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Lake Rejuvenation Can Resolve Urban Water Issues, But Only if Done Scientifically
WELL Labs has partnered with DCB Bank and Friends of Lakes to demonstrate a scientific approach to lake rejuvenation that takes into account the ecology and communities’ needs.
What We Learnt from the Water Reuse Project in 2023
We uncovered gaps and opportunities in the wastewater treatment and reuse ecosystem and garnered interest from emerging water-intensive industries.
GRE Clinics: Matchmaking in the Development Sector
Under the Green Rural Economy initiative, we started ‘clinics’ to bring together people who need support or a service, and people who can help them.
How We Can Make Bengaluru’s Water Systems More Sustainable and Affordable
WELL Labs has partnered with the Swiss Federal Aquatic Institute of Science and Technology (Eawag) to research decentralised wastewater treatment and reuse and enable their adoption in Bengaluru for improved water security.
WELL Labs Partners with IHE Delft, ACIWRM to Develop Community-Driven Data Solutions
WELL Labs has partnered with ACIWRM and IHE Delft to understand and improve community-driven applications of remote sensing data in India’s Krishna river basin.
Drought in India: Can Businesses Play a Role in Collective Action for Water Security?
Published in Eco-Business
Remote Sensing in Rajasthan: Can Jaltol Buttress Traditional Johads?
We team up with Tarun Bharat Sangh to see how remote sensing can aid planning, impact evaluation and scaling up for johads, the traditional earthen embankments that are key to water conservation efforts in Rajasthan
Field Notes from Lohardaga: Easing How Jharkhand’s Grassroots Workers Access Knowledge
As part of the Green Rural Livelihoods project, we visited Lohardaga and got insights from the ground on how grassroots organisations like PRADAN support the livelihoods of local communities. We summarise five insights in the second part of this series.
Field Notes from Lohardaga: How a Grassroots Organisation in Jharkhand Shares Knowledge
As part of the Green Rural Economy project, we visited Lohardaga and got insights from the ground on how grassroots organisations like PRADAN support local communities with best practices on land and water management. We summarise our learnings in this two-part blog series.
Wastewater Conference: Turning Bengaluru into the ‘Silicon Valley for Water Innovation’
WELL Labs, along with the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG), and the Bangalore Apartments’ Federation (BAF) jointly organised the conference focused on wastewater treatment and reuse.
The Atal Bhujal Yojana, Meant to Address Groundwater Depletion, is Missing a Key Part of Water Flows
Published in Mongabay
A Package of Practices for Climate-Smart Agriculture
Over the past year, we have been working with our grassroots partner Prarambha and farming communities on a a curated, people-centric set of interventions to revive Raichur’s degraded lands and improve farmer incomes
How Often are India’s Farming Patterns Changing? With IIT Delhi, We Turn to New Land Use Maps for Answers
Remote sensing data validated through reports from the ground can capture changes in spatial agricultural patterns down to plot level. This blog sheds light on land use maps developed by IIT Delhi called IndiaSAT.
India is Running Out of Phosphorus. Does the Solution Lie in Our Sewage?
Published in The Hindu
WELL Labs Launch Event Proceedings: Research and Innovation for an Uncertain Future
Water, Environment, Land and Livelihoods (WELL) Labs was formally launched on July 26, 2023, at the India International Centre in New Delhi. This document summarises the keynote lecture and the panel discussion on what it will take to deliver a future for rural India that is both ecologically secure and economically vibrant.
Rural Water Security: How Our Vision for Jaltol Has Progressed
WELL Labs is co-developing with its partners simple user-friendly tools, under the Jaltol framework, to help us diagnose the magnitude of water mismanagement and track our progress towards water security.
Beyond the Jargon: 10 Key Takeaways from World Water Week 2023
WELL Labs Executive Director, Dr. Veena Srinivasan, led sessions on water and agriculture at World Water Week 2023, an annual event on global water issues organised by the Stockholm International Water Institute. She sums up 10 key insights from this year’s event in this blog post.
Restoring Landscapes and Improving Farmer Income, the People-Centric Way
Farmers in Karnataka’s Raichur district face falling income and struggle to cultivate in degraded land. WELL Labs is working with Prarambha to document concerns, build trust and identify ways to improve farmer income and sustain the ecology of the region.
Can Playbooks Promote Green Rural Livelihoods? Insights from Conversations With CSOs
Under the Green Rural Livelihoods project, we are working with Rainmatter Foundation to create how-to guides and playbooks.
Data to Insights: WELL Labs Tool Sifts Through Crop Statistics and Finds Cropping Patterns Within
In this blog, we explain how to use the agricultural statistics tool we developed that makes it easy to read and interpret data and thus build a more complete picture of a landscape and its cropping patterns.