Political

Climate change treaty : The deal of our life
Deepa Gupta calls for everyone to work together and make negotiators realise that they're not negotiating in a bubble when it comes to climate change Posted on 16 Jun, 2009 12:49 AM

December this year in Copenhagen the countries of the world are going to sign a treaty that will change our life as we know it. Their commitments today will affect our quality of life tomorrow.

Village level maps of population, cultivation, number of wells and water supply Chamrajanagar taluk, Karnataka, used as basic indicators of Godavari basin
Village level maps of total population, number of agriculture families, total cultivable area, number of wells, water supply and overlay maps of these parameters of Chamrajanagar taluk in Karnataka used to assess the cultivation pattern and water availabilty in Godavari Basin. The overlay map of total number of agricultural families vs total cultivable area in ha shows positive correlation in villages having cultivable area above 1219 ha and below 241 ha but in villages with cultivable area ranging between 241 to 1219 a weak correlation is observed. in overlay map of total population and water supply in litres per capita per day (lpcd) water availability is quite low irrespective of the population in the village except for villages with population over 4000. Posted on 15 Jun, 2009 03:27 PM

Chamrajnagar Taluk- Total Population

Infiltration wells in the Himalayas - Videos by Pan Himalayan Grassroots Development Foundation
Video snippets to explain the concept of infiltration wells and its construction Posted on 12 Jun, 2009 09:38 AM

This is a DVD made by a non-profit group that has been uploaded to the web where it could reach many more people and add visibility to your organisation's work. If you would like India Water Portal to do something similiar with your organisation's DVD , please mail us at portal@arghyam.org

Groundwater in India: Conference on groundwater hosted by ACWADAM
Resources from the conference on groundwater conducted by ACWADAM in Pune Posted on 12 Jun, 2009 09:20 AM

A sharing workshop on groundwater organised by ACWADAM (Advanced Center for Water Development and Management) in Pune on 21/22nd May 2009 saw some very good presentations being made. Dr Tushaar's Shah's keynote speech provided an amazing big picture of groundwater use in agriculture. The presentation can be viewed on slideshare and the entire speech is available on YouTube in 4 parts.

Suggestions for a modified approach towards implementation and assessment of Ganga Action Plan
The paper examines the need for an alternative implementation and assessment methodology of River Action Plans in India, through an illustration of ‘Ganga Action Plan' (GAP). Posted on 11 Jun, 2009 03:20 PM

This paper is written by Vinod Tare, Purnendu Bose and Santosh Gupta of IIT Kanpur to examine the need for an alternative implementation and assessment methodology of River Action Plans in India. The paper illustrates of ‘Ganga Action Plan' (GAP) and its implementation near Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, to assess the methodology.

Rain Shocked-Climate change and the rainfall pattern
Rain Shocked: A research study by Down to Earth, on how climate change is leading to a rising trend of short but intense spells of rainfall, which is making usable water scarce in India. Posted on 11 Jun, 2009 02:40 PM

The research study was published in Down to Earth in March 2009 issue. The study describes how climate change is leading to a rising trend of short but intense spells of rainfall, which is making usable water scarce in India.

Reports on implementation of national rural employment guarantee act (NREGA)
This is an compilation of articles that challenge the implementation of national rural employment guarantee act (NREGA) Posted on 11 Jun, 2009 02:27 PM

"Work in progress", is an article by Jean Dreze and Christian Oldiges, that appeared in the Feb. 14-27, 2009 issue of the Frontline Magazine, that compares the data from the NREGA website (www.nrega.nic.in) related to the first two years (2006-07 and 2007-08) of implementation of the NREGA.

Launch : The www.thewaterchannel.tv
The Water Channel is a dedicated web-based video channel on water. It wants to be a main repository for video material on water and a medium in promoting better water management. Posted on 11 Jun, 2009 10:43 AM

Guest Post by: Lenneke Knoop, The Water Channel Image and Content Courtesy: The Water Channel The new version of www.thewaterchannel.tv has been launched. TheWaterChannel is a dedicated web-based video channel on water. It wants to be a main repository for video material on water and a main support and medium in promoting better water management.

TheWaterChannel now contains over 150 water related videos with new material coming in daily. The new version has several improved features and much more functions including improved uploading services, several technical improvements and news feed subscription.

Request for input and partners - Dugwell recharge research program by CAREWATER
As a response to water stress in hard rock areas of the country, Posted on 10 Jun, 2009 02:37 AM

Guest post on the Portal by Sunderrajan Krishnan, CAREWATER, (Center for Action, Research and Education on Water), www.carewater.org . === As a response to water stress in hard rock areas of the country, the Government of India has designed the Artificial Programme on Dug Well Recharge aimed at rejuvenating hard rock aquifers across the country. The idea is to divert rainfall runoff into open wells as a means of harvesting rainfall runoff and increasing recharge into aquifers. Currently as of April 2009, the program is underway in a couple of states, mainly in Gujarat and Tamil Nadu, and other states are following suit. The program is ambitious in the sense that it aims to bring in millions of dug well owning farmers towards recharging. How will such a program be implemented, monitored and channeled so that the results are achieved to satisfaction? CAREWATER has designed a network of partners and is conducting studies to understand Dug well recharge and providing feedbacks to this national programme on artificial dug well recharge. Towards this purpose, since September 2008 we have created a partner base of organizations who along with our expertise are carrying out ground studies and analysis. Some of these results are available now on our website http://www.carewater.org (Please click on the link at the bottom of the homepage). We hope to keep updating this page as the program continues and wish to have more partners join our endeavor. In particular we have published a study of dug well recharge. The study is summarized below. We would like a larger discussion of the results of the study. Your comments below will be very useful to take this project forward more effectively.

Bharat Institute of higher research and education, Chennai, presents grey water reuse in existing small apartments
C Vishnupriya of Bharat institute of higher education and research, Chennai, designs rainwater harvesting system in small apartment and integrates grey water treatment and reuse system Posted on 09 Jun, 2009 01:31 PM

This presentation by C Vishnupriya of Bharat Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai looks at an existing residential building with a rainwater harvesting system that is not adequately sized.

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