Water

As India heads towards an ever deepening water crisis, we seek to create efficient solutions for managing water resources. These include various initiatives to promote water conservation on the one hand, and on the other, to improve water use efficiency in industrial, domestic and agriculture sectors. To achieve our goal of ensuring long term sustainability of water resources, we focus keenly on policy interventions as well as developing the knowledge and capabilities of all our stakeholders.

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    Are our industries water smart?

    Industrial water use needs to be benchmarked. This will assist policymakers for enhancing industrial water use efficiency in India

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    A resilient planet needs water cooperation

    Why we need water-tight frameworks to resolve disputes

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    Interview

    How safe is the water that is supplied in our homes?

    Understanding groundwater contamination in India

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    Policy Brief

    Water neutral electricity production in India

    Power plants are reported to be accounting for 87.8% of total industrial water consumption in the country

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    When every drop counts

    An inspiring story of how Barmer revived rainwater harvesting to give livelihood and drinking water security to poor families

     

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Projects

water audit at rail coach

Auditing water for the Rail Coach Factory in Kapurthala in Punjab

benchmarking industrial water use

Benchmarking water use for efficient deployment in industries

lakes of hyderabad

Assessing impact of developmental activities on the lakes of Hyderabad

Articles

The need for sustainable water indicators for cities in India

Mr Nathaniel B Dkhar
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Ms Sonia Grover

How safe is the water that is supplied in our homes?

Mr Anshuman

Understanding groundwater contamination in India - Conversation with Anshuman, Associate Director, Water Resources, TERI

Water-food-energy nexus in India

Ms Prakriti Prajapati

In these times of agriculture crisis and falling water tables, it is important to rework policies to better address key challenges in the irrigation-power space

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Events

World Sustainable Development Summit 2019

February 11, 2019
to February 13, 2019

Chennai Regional Dialogue on 'Clean Oceans'

December 7, 2018
to December 7, 2018

TERI in collaboration with the Ministry of Earth Sciences, will be holding national level discussions on the theme of 'Clean Oceans' at the Chennai Regional Dialogue which will be held as a pre-event in the run up to the World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS), 2019.

Pravah....go with the FLOW

October 9, 2018
to October 31, 2018

The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in collaboration with Bharti Infratel has implemented Project FLOW since 2015. FLOW is an acronym which stands for Facilitating Learning on WASH. It aims to translate awareness and knowledge into action by educating school children and youth on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) issues.

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News

Improving water management in States

October 12, 2018
| Dr Syamal Kumar Sarkar
| The Hindu Business Line

India's water sector has entered a stressed phase, and is likely to move into scarcity mode in the near future. It is projected that the country’s water demand by 2030 will be twice the available supply, implying severe water scarcity for hundreds of millions of people and an eventual loss of about 6 per cent of the country’s gross domestic product.

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Firming up principles of water sharing

July 24, 2018
| Dr Syamal Kumar Sarkar
| The Hindu Business Line

The apex court guidelines are important tools in resolving water allocation to various States, and the policy-makers, tribunals or water managers can effectively use them. The February 16, 2018, judgment of the Supreme Court relating to Cauvery water dispute is a landmark one in the context of water resource management, especially in resolving any water-sharing dispute. The judgment is the culmination of a long-drawn litigation against the Cauvery Tribunal award 2007 by States such as Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Puducherry.

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Big worry

June 22, 2018
| Mr Nitya Nanda
| The Telegraph

According to the West Bengal Pollution Control Board, in more than half of the blocks of Bengal, the water level is falling by 20 centimetres a year on average. In tandem, arsenic and fluoride contamination is also increasing. In rural areas, drinking water supply is largely dependent on non-electrified tube wells. Many such tube wells have already failed, while many of them are yielding contaminated water, creating a drinking water crisis. The falling water table has also led to the drying up of many water bodies, with a serious impact on local flora, fauna and the ecology.

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Policy

Aligning India's water resource policies with the SDGs

November 6, 2018

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, provides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future. At its heart are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are an urgent call for action by all countries. The SDGs recognize that ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand-in-hand with strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequality, and spur economic growth – all while tackling climate change.

Water Neutral Electricity Production in India: Avoiding the Unmanageable

December 14, 2016

Water scarcity has the potential to impact the financial viability of thermal power plants by affecting the project’s rate of return. This could be due to delays in project execution leading to cost escalation and revenue losses, as well as due to affects during the operating life of the project. During operations, any drop in plant load factor may reduce the revenues.

Discussion Paper : Perspectives on a Water Resource Policy for India

October 30, 2014

India sustains nearly 17 per cent of the world's population but is endowed with just four per cent of global water resources. About 50 per cent of annual precipitation is received in just about 15 days in a year, which is not being brought to productive use due to limited storage capacity of 36 per cent of utilizable resources (252 BCM out of 690 BCM). Leakage and inefficiencies in the water supply system waste nearly 50 per cent of usable water. The ground water level is declining at the rate of 10 cm per year. Over 70 per cent of surface water and ground water resources are contaminated.

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Services

Multidisciplinary research on natural resource conservation

We conduct water audits and quality testing that typically include: Estimation of building water use; recommendations of water saving fixtures; estimation of landscape water demand based on input on the soft areas, plant species factors, and the climatic factors; estimation of rainwater harvesting potential and recommendations on the reuse and recycling of treated waste water and rainwater, and appropriate waste-water management schemes and systems.

Team

Mr Anshuman

Associate Director, Water Resources

Ms Sonia Grover

Area Convenor, Water Resources Policy & Management

Dr Shresth Tayal

Area Convenor, Centre for Himalayan Ecology
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