GCMS) was commissioned at the Haryana State Water Testing Laboratory situated in the city of Karnal.…

• World Water Day: Why Water Scarcity is becoming a Global Challenge

  What is water scarcity? Why has drinking water been a global crisis? What measures can be taken to save water?…

• Water Recycling Management Needs Serious Attention in India

  India lacks adequate infrastructure and awareness with regard to wastewater recycling. This lead to over exploitation of India’s water resources and till now the existent mechanisms on wastewater recycling are not so efficient. Therefore the water crisis is a looming danger that one should be…

• Fyllo Agritech Start-Up of Bengaluru Helps to Develop Better Produce & Conserves Million Liters of Water

  Sumit Sheoran and Sudhanshu Rai dispatched Fyllo, a Bengaluru-based Agritech start-up with an end goal to tackle the serious issues that tormented farmers. Their gadget, incorporating software and equipment, helps detect and evaluate real-time information of yields and foresee illnesses.…

• Water Conservation Efforts in the USA

  A national coalition of over 200 agricultural organizations and urban and rural water districts urged President-elect Joe Biden and congressional leadership today to address aging Western water infrastructure in any potential infrastructure or economic recovery package.…