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www.arghyam.org.
ABOUT ARGHYAM
Arghyam is a grant-making foundation with a
focus on groundwater and sanitation. It aims
to provide Safe, sustainable water for all and
supports initiatives that enhance equity in
access to water for all citizens of India. India
Water Portal, which is funded and managed
by Arghyam, is a collaborative effort, bringing
together many organisations and individuals
working on water.

Water impacts us all

but often, the stories
that are told are written
and understood only by
experts. Want to get involved?
Contribute content, spread the word about
IWP or volunteer in your neighbourhood.
If you have some time and would like to
lend us your valuable skills, join us wherever
you are in India. Volunteering is exible and
is designed to be a learning experience for
anyone interested in water or related themes.
It is a national knowledge portal for all things water,
set up by Arghyam on the National Knowledge Com-
missions recommendations in 2007. It covers issues
that inuence water or are related to it such as climate
change, sanitation and food security. Water impacts us
all but often, the stories that are told are written and
understood only by experts. Our goal is to have these
stories written, heard and understood by all.
Our distributed team engages with local individuals
and organisations all over India to highlight and provide
critical analyses on water-related issues. With about
1000 hours of travel between the team every month,
we benet greatly from our network and are able
to reach out to people in remote areas to bring out
unique local stories. In addition, we use the following
online and ofine sources:
WHAT IS INDIA WATER PORTAL (IWP)?
WHERE DO WE SOURCE OUR KNOWLEDGE FROM?
News, policy updates, reports, articles, discussions,
data published online from sources such as government,
academia, researchers,organisations, industry and
practitioners.
Q&A (which gets half of our trafc) is driven by discus-
sions from about 750+ users in 2013 alone. Our ofine
outreach / network includes about 300+ water experts
and organisations as of 2013, spanning 23 states.
INTERNET
IWPS ONLINE
COMMUNITY
Through our network and partners, we receive original
stories as well as updates of their work. We also curate
already published material with permission from the
authors.
PEOPLE &
ORGANISATIONS
IWP is the single largest portal of its kind in India
today with a strong user base that has repeat users.
In 2013 alone, we reached about 90,000 users every
month, with a peak of 130,000 users.
WHY COLLABORATE WITH IWP?
OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER REACHES MORE THAN
8000 INDIVIDUALS
TOUCHING 8000 FOLLOWERS ON TWITTER AS OF
JANUARY 2014
20 MEDIA PARTNERSHIPS TILL DATE AND A NETWORK
OF 500+ MEDIA PERSONS ACROSS INDIA
OUR CONTENT HAS BEEN REPUBLISHED BY OTHER
PRINT AND ONLINE PUBLICATIONS, A FEW HUNDRED
TIMES IN 2013 ALONE
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You! Whether you are a water expert looking for data
about government initiatives or detailed reports on
events, a curious citizen hoping to understand what the
fuss is about water scarcity and water contamination
or a student wanting to volunteer for a cause, you
will nd something on our Portal. You can even have
your questions answered by posting on the Portal or
browsing through our FAQs section.
WHO IS OUR AUDIENCE?
30 hydroelectric projects have
been planned in Kinnaur
district, Himachal Pradesh.
There is an immense cost to
the environment and to the
residents but the government
isnt letting up.
The Sethusamudram canal might aid shipping
trafc in the area but how will it impact the
sherfolk who totally depend on the sea and
the island for their livelihoods?
The Umananda island in Assam, which is the
smallest inhabited river island in the world,
holds people and primates at par.
An innovative idea by a farmer in Chen-
nimalai, Tamil Nadu lets farmers create
their own liquid manure out of the cow
dung and urine available in their own
farms.
left: 100 MW Tidong-I project,
Kinnaur HP
left: The sherfolk of Dhanushkodi
below: Umananda, the smallest inhabited river island in
the world
Above: Alagesan with the barrel used to ferment
cow dung
Drilling the hills to
devastation
Dhanushkodi: stuck between
science and religion
Umananda island uncovered
An organic manure factory for
Rs. 800 only
The MP government is
proposing a nuclear project
in Mandala district. Villagers
are wary about promises to
rehabilitate since similar
promises are yet unfullled
to the Bargi dam oustees
since 1990.
right: Bargi dam affected
Patha village, MP
Development or
displacement?
Our articles contain both topical as well as
feature stories, videos and photo essays
about important happenings from around
India. Those who crave data will find data
from government reports and data shared by
organisations in a clean, simple and workable
format. We follow hundreds of sources and
bring you a curated easy to read list of news
and policy matters in a daily and weekly
roundup.
WHAT KIND OF CONTENT DO WE FEATURE?