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- HT: Jal Sahelis to the rescue in UP districts: August 08, 2012
- HT: Despite water, govt apathy is on tap here: August 02, 2012
- IE: Status of water: August 01, 2012
- HT: Thirst in the land of malhaar: July 23, 2012
- HT: Lack of political will and red-tape will deepen India’s water crisis: June 21, 2012
- HT: Water is not a luxury item: May 16, 2012
- HT: India’s water warriors: March 22, 2012
- Forest officers idea on rainwater harvesting helped rejuvenate the dying Himalayan springs in Sikkim -LM: March 22, 2012
- LM: Our mission is safe and sustainable water for all: October 05, 2011
- HT: Levels of bacteria in water shocking: September 11, 2011
- LM: Doing more with less water key for companies’ growth: September 06, 2011
- IE: Conflicts over water might well spark unrest elsewhere in Maharashtra too: August 16, 2011
- IE: Source is a dam that farmers bank on, target of supply is a growing township: August 11, 2011
- HT: State amends river policy for safer drinking water: June 23, 2011
- DNA: Maharashtra water bill a sell-out to private players, say activists: April 21, 2011
- MM: Thirsty Ambernath seethes at Railway’s new dam plan: April 18, 2011
- HT: India sitting on water disaster: March 24, 2011
- IE: Water 24×7 is not just a pipe dream: March 09, 2011
- IE: Vijayawada’s water for all is a first in India: February 09, 2011
- TOI: Sceptical citizens demand water-tight policies: January 22, 2011
- DNA: No drinking water at 31% of Maharashtra schools: Survey: January 16, 2011
- DNA: Mumbai loses over 1,500 million litres of water to evaporation daily: December 31, 2010
- DNA: Digging borewells may contaminate the water table: December 30, 2010
- DNA: Walkeshwar to get steady water supply: December 29, 2010
- HT: There’s serious danger in your drinking water: December 17, 2010
- IE: 24×7 water for all: November 24, 2010
- BS: Why india has a drink problem: November 04, 2010
- TOI: Film-maker takes up cudgels for water conservation: October 04, 2010
- LM: Safe drinking water: time to act: September 20, 2010
- MM: Pay more if you use more water: September 17, 2010
- TOI: Most Indian water purifiers don’t filter viruses: NIV: September 17, 2010
- LM: Chennai tries to fix its water woes: September 16, 2010
- ET: Water: The country’s inconvenient truth: August 30, 2010
- LM: Let’s look at the nature of demand for bottled water in urban India: August 20, 2010
- IE: Plan panel mulls cess on groundwater usage: August 11, 2010
- HT: Water transport plans to begin in ’11: July 15, 2010
- TOI:Green alert sounded for coastal waters & fishing zones being ruined by industrial&domestic waste -July 03, 2010
- DNA: Soon, water recycling a must for high-rises in Mumbai: June 24, 2010
- TOI: Waste water recycling gains ground: May 10, 2010
- DNA: Mumbai hooked on water tankers: May 10, 2010
- FE: A Sardar Sarovar riddle: April 19, 2010
- HT: Security a pipe dream?: March 30, 2010
- HT: 50 ruptures in past 5 years: March 17, 2010
- HT: State to log on to check water pollution: March 21, 2010
- DNA: 30m litres of water lost in Mumbai since Jan 2009: March 31, 2010
- Water in tankers found unsafe to drink: March 23, 2010
- DNA: Pollution levels high in all water bodies in Mumbai: March 23, 2010
- Students’ role in saving water vital: March 23, 2010
- DNA: Don’t lose your waterfront. It will be hard to get it back: January 31, 2010
- TOI: Toothless, BMC makes little progress on water pilferage: January 19, 2010
- HT: Treat, recycle sewage water: September 02, 2009
- LM: Water and sanitation for all: August 21, 2009
- DNA: Israel has balm for city’s water woes: August 07, 2009
- BS: Clean water to the doorsteps of parched throats: July 24, 2009
- ET: Residents and the government bodies to tighten their belts to save River Yamuna: June 05, 09
- ET: People need to be involved in the protection of water around them: June 05, 2009
- ET: To save every single drop: June 05, 2009
- IE: Lessons on wise management of water in June: May 27, 2009
- ET: Water scarcity and development: May 26, 2009
- LM: Meet the mineral water baba: The miracle healer: April 07, 2009
- TOI: Push water conservation before it’s too late: March 12, 2009
- LM: Yet Another ‘Footprint’ to Worry About: Water: February 18, 2009
- DNA: Water water… not a quality drop to drink: December 23, 2008
- DNA: 12.5% of city water is contaminated: September 12, 2008
- TOI: State looks at recycling to fix water woes: August 25, 2008
- IE: Housing societies finding suddenly larger bills prepare to cut down usage: August 19, 2008
- LM: Centre wants states to chip in more for drinking water plan: August 05, 2008
- TOI: Water study predicts huge rise in demand: August 04, 2008
