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

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

Quenching the thirst - Success stories of Project FLOW

Ms Taru Mehta

The Bharti Airtel-TERI initiative provides safe drinking water access and raises awareness on water and sanitation in schools

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Events

Webinar on 'Circular Economy An Opportunity for Indian Businesses'

August 14, 2018
to August 14, 2018

TERI Council for Business Sustainability (CBS) is delighted to host the Fifth webinar in the series of 'Thought Leadership Webinar' for Indian companies and businesses.

TERI-ITEC Courses 2017-18: Course VIII - Integrated approach towards sustainable development

March 12, 2018
to March 29, 2018

About TERI-ITEC

TERI is empanelled by the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC), Government of India, for this programme. Under the TERI-ITEC programme, eight courses are being offered for the year 2017-18.

TERI-ITEC Courses 2017-18: Course VII - Natural Resource Security: Governance, Challenges and Opportunities

February 19, 2018
to March 9, 2018

About TERI-ITEC

TERI is empanelled by the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC), Government of India, for this programme. Under the TERI-ITEC programme, eight courses are being offered for the year 2017-18.

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News

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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Alternate solutions to our water woes

March 23, 2018
| Dr Syamal Kumar Sarkar
| The Statesman

In India, over 76 million people lack access to safe water, the population living in peri-urban areas, etc. The available water is not always safe and is contaminated. To augment the safe water availability, not only should the water be of potable quality, but the sources of supply have to be enhanced. Unlike conventional water supply through piped water, use of drinking water ponds in some rural coastal areas, or developing integrated tanks including revival of surface water ponds are examples of natural measures for augmenting the sources.

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Policy

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.

Enhancing water-use efficiency of thermal power plants in India: need for mandatory water audits

December 24, 2012

This policy brief discusses the challenges of water availability and opportunity to improve the water use efficiency in industries specially the thermal power plants. It presents TERI’s experience from comprehensive water audits conducted for thermal power plants in India. The findings indicate that there is a significant scope for saving water in the waste water discharge, cooling towers, ash handling systems, and the township water supply.

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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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