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10 Ways Farmers Are Saving Water | CUESA
As California faces a historic drought, many farmers are relying on groundwater reserves to carry them through the dry season. Pumping groundwater is currently unregulated in California (that could soon change), and drawing on...
The World’s Largest Ocean Cleanup Has Officially Begun
Ambitious dreams have now become a reality as the Ocean Cleanup deploys its $20 million system designed to clean up the 1.8 trillion pieces of trash floating in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Check...
NITI Aayog plans setting up desalination plants along 7,800-km coastline
NITI Aayog is working on a plan to set-up desalination plants along India’s 7,800-km coastline, according to a report in The Economic Times. The plants will desalinate sea water which would then be supplied...
Domestic Water Harvesting Ideas by Prof. Manohar Khushalani
Presented here are some design ideas in domestic Water Harvesting. The Dimensions are indicative and will vary as per local conditions and situation.
THROWBACK: How China’s ‘sponge cities’ aim to re-use 70% of rainwater
Groundwater over-extraction, waterway degradation, and urban flooding are forcing China’s cities to address a vicious cycle. Sprawling urban development and use of impervious material prevent soil from absorbing rainwater, prompting further investment in infrastructures...
Will Government Consider Forest Aquifers to Supply Drinking Water to Cities?
Water experts have said that the two principal unpolluted and perennial sources of water are the water in the ground below forests and the aquifers beneath rivers’ floodplains read on… https://thewire.in/environment/will-government-consider-forest-aquifers-to-supply-drinking-water-to-cities
Groundwater overexploited in 16% of talukas, mandals, blocks, at ‘critical’ levels in 4% of wells examined – Firstpost
Groundwater level in 16 percent of the taluka, mandal, block level units in the country fall under the “over-exploited” category, while 4 percent falls under the “critical” category, government data show. Groundwater level of...
Ancient Peruvian Water-Harvesting System Could Lessen Modern Water Shortages | VOA
Sometimes, modern problems require ancient solutions. A 1,400-year-old Peruvian water-diverting method could supply up to 40,000 Olympic-size swimming pools’ worth of water to present-day Lima each year, according to new research published in Nature...