Celebrating World Water Monitoring Day
On 18th September 2018, we celebrated the World Water Monitoring Day with students from International Community School, Kotagiri and members of Kotagiri Citizen’s Collective. We kicked off the event by visiting the spring near the Old Police Station in Kotagiri town where we could see sources of contamination affecting the spring. This was followed by […]
A Spring Atlas of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve (Beta version)
Introduction There is a lack of data on the number and locations of springs in the country as a whole. The Nilgiris is no exception to this. While local inhabitants can possibly reel off names of springs close to them, no one person/institution has data on the locations of all the springs in the region. […]
Spring Hydrograph of Happy Valley, Kotagiri
Keystone has been monitoring the spring discharge and water quality in Happy Valley with a view to build a long term dataset that would help in managing the water resources. The data and a spring hydrograph are shared below. The report uses the free Google Data Studio app.
Springs as water sources in the Nilgiris: An economics perspective
Have we ever wondered how much it costs to tap water from natural sources like springs and wells? Well, if you say that the water we receive at our houses is for free of cost, then you may need to read further to know the number of works that take place at different levels of […]
About Springs
Here’s a simplified understanding of Springs in the Nilgiris, particularly the upper areas. What are Springs? Springs are places in the soil or rock where groundwater emerges naturally. This could be a single point or a set of points close to each other. Springs that flow throughout the year are called perennial springs, whereas those […]
Map of springs inventory in the Coonoor region, The Nilgiris
Over the last two years, Keystone has been mapping locations of perennial springs along with some baseline data. This is a first attempt of its kind in the Nilgiris as far as we know. Certainly no map or list of springs in this landscape is readily available to the public. Here’s a map of the […]
Springs and wetlands in the Nilgiris
The Nilgiris is the source of important rivers like the Bhavani, Moyar, Chaliyar and Kabini. These rivers in turn are the lifeline of the communities that live on and near their banks. This year the monsoon has played truant and subsequently there is much less flow of water in the streams and storage levels in […]
