India

"Clean Your Act" - New book from CSE
New book from Center for Science and Environment: A practical book and film package on treating wastewater. Posted on 26 Feb, 2008 09:40 AM

The book would help households and institutions understand how to implement wastewater management. The book is priced at Rs.250/- only. CLEAN YOUR ACT is CSE's latest film on alternative ways to treat wastewater.

New book - "Governance of Water"
GOVERNANCE OF WATER: Institutional Alternatives and Political Economy Posted on 23 Feb, 2008 07:45 PM

SAFEWAT: Water purification system by Population Services International
SAFEWAT: Water purification system by Population Services International Posted on 18 Feb, 2008 11:15 AM

Most drinking water projects are designed for supply of treated water through pipes to communities ; this requires investment on infrastructure such as pumps, overhead tanks, supply pipes, water purification equipment and after the project, maintenance staff and funds; while all this calls for planning, funding and time to execute, yet we cannot be certain that the water delivered remains uncon

National Consultation Meet on developing a Citizens Report on water and sanitation in New Delhi
National Consultation: Citizens Report on Water and Sanitation Posted on 18 Feb, 2008 10:29 AM

A National Consultation Meet was organized by WaterAid towards developing a Citizens Report on Water and Sanitation in India was held on the 12th January 2008 at New Delhi.

Issues about the bottled water industry
Issues about the bottled water industry Posted on 15 Feb, 2008 09:52 AM

Bottled water as daily drinking water Thirty five years after Bisleri launched India's first bottled water, urban India is filled with numerous bottled water brands, some known, and some unknown. There are more then 250 brands and 2000 plus bottling plants across the country. The market for packaged drinking water is around Rs 10 billion and is growing at the rate of 40 percent per annum.

On the hidden cost of "free" water
David Foster is passionate about piped water supply to everyone including the poor. Posted on 09 Feb, 2008 07:36 PM

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According to David Foster, it is the cost of 'free' water :

NDMA guidelines for urban flood disaster management: Early warning systems installed in Mumbai
NDMA guidelines for urban flood disaster management: Early warning systems installed in Mumbai Posted on 04 Feb, 2008 04:06 AM

Two press releases on the work being done by the National Disaster Management Authority regarding early warning systems for flooding, guidelines for management of urban flooding and more : http://www.pibmumbai.gov.in/scripts/detail.asp?releaseId=E2008PR58

Call for volunteers to help with building a photo repository
Posted on 22 Jan, 2008 10:36 PM

Its an obviously useful thing for India Water Portal to have a photo repository with a free-use-with-acknowledgement license of some sort. But we have not had the opportunity to think through all the details on this. What is the best way to create this (Google Picasa, Flickr or some other tool) ? What are the details of the copyright that we would use. How would users upload their photos ?

A comprehensive book : "Rainwater Harvesting a New Concept to Utilize Rainwater and Secure the Future"
A comprehensive book : "Rainwater Harvesting a New Concept to Utilize Rainwater and Secure the Future" Posted on 19 Jan, 2008 10:53 PM

RAINWATER HARVESTING A NEW CONCEPT TO UTILIZE RAINWATER AND SECURE THE FUTURE [BASED ON IS:1172-1993 & IS:3370-1965 (PARTS I & II)] by Er. Kollegal. K. Meghashyam

The only book published so far in India covering the following

Treating the subject Rainwater Harvesting in A Comprehensive Manner

A collection of short films on Ecosan
A collection of short films on Ecosan
Posted on 13 Jan, 2008 11:54 AM

A quick introduction to Ecosan

Eco-san in a city

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