by Vivek Grewal | May 21, 2025 | Technical Consulting / Op-eds
India’s Share of Indus Waters Can Recharge Punjab Aquifers In the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack, India placed the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in abeyance, creating a rare opportunity to reconsider how Indus water in Punjab can be more effectively utilised....
by Ishita Jalan, Vivek Grewal, Gopal Penny | May 15, 2025 | Technical Consulting / Research
Staff Gauge: A Guide to Measuring Aquifer Recharge through the Water Balance Method The staff gauge is a tool used in watershed management to collect data for water balance calculations. The method involves installing a vertical ruler to measure changes in water...
by Ishita Jalan, Vivek Grewal, Gopal Penny | May 14, 2025 | Technical Consulting / Research
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Toolbox The MEL toolbox simplifies scientific methods for grassroots practitioners to effectively monitor, evaluate, and learn from watershed management interventions in India. It compiles existing methodologies into an...
by Vivek Grewal, Abhishek Das, Gopal Penny | Jan 9, 2025 | Technical Consulting / Blogs
Transforming Rainfed Agriculture with Groundwater Collectivisation An aerial view of Anantapur. Photo credit: Manram Collective This is the first installment of a two-part blog series detailing our findings from a monitoring and evaluation study of WASSAN’s...
by Veena Srinivasan, Vivek Grewal | Jun 26, 2024 | Urban Water / Op-eds
Why do parts of Maharashtra experience different water stress levels? Even when wells and reservoirs run dry in Marathwada, Maharashtra’s coastal areas experience severe flooding. After the deficient monsoon last year, the Maharashtra government declared many...
