When Pigs Fly: Rainbow Drive Layout's efforts towards water sustainability - Citizens at the centre of Integrated Urban Water Management
The Rainbow Drive Layout community in Bangalore represent impressive achievements for an urban community in managing its water in a more sustainable and integrated manner.
Boiling Point: Containing the spill over of climate change in the Indian subcontinent - A report by Sustainable Environment and Ecological Development Society (SEEDS)
This report discusses the impact of climatic changes on the environment and on food, water security issues and livelihoods of communities in India.
Longest toilet queue campaign by WaterAid Orissa in Puri
Report on the world's longest toilet queue on 20th March 2010 at Puri sea beach.
Proceedings of the Rainwater Harvesting Mela 2010 held on the occasion of World Water Day by Arghyam in Bangalore
Report on the Rainwater Harvesting Mela event in Bangalore, conceived with the purpose of making it easier for citizens to access the service providers for RWH.
Dams, Rivers & People - Feb/March edition of SANDRP newsletter
The February/March 2010 issue of SANDRP Newsletter features "Kerala’s initiative to desilt reservoirs: the Euphoria & the Concerns" and other articles.
Model for self-financing ecological sustainable local development projects for the world's poor - Full year e-learning course
This article is about Model's website describes the principles and techniques of self-financing, ecological, sustainable local integrated development projects for the world's poor in detail.
NWS has developed a self sustainable flush toilet system - SMARTSAN
NWS has developed a self sustainable flush toilet system (SMARTSAN)principle where naturally-occurring micro-organisms are selected as a biological additive to the digester tank.
Bharat Integrated Social Welfare Agency (BISWA) ,Orissa, organises Clean water for healthy world program
BISWA, Orissa organises a meeting for the Head Office based staff members on ‘Clean Water for Healthy World’ program.
Proper planning needed for water conservation
Water is main source of life and the chief concern for the society is water conservation.
India could lead the world by supporting a new global drinking water project
The H2O trust is serious about providing New Global Clean Drinking Water SVD project in which water will be manufactured in a sustainable way.
200 ft deep well needed for rain water storage so that it is used to recharge underground water pockets
The article is about the need for deep wells for rain water storage so that it can be used for groundwater recharge.
Using dried wells to enrich deep level under ground water pockets
This article is about recharging groundwater using dried open wells, where clean rain water is made to enter the well, subsequently flowing to the underground water packets.
200 ft deep wells , in the corner of roads/parks , needed for rain water harvesting in cities
The article is about the need for 200ft deep wells in the corner of roads or parks, which help in harvesting rainwater and contribute to the urban water requirement.
New farm practice for rice crop : A Lok Sabha response
Minister of state in the ministry of agriculture ,Prof.K.V.Thomas, states the need for SRI cultivation of rice crops.
Water owned by all and used by all
This blog seeks to introduce the idea of common pool resources, on which there is a whole new body of work coming up.
A broken down school in Givha, Saharsa district, Bihar, destroyed in the floods after the Kusaha breached in 2008
This article voices the agitation of the people of Saharsa District in Bihar for building an embankment on the Kosi River, which destroyed many people and property in the 2008 flood.
An innovative way of sharing diminishing groundwater introduced by APDAI
The villages of AP villagers share groundwater, a practice introduced by the World Bank’s pilot project - The Andhra Pradesh Drought Adaptation Initiative (APDAI).
Bioremediation of turbid surface water using seed extract from Moringa Oleifera Lam (Drumstick Tree)
This research paper describes an indigenous water treatment method, that uses Drumstick seeds as an effective natural clarification agent for highly turbid and untreated pathogenic surface water.
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