{"id":343515,"date":"2025-07-26T16:39:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T11:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=343515"},"modified":"2025-07-27T17:10:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T11:40:18","slug":"environmental-flow-e-flow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/environmental-flow-e-flow\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmental Flow (E-Flow)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The Union Jal Shakti Minister chaired a key meeting to ensure\u00a0environmental flow (e-flow) in the Ganga River and its tributaries, aiming to promote sustainable river management.<\/p>\n<h2>About Environmental Flow (E-Flow)<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 503px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/th.bing.com\/th\/id\/R.23784c94c8d089dff78f6b9f7f559457?rik=21gT1C4GjnRgng&amp;riu=http%3a%2f%2fdetroitaquarium.weebly.com%2fuploads%2f2%2f5%2f7%2f5%2f25755066%2fpublished%2ftransport-figure-lg.jpg%3f250&amp;ehk=HWeiArclgzfW6BUM5nd7CDkNBIGIS20Uh8JV9zHyqIk%3d&amp;risl=&amp;pid=ImgRaw&amp;r=0\" alt=\"Disruptions of the Great Lakes food webs - Belle Isle Aquarium\" width=\"503\" height=\"381\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: PIB<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Definition<\/strong>: E-flow refers to the <strong>quantity, timing, and quality<\/strong> of water flows required to sustain <strong>freshwater ecosystems<\/strong> and the <strong>livelihoods<\/strong> that depend on them.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Importance<\/strong>:\u00a0 It will maintain <strong>ecological integrity<\/strong> of rivers and their estuaries.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Human Benefit<\/strong>: It ensures <strong>human welfare<\/strong>, especially in regions with <strong>competitive and regulated water use<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Need for E-Flow<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>River Interventions<\/strong>: Dams, barrages, pollution, and encroachments have disrupted river systems.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Impact<\/strong>: Degraded aquatic biodiversity, reduced river self-cleaning capacity, and disturbed hydrological cycles.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Solution<\/strong>: E-flow ensures <strong>minimum water flow<\/strong> to preserve river health and sustain <strong>aquatic life<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aquatic Biodiversity<\/strong>: E-flow protects the <strong>habitat and breeding cycles<\/strong> of key fish and aquatic species.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Economic Benefits<\/strong>: Long-term <strong>livelihood security<\/strong> for communities depending on rivers (e.g., fisheries, agriculture).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The Union Jal Shakti Minister chaired a key meeting to ensure\u00a0environmental flow (e-flow) in the Ganga River and its tributaries, aiming to promote sustainable river management. About Environmental Flow (E-Flow) Definition: E-flow refers to the quantity, timing, and quality of water flows required to sustain freshwater ecosystems and the livelihoods that depend on them.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/environmental-flow-e-flow\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Environmental Flow (E-Flow)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":343568,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,12039],"tags":[11872,3590],"class_list":["post-343515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-pib","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Environmental-Flow-E-Flow.png?fit=1280%2C850&ssl=1","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=343515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/343568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}