India
Review of effectiveness of rural water supply schemes in India - a World Bank report
Posted on 29 May, 2009 10:16 AMThis report by the World Bank includes a large-scale empirical analysis of the traditional target-driven (supply-driven) programs of the Government and the more recent model of decentralized community-driven approaches and is based on a survey that covers about 40000 rural households across 10 states in India and cov
Effect of climate change on water resources - a preliminary consolidated report by Central Water Commission and the National Institute of Hydrology
Posted on 28 May, 2009 01:12 PMThis report on the Effect of Climate Change on Water Resources, prepared by the Central Water Commission and the National Institute of Hydrology, under the guidance of the Ministry of Water Resources in 2008, is one of the first official reports made available by the Government of India, of a reliable quantitative assessment based on field data, of the likely effect of climate change on the availability of water resources, i.e. on the glaciers and snow melt, on rainfall and their effect on run off into the river system and their contribution to ground water.
Disease burden due to inadequate water and sanitation facilities in India - Sulabh International Academy of Environmental Sanitation
Posted on 28 May, 2009 09:54 AMThis report presents the findings of a study conducted by the
Wake up call on reservoir siltation nationwide
Posted on 28 May, 2009 09:30 AM"Wake up call on reservoir siltation nationwide", is a note by Himanshu Thakkar & Swarup Bhattacharyya, written in October 2006, on how storage capacities of the reservoirs have been dropping at an alarming rate, and how little is being to done to stop the wastage.
Panchayati raj and water resources management in India - law and policy
Posted on 27 May, 2009 04:40 PMThis paper presented at the workshop on "Policy Futures for Water Resources Management in India: From prescription and impact assessment to strategic analysis," 3-5 October 2002, IWMI/ICRISAT, Patancheru (Hyderabad), A P, India by
Water law in India - overview of existing framework and proposed reforms (2007)
Posted on 27 May, 2009 04:25 PMThis working paper published on the International Environmental Law Research Centre (IELRC) site maps out the relevant legal framework concerning water in India. The first section delineates water law as it evolved until recently. The second section then examines proposed and ongoing water law reforms that are in the process of completely redrawing India's water legal framework.
State responsibility in drinking water sector - an overview of Indian scenario (2007)
Posted on 27 May, 2009 03:59 PMThis paper published on the International Environmental Law Research Centre (IELRC) site examines the performance of the obligation by Indian State in terms of universalising access to drinking water to its population.
The right to water - an overview of the Indian legal regime (2006)
Posted on 27 May, 2009 03:46 PMThis paper published on the International Environmental Law Research Centre (IELRC) site begins with outlining the specific provisions of the Constitution of India and some of the significant statutes that help understand the position of the right to water.
Pepsico India's efforts to achieve a positive water balance as a corporate initiative (2007)
Posted on 26 May, 2009 12:48 PMThis multinational soft drinks, bottled water and food products manufacturer is currently engaged in an effort to reduce water consumption with the ambitious goal of achieving a positive water balance, or in other words going even beyond zero water balance.
Down the borewell hole ! Unique video footage
Posted on 26 May, 2009 11:12 AMMr. P. Ganesh of Ayyappa Aqua Solutions has invented a technique of lowering a camera with a flashlight down a borewell hole in order to understand what is going on inside. (Mr. Ganesh specializes in hydrofracturing which is a process of using high pressure water to crumble rock and open up fissures in order to rejuvenate borewells that have gone dry).