Water Management

Tanks are silver bullet for India's water woes; why they're disappearing, leaving us more vulnerable to a warming climate

A warming climate, bringing fewer rain days and more intense rainfall events in its wake, makes the role played by tanks even more critical.

Larsen & Toubro shares gain nearly 7% as construction arm wins 'large' water management orders

Shares of Larsen & Toubro on Monday advanced nearly 7 percent after the company said its construction arm has won "large" water management orders in Karnataka

Findings from Keeladi excavation site have a clear message for modern cities: Cherish your water, or perish

Today, as the peripheries of our cities experience a seasonal ‘Day Zero’ and our water future looks to become decidedly more temperamental, the Keeladi site almost serves as a ‘Back to the Future’ moment for our cities

India's water future threatened by the combined effect of climate change and rising demand

Given India’s rising population, wealth and accordingly, water use per capita, by 2030, India’s overall water use could easily double.

AAP, BJP joining hands for Okhla plant a welcome step, but political enmity may continue to hamper policy work in Delhi

Recently Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal jointly laid foundation for a sewage water treatment plant in Delhi, showing once again what a Centre-state harmony can do for Delhi

Chennai water crisis: Way ahead could encompass decentralised sewage treatment, solutions matching pain with gain

If by some miracle, the population shrank, our water bodies were restored, our economic model changed, and citizens voted for water management — the Chennai water crisis would vanish.

Firstpost Editor's Picks: Amit Shah's vision, Nirmala Sitharaman's promise, Coco Gauff's comeback; today's must-read stories

The Kashmir Assembly elections will be held at some time down the road. It is then that Amit Shah’s political coming of age at the national level will be judged

Chennai water crisis: How 'great' teamwork, muddy data enabled poor management and engineered a disaster

Chennai is overdrawing its ground water 1.85 times. The false sense of plenty is one possible reason why we have managed our water so poorly. But the second possible explanation for poor management is the lack of a good incentive mechanism — either for our politicians or our bureaucracy.

In South Asia, agricultural reforms and urban accountability key to water management

Water problems in South Asia are on the rise due to wasteful flood irrigation, government incentives of free electricity and market incentives. Most important for water management are agricultural reforms and accountability of urban population.

Chennai water crisis: Why provision, while alluring, couldn't slake a growing city's thirst

Quenching Chennai’s thirst by leaning solely on provision is like trying to fill the fabled yaksha’s seventh pot of gold.