Water Management

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December 27, 2019

This compendium by Dr Mihir Kumar Maitra answers all questions that will be of great use to practitioners engaged in both engineering and management aspects of watershed management in the field.

Watershed management in India (Image Source: India Water Portal)

December 26, 2019

Centre holds green signal to Kalasa-Banduri project

Policy matters this week

The Mandovi river disputed between Karnataka and Goa (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)

December 19, 2019

Parliamentary committee expresses disappointment over slow pace of Namami Gange

Policy matters this week

The Ganga at Varanasi (Source: India Water Portal Flickr Photos)

December 19, 2019

Only one out of five river basins in the country resilient to climate change: Study

News this week

Narmada river in Madhya Pradesh (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

December 18, 2019

Micro-irrigation and groundwater use

A study from Gujarat finds that micro-irrigation combined with metered power led to a reduction in uncontrolled groundwater extraction by farmers.

Micro-irrigation and its impact on groundwater (Image Source: India Water Portal)

December 13, 2019

Trading in virtual water

A study highlights the need to scale down the export of rice, maize, buffalo meat and other items to conserve groundwater in India.

A farmer uses a hosepipe to irrigate crops at her farm in Nilgiris mountains, Tamil Nadu (Image: Hamish John Appleby for IWMI, Flickr Commons, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Architecture of community program organisations and their data systems

A simple explanation is all you need to get your head around issues related to software technology and its use in community programs. Amita Bhaduri posted 1 month 2 weeks ago

Image courtesy: Pete Linforth from Pixabay

Data, data everywhere, but where?

Involving the community in a data framework with the right incentives will have the second-order benefit of the community becoming decision makers with respect to water use. Amita Bhaduri posted 1 month 2 weeks ago

The seamless flow of data from one program to another can be enabled if a few principles are kept in mind (Image: José Manuel Suárez, Wikimedia Commons)

Data-driven ‘water and agriculture’ planning: The big picture

If data was better organized and available for download in more ‘user-friendly’ formats, its utilization would improve manifold. Amita Bhaduri posted 1 month 2 weeks ago

The quality of our public data is highly variable, yet if analyses and interpretation are done keeping in mind some of the limitations, the datasets can be a precious resource at the meso and macro level. (Image: Pixabay)

Groundwater recharge needs grassroots solutions: A study of two techniques in Kerala

Although groundwater is emerging as a critical issue and has managed to encourage new government schemes, a generic solution of rainwater recharge cannot be applied across different regions. Amita Bhaduri posted 1 month 3 weeks ago

Rainwater is captured from the rooftop of the community hall and diverted to the sump before it is pumped into the open well. (Image by Authors)

New groundwater guidelines prohibit industries and mining in over-exploited zones

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 1 month 3 weeks ago

Centre issues revised guidelines for groundwater use (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)

Data, a reusable asset

Can we design capabilities to ingest, protect and use water data in ways that amplify value for its users? Amita Bhaduri posted 2 months ago

Water data needs to be liberated from the custody of one set of users and a single programme making it a reusable asset that each programme and actor builds on. (Image: Needpix)

Where does the water in a well come from?

In the water sector, the focus on fixing demand and supply is taking us away from the real problem - the unnoticed groundwater dependencies in ever-expanding urban India. aartikelkar posted 2 months ago

An open well in Maharashtra (Image Source: IWP Flickr photos) Image used for representational purposes only.

Jalyukt Shivar Abhiyan a low impact, high expenditure scheme: CAG

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 2 months 1 week ago

Deepening work in progress under the Jalyukt Shivar Abhiyan (Source: Ravindra Pomane)

Overexploitation of groundwater highest in Punjab: Government

News this week Swati Bansal posted 2 months 1 week ago

Overexploitation of groundwater highest in Punjab (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)

Decision Support Space: A concept

Are we wired to make bad decisions and how can a Decision Support Space (DSSpace) facilitate better decision-making about water systems in India? Amita Bhaduri posted 2 months 2 weeks ago