- TOI: BMC to try out imported water meters for city: June 20, 2008
- LM: In rural Punjab, drinking water is becoming a silent killer: May 19, 2008
- IE: Pipes laid, taps turned on and then, the wait for funds: May 09, 2008
- LM: Clean drinking water for all: April 16, 2008
- DNA: Going natural in search of pure water: April 01, 2008
- DNA: A million litres of water can be saved: March 21, 2008
- DNA: Your tap is the answer to city’s water woes: March 21, 2008
- DNA : Water privatisation report is baseless : Nov 16,2007
- IE : Civic body not to carry out water reforms through private agencies : Oct 23,2007
- IE : Outsourcing: 3 yrs later, Navi Mumbai corpn is smiling :Oct 3 , 2007 -17 contractors for 17 regions; a monthly saving of Rs 10 lakh and fewer citizens’ complaints
- ET : Is a serious water crisis inevitable? : Three experts suggest possible solutions : Nov 21, 2006 -A stark disparity plagues distribution of potable water in India
- ET : India may run dry by ’20 : Oct 12, 2005 -World Bank has warned that India might face severe water scarcity in the next two decades
- DNA : BMC’s water supply project flows into trouble : May 16, 2006 -BMC said it would not raise the tariff in K-East and had no intention to privatise the supply
- DNA : BMC Appoints French firm as consultant for water privatisation project : Dec 9, 2007 -BMC earned a revenue of Rs 46 crore from water supply to K-east ward during 2004-05
- TOI : Tamil Nadu to get more from Cauvery : Feb 6, 2007 -Cauvery is the 4th longest river in the South after Godavari, Krishna & Mahanadi
- TOI : State Draws Up Rs 261-Crore Plan To Ensure Metro Region Gets Water : Dec 8, 2006 -Water pipelines in several parts of the region were severely damaged
- IE : For 24×7 supply, water reforms in BMC’s pipeline : Oct 28, 2006 -By next month, specially appointed agencies will be working the plan
- ET : Privatising Water in all states : Jun 21, 2006 -Water distribution in the country is going through a quiet revolution
- TOI : 24×7 Water in 5 Years : Sept 6, 2007 -BMC Says It Can Provide Water Round The Clock Without Taking A Private Agency’s Help
- TOI : 24/7 Water Supply – BMC is Inept, say WB consultants : Jun 2, 2007 -BMC does not lack financial resources or smart well-qualified engineers.
- TOI : India’s Cities Have More Water Than Most Cities in the World : Apr 22, 2007 -Guwahati sits on the Brahmaputra River but people get water for only two hours.
- IE : Next JNNURM Hope is Also Water Supply : Feb 29, 2007 -Plans aim to improve water supply to the financial capital.
- DNA : BMC Surveys Show Wide Disparities in Domestic Consumption of Water : Apr 1, 2007 -Faulty water meters and low usage charges encourage Mumbaikars for wastage.
- DNA : Summer Oonset Spurs Water Woes : Apr 4, 2007 -BMC promises an additional 300 million litres daily by this June.
- TOI : World Bank to lend $4 bn for water plans : Oct 6, 205 -World Bank will increase water lendings to India from $200 million to about one billion dollars
- TOI : Vaitarna plan gets nod, more water from 2011 : Feb 23, 2007 -The project will supply 455 million litres per day after completion
- TOI : State Draws Up Rs 261-Crore Plan To Ensure Metro Region Gets Water : Dec 8, 2006 -Water pipelines in several parts of the region were severely damaged
- TOI : BMC pipe dreams yet to take off : Aug 22, 2006 -BMC is yet to lay pipelines to carry the additional water
- TOI : Saurashtra ‘water women’ make a splash : Jun 8, 2005 -Women providing succour to hundreds of water-starved people
- TOI : City flushes 30% of water down the toilet : Dec 28, 2006 -An average Mumbaiite uses up 45 litres in the toilet, thanks to outdated flush tanks.
- TOI : Bleak outlook on river water quality – Pollution Level Has Increased In River : Nov 11, 2005 -Biggest problem is that sewage treatment nowhere matches the quantities of waste generated
- MM : Rs. 388 crore lost in water leakage in Mumbai : Jun 13, 2006 -BMC says 600 million litres of water is wasted each day due to leakages
- IE: Drenched in subsidies – Why do poor pay more for water? : Nov 10, 2006 -Global water crisis is not one of physical scarcity but rooted in poverty and inequality
- IE : Water stolen, but ‘unaccounted for’ : Dec 28, 2006 -Leakages and incidents of theft comprise an astounding 10 to 15 per cent of water supply
- ET : Building of water infrastructure needs to be taken up on a war footing : Jun 2, 2006 -One way of preventing problems is to promote community systems of water delivery.
- Rivers
  - HT: Water conservation: March 22, 2012
  - TOI: Several rivers have vanished or exist only as nullahs: March 25, 2009
  - IE: Bihar is undone by disaster, it is time to commit to long-delayed water mngt projects: Sep 02,08

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