2024 water funding gap report
Action Against Hunger released the 2024 Water Funding Gap report, finding that globally, only 36% of appeals for water- and sanitation-related funding were met in 2023, leaving a 64% gap. Despite dwindling
Drinking Water
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Water and sanitation: in-depth analysis of the general household survey 2002–2015 and community survey 2016 data
Statistics South Africa released the Water and Sanitation: an in-depth analysis of the General Household Survey, 2005-2015 and Community Survey 2016 data report, according to the report, nationally, 92,5%
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Kenya: Belgium Donates Sh2.6 Billion for Mavoko Water Project
Nairobi — Belgium has approved a donation of Sh2.6 billion to the government for the construction of the massive Mavoko Water Project. Speaking during the marking of the Belgian King's Day, Deputy Prime
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Kenya: Excitement in Remote Lamu Village as Water Begins Flowing in Pipes
Residents of the remote Kiwayu Island in Lamu County have for the first time had access to piped water. The county government spent Sh9 million in the 2015/2016 financial year to provide water to the
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Water rationing introduced as Bolivia drought worsens
Water shortages are affecting more than 300,000 people in La Paz. [Aizar RALDES/AFP] Authorities have declared water rationing in La Paz to be a permanent measure as the drought in Bolivia worsens.
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Next hearing in Yettinahole case on December 2
The National Green Tribunal, Delhi, will hear the arguments in the case against the Yettinahole project, filed by the Netravathi Samrakshana Samyukta Samiti, on December 2, said samiti president K. Vijaya
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Question raised in Lok Sabha on Depletion in Ground Water Level, 17/11/2016
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Depletion in Ground Water Level, 17/11/2016. Ground water is primarily being used for irrigation, drinking and industrial purposes. Due to growing urbanization, industrialization
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Question raised in Lok Sabha on Targets under Drinking Water and Sanitation Schemes, 17/11/2016
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Targets under Drinking Water and Sanitation Schemes, 17/11/2016. The State/UT-wise details of targets set and achievements made under National RuralDrinking Water Programme
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In the name of God and devotion: Is it really worth taking a dip in toxic Yamuna?
India is a land known for its countless religious festivals and rites. Unfortunately, a majority of the rituals are proving to be harmful for the environment. There are several photographs making rounds
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Let’s talk about groundwater, our water lifeline in the future
The need of the hour is ecological management of rivers looking at them as living, dynamic systems which needs to be people centric Parineeta Dandekar is the associate co-ordinator of SANDRP and member
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National Sub-Mission guidelines to provide safe drinking water in remaining arsenic and fluoride affected habitations in rural India on mission mode
About 76 percent of rural habitations in India have achieved a fully covered (FC) status, under the National Rural Drinking Water Program, with 40 liters per capita daily (lpcd), but this coverage is primarily