From Waterlogging to Water Security: Surat’s Innovative Groundwater Recharging Initiative
Rapid urbanisation and climate change are intensifying urban flooding across cities worldwide. In India, increasingly intense rainfall events, expanding impervious surfaces that prevent rainwater from soaking into the ground, and declining groundwater recharge have made waterlogging a recurring urban challenge. Surat, one of India’s fastest-growing cities, is home to over 8.2 million people (estimated population […]