Water management

Thrissur Mosque Muezzin Sharafudheen Musliyar took personal effort in routing the wastewater from the mosque to an adjacent two-acre patch of barren land for farming.

It took the team about ten years to clean 160 acres of the lake and its surroundings. But the process, as well as the end result, was deeply satisfying.

Even after changing houses and localities, the water situation did not improve, and Kalpana soon realised that the only way to resolve this, at least on a household level, was to start conserving water.

In the last few days, Shimla has been making headlines for the severe water shortage it has been facing, with residents having to wait for days to get clean water into their homes.

Days after India inaugurated the Kishanganga hydroelectric project in Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan has taken the matter to the World Bank.

The method uses a six-foot length of PVC pipe which is six inches wide, inserted 1.5 feet into the earth and in time can turn wet waste into manure. But how?

Through traditional water conservation methods, they have been able to resuscitate six check dams across the Artilahalla rivulet.

Following the philosophy that the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, about 35 residents of Vitthalwadi have adopted a one km stretch of the Mutha river.

A ‘Water Atlas’ which has just concluded mapping the physical and economic productivity of water available in India, is underway by the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations.

One of the most effective ways of conserving water in everyday life is greywater recycling. Here is all you need to know about this simple, safe and sustainable system.