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Harnessing urban runoff to meet the water needs of the city. Image Source: Santosh Kumar via Wikimedia Commons.

Rainwater Harvesting

Can urban runoff be harvested to meet Indian cities’ growing water demands?

Aarti Kelkar Khambete

29 Sep 2026

6 min read

The women stand on the check dam they built while restoring the Baba Talaab. (Image: Parmarth Samaj Sevi Sansthan)

Rainwater Harvesting

How Bundelkhand’s women fought drought with iron pans and determination in Madhya Pradesh

15 Sep 2026

5 min read

Kalyani at Bhoganandishwara temple, Nandi hills, Bengaluru (Image: FES)

Rainwater Harvesting

A call for the Kalyani: How digital mapping is restoring Karnataka’s historic stepwells

Shilpi Roy Varghese

05 Sep 2026

5 min read

Residents of Tilthi village take children to safer places during the floods.

Why Does Uttar Pradesh’s Mirzapur Flood Every Year Despite A Steady Decline In Rainfall?

Brijendra Dubey

26 Sep 2025

14 min read

The rolling hills of Shillong, also known as the ‘Scotland of the East’

Tankers in the Abode of Clouds: Shillong’s Growing Water Crisis

01 Aug 2025

8 min read

Can water conservation drive both economic growth and climate adaptation? (Image: TBS)

Rainwater Harvesting

Book Review: Climate resilient socioeconomic growth through water conservation

13 Jun 2025

5 min read

Ahar Pyne system in Gaya, South Bihar (Image: Hindi Water Portal)

Rainwater Harvesting

Beyond revival: Ahar-pyne and social justice

24 Jan 2025

6 min read

Fish pond in West Bengal (Image: India Water Portal Flickr)

Rainwater Harvesting

Rainwater harvesting potential zones in Purulia

27 Oct 2024

4 min read

Jasmine on the fields as part of the groundwater collectivisation agreement at Kummara Vandla Palli village, Sri Satya Sai District. (Images: WASSAN/Swaran)

From scarcity to sharing: How farmers are managing groundwater in Rayalaseema

02 Jul 2024

4 min read

Borewell proliferation may dry up open wells (Image: FES)

Rainwater Harvesting

Decommissioning of open wells: Is all well in the Indian villages?

14 Jun 2024

5 min read

Towards sustainable groundwater management (Image: IWMI)

Rainwater Harvesting

Atal Bhujal Yojana: Bridging ambition with reality

09 May 2024

4 min read

A tanka covered with Khejri branches (Image: Swaran V)

Erring and recovering from water woes

25 Mar 2024

4 min read

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