Unlocking Nature-Based Solutions

by WELL Labs Team, RMI Team | Jun 26, 2025 | Urban Water Publications

Unlocking Nature-Based Solutions Photo credit: WELL Labs Indian cities are experiencing heightened stress from extreme summer heat and increased flooding during monsoons. Rapid and often unplanned urban expansion has transformed natural landscapes into dense built-up...

Low-Cost, High-Impact: How Communities Can Monitor Their Water Futures

by Ishita Jalan | Jun 17, 2025 | Technical Consulting Blogs

Low-Cost, High-Impact: How Communities Can Monitor Their Water Futures A view of a field in Neemli village, Rajasthan. Photo credit: WELL Labs   Watershed management projects are critical to securing the livelihoods for Indian farmers—a majority of whom own less...

How Can We Measure Water Security Accurately?

by Aishwarya Joshi, Vivek Singh Grewal, Veena Srinivasan | Jun 2, 2025 | Technical Consulting Publications

How Can We Measure Water Security Accurately? Photo credit: WELL Labs India’s water crisis—driven by overuse, pollution, and climate change—demands better outcome-based tracking despite large investments in water management. WISER (Water Index for Sustainability,...

Hits and Misses: Water-based Climate Adaptation Interventions for Agriculture

by Lakshmikantha NR, Veena Srinivasan | Mar 6, 2025 | Technical Consulting Publications

Hits and Misses: Water-based Climate Adaptation Interventions for Agriculture Photo: A borewell connected to a local piped irrigation network in Kadiri, Andhra Pradesh. Credit: Nabina Chakraborty  Climate change adaptations based on water in agriculture can work well,...

Addressing Depletion in Alluvial Aquifers

by Partik Kumar, Veena Srinivasan | Jan 29, 2025 | Technical Consulting Publications

Addressing Depletion in Alluvial Aquifers The River Betwa, a tributary of the Ganga, flows pasts the Chhatris of Orchha, Madhya Pradesh. Credit: Sharvarism / Wikimedia Commons. CC-BY-SA-4.0 Partik Kumar and Veena Srinivasan argue that participatory groundwater...