Solution Exchange Consolidated reply: Strategy for Improving Urban Water Supply: Is 24/7 Water Supply Critical to Protecting Water Quality and Public Health?

A consolidated reply of experiences and examples shared by various members of the Solution Exchange Water…

Solution Exchange discussion: Adaptive capacity building of slum women to deal with deteriorating availability and quality of water- Examples; Referrals

A consolidated reply of experiences and examples shared by various members of the Solution Exchange Water…

Required a standard list of MET stations for improving access to rainfall data
At IWP, we have come across digital sources of daily rainfall data, available station wise over a period of 3-4 decades. We are interested to extract and build an application over this base data…
Need advice on a suitable pump for a well 35 ft deep in Alapuzha, Kerala

I have an open well that is around 35 feet deep. The water leval ranges from 5 feet to 30 feet depending on the season

The water has to be pumped over a distance of 500 meters to a tank that…

Ways in which urban dweller can reduce his impact on environment - Need experiences and inputs

Hi, I work for Arghyam (http://arghyam.org). I am currently working a personal project which aspires to map various ways by which…

Troubleshooting muddy bore water in Bangalore, Karnataka : What are the costs involved?

Hello,

Our borewell is sited at Cox Town, Bangalore with a depth of 215 ft and was dug around ten years ago. The well was being used for residential purposes and was a trouble free…

Need advice on installing a motor in borewell in Warangal, Andhra Pradesh

We have drilled a borewell in Warangal District, Andhra  Pradesh (November 2nd,2009) and are planning to install a motor. Installation of the motor is planned for after 2 to 3 months.

Need methods to improve water quality from RO purifier in a village - Test report attached

Please find attached the water test report concerning the bore water from our village. Our village does not have access to pure drinking water and with a view to providing the same a trust was…

Developing communication strategies for the drinking water sector - Need inputs to make the process effective

From Dara Johnston, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), New Delhi

Posted 03 December 2009

I work with…

Need details of a mineralizing unit for the conversion of distilled water into drinking water in a ship

Hello members,

I work on a ship. We generate distilled water from sea water for domestic use. However we can only use this water for bathing but it is not fit for drinking as it contains no…

Behaviour of borewell submersible pump electricity consumption with changing water tables in Bangalore, Karnataka

Let us take a given installation of a borewell with single/multistage fixed discharge submersible pump - i.e. the pump is fixed at a certain depth and the output end of the borewell is connected…

Developing a communication strategy for household drinking water - Inputs needed by UNICEF

I work with UNICEF’s India Country Office as Water Specialist in the Child’s Environment Programme. We are assisting the government to develop a communications strategy for behaviour change…

Borewell construction during rainy season in Hyderabad, AP - Need advice on the best time to drill

Hi Fellow Members/Experts,

Is it true that borewells are best drilled during summer and not during rainy season?

Is it possible to dig to user-specified depth (say 600 ft), even if…

Treating chlorine poisoning in a turtle in Bhubaneswar, Orissa : Need the estimate of residual chlorine in a water sample and its adverse effects on water organisms

I am a post-graduate student in Veterinary Surgery from Orissa Veterinary College. I am facing a great problem in treatment of an tortoise poisoned with the excess amount of residual chlorine in a…

Integrated Urban water management

I work with Arghyam on the Integrated…

Query from Mangalore, Karnataka : Can digging borewell within an existing well increase the yield

I have dug a well in my native place in Udupi (Mangalore, Karnataka). Rock was struck at 18 feet which was clasted at 24 feet. Water was struck from the rock fissue. There are two types of rock…

Generation of electricity from river Ken, Madhya Pradesh : Need to know feasibility & costs on a small scale

Is it possible to generate electricity from the flow of a river ? What are the costs involved on a small scale. Could a causeway that currently rus across the river be used to facilitate the same…

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