Conservation - Reducing Water Usage
Digital water infrastructure to help India become water independent
posted 2 weeks 2 days agoThe rising water crisis in India

Challenges to India’s urban water security and future growth patterns
posted 2 weeks 3 days agoLinkages between water security and socio-economic growth

Increasing water security for the urban underserved
posted 1 month 2 weeks agoPiramal Sarvajal, the safe drinking water initiative of Piramal Foundation launched a tool named Composite Water Vulnerability Index (CWVI) at its recent webinar on ‘Sustainable water security for urban underserved’ hosted in association with Center for Water and Sanitation (CWAS) and Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT).

Ahar pynes: Traditional flood harvesting systems of South Bihar
posted 1 month 3 weeks ago
Ahar pynes, the ingenious community managed irrigation systems of South Bihar

Leave no household behind
posted 1 month 4 weeks agoIn the early weeks of the lockdown, we, at Hindustan Unilever Foundation, had a rather humbling epiphany. We had all the data we needed on the households that we work with in our water conservation programmes: their landholding, crop choices, yields from each season, source of water, number of water conservation structures built, amount of water saved, and so on.

Data-driven ‘water and agriculture’ planning: The big picture
posted 3 months agoIndia is fortunate to have a rich tradition of public data collection and compilation.

Where does the water in a well come from?
posted 3 months 2 weeks agoThe environment versus development debate has increasingly become more polarised, with discussions in the public domain revealing a stark contrast of views. Development has increasingly come to symbolise ‘doing something’ and ensuring ‘visible outputs’, largely in the form of infrastructure.

IUKWC Virtual User Engagement Initiative 2020
posted 4 months 1 week agoIUKWC has put together a set of interviews with researchers from six Indo-UK projects that provide an overview of their research outputs and how these can support water operations, management and/or decision making.
Fully interactive - interviewees will be available to answer your questions during two hour windows
Tank desiltation scheme in Maharashtra: Policy concerns and way forward
posted 6 months agoTank systems of India

Repurposing microirrigation to deal with water woes
posted 6 months 2 weeks agoIndia is likely to face stark water scarcity in the coming decades as a result of excessive use, according to the World Resources Institute (WRI)’s Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas - a tool to visualise and assess water stress and drought and flood risk covering
