Explained | What did India’s first national water-body census find?

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...

Wanted: A Plan to Quench Bengaluru’s Thirst

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...

Field Notes from Jharkhand: Testing Jaltol on The Ground With WASSAN

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...

Understanding Wastewater Reuse: 5 Learnings from the IWA International Conference

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...

Jaltol & Water Security: How Do We Track Impact at a Finer Scale?

by Craig Dsouza | Jan 23, 2023 | Technical Consulting Blogs

Jaltol & Water Security: How Do We Track Impact at a Finer Scale? Instead of overall evapotranspiration (ET) rates, it is necessary to sharpen our estimates to understand the impact of different interventions. Illustration by Aparna Nambiar.   Chiranjit Guha...