by Smita Kumar, Cheshta Rajora, Rashmi Kulranjan | Jun 13, 2023 | Urban Water Blogs
A Visionary Architect and a New Growth Model: What’s Behind the Rise of Sponge Cities in China? Dong’an Wetland Park in the city of Sanya in China’s Hainan Island, an example of a sponge city designed by Kongjian Yu. Credit: Turenscape Kongjian Yu was only...
by Veena Srinivasan | May 7, 2023 | Urban Water Press & Media
Explained | What did India’s first national water-body census find? A view of the Bhavani river. Photo by Rashmi Kulranjan Water bodies are increasingly under threat from pollution, encroachment, urbanisation, and drying India is facing a water crisis with groundwater...
by Shreya Nath | Apr 1, 2023 | Urban Water Press & Media
Wanted: A plan to quench Bengaluru’s thirst People washing their autorickshaws at an outlet of Bengaluru’s Jakkur lake. Photo by Rashmi Kulranjan Managing and utilising Bengaluru’s abundant rain to reduce the city’s piped water demand needs a...
by Lakshmi Pranuti Choppakatla, Craig Dsouza, Ashish Kumar | Feb 10, 2023 | Technical Consulting Blogs
Field Notes from Jharkhand: Testing Jaltol on The Ground With WASSAN On a bright November morning in Dhodrobaru village in southern Jharkhand, around 45 villagers gathered for a tricky budgeting exercise — estimating crop water use in the region. They were split into...
by Sneha Singh, Shashank Palur | Feb 7, 2023 | Urban Water Blogs
Understanding Wastewater Reuse: 5 Learnings from the IWA International Conference We participated in the International Water Association’s 13th international conference held in Chennai in January. The theme of this year’s event was ‘Water Reuse: Overcoming the...
