During the summers, women in Maharashtra’s Nashik rappel down the well and spend hours waiting for water to seep into ditches at the bottom. Nashik, India – Two years ago, […]
Ground Water Goes Down, Rs 6K Cr Atal Jal Yojana Launched
Target – Sustainable Management With Community Participation Delhi and major cities show more than 4 mtr decline in ground water levels. NEW DELHI, Nov 29 (The CONNECT) – Ground water […]
As farmers exult, let’s not forget the perils of ignoring water crisis
The battleground appears to have shifted in the farmers’ protest from the repeal of the three farm laws to a legally binding MSP. Leaving aside issues of implementation-practicality, the several-billion-dollar […]
Steps to Control water depletion and promote Rain water harvesting
Steps taken by the Central Government to control water depletion and promote Rain water harvesting / conservation are as under: 1. Humble Prime Minister has written a letter to all […]
Bopal, Vatva areas of Ahmedabad sinking along with groundwater levels
AHMEDABAD: Amdavadis are pumping so much water from the ground that parts of the city are sinking. A recent study by the Institute of Seismological Research has found a strong […]
Vardhman Envirotech: expanding by making world water positive
The teaching case on Vardhman Envirotech is now published by Emerald Emerging Market case study. https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/EEMCS-05-2021-0164/full/html Vardhman Envirotech: expanding by making world water positive Amarpreet Singh Ghura and Abhishek, Introduction […]
Bore well Recharge : An environment friendly initiative
Water resource is being categorised as a renewable energy source, which means, natural water resources can be easily replenished back to nature. But it is rightly said that overdo of […]
Dug Well
Introduction The traditional and still most common method of obtaining water from groundwater sources in rural areas of the developing world is by means of hand-dug wells (WATERAID 2008).In contrast to […]
Community water systems obtain water from two sources
Community water systems obtain water from two sources: Surface water Ground water. Groundwater: Groundwater must be pumped from an aquifer to the earth’s surface for use. Consumers receive their water from one of two sources: a private well, or […]
Piezometer
A Piezometer is either a device used to measure liquid pressure in a system by measuring the height to which a column of the liquid rises against gravity, or a device which measures the […]