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Environment action plan for the city by Bangalore water supply and sewerage board
Posted on 11 May, 2009 12:38 PMThis presentation by the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board deals with the Environment Action Plan (Part – B) for Bangalore. The presentation begins with a description of the drainage pattern of the city and the major rivers in and around it. The objectives of the EAP are set out as –
- Stopping flow of raw sewage into storm water drains.
- Achieving zero discharge of raw sewage into drains.
- Conveying sewage to treatment plants and treating to meet standards.
- Improving environment.
- Improving socio-economic status.
Using GIS in water management system: case study of Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board
Posted on 11 May, 2009 12:30 PMBangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) moved forward on developing a GIS in 1998-99 and along with other civic bodies of Bangalore (BDA , BMP, BESCOM and others) pooled resources for obtaining aerial photography and photogrammetrically compiled base map covering an area of 290 Sq Kms of Ban
Watershed development - a multi-media course by Samaj Pragati Sahyog
Posted on 11 May, 2009 12:04 PMThis course is part of a multimedia course series developed by Arghyam for the India Water Portal in collaboration with IT and domain experts.
East Kolkata wetland system: a low cost efficient ecological water treatment
Posted on 11 May, 2009 11:59 AMA major problem faced by the towns and cities across the world is the dealing with the huge volume of wastewater generated everyday. The wastewater is either treated with high costing conventional water treatment procedures or let untreated into rivers or other water bodies.
A successful case of participatory watershed management at Ralegan Siddhi village in district Ahmadnagar, Maharashtra
Posted on 11 May, 2009 10:47 AMThis case study from FAO deals with participatory watershed management at Ralegan Siddhi village in district Ahmadnagar. In recent years the notion of sustainable development has emerged as a reaction to the highly technological and centralized processes that have governed thinking on development, the green revolution being a classic example.
Traditional water harvesting structures across India
Posted on 11 May, 2009 10:39 AMThis section from www.rainwaterharvesting.org deals with traditional water harvesting systems. Water has been harvested in India since antiquity, with our ancestors perfecting the art of water management. Many water harvesting structures and water conveyance systems specific to the eco-regions and culture has been developed.
- They harvested the rain drop directly. From rooftops, they collected water and stored it in tanks built in their courtyards. From open community lands, they collected the rain and stored it in artificial wells.
- They harvested monsoon runoff by capturing water from swollen streams during the monsoon season and stored it various forms of water bodies.
- They harvested water from flooded rivers
New content on India Water Portal: Research studies of the National Institute of Hydrology
Posted on 10 May, 2009 09:01 AMPortal Staff member Vijay Krishna writes:
Waternama - a collection of traditional practices of water conservation and harvesting in Karnataka
Posted on 08 May, 2009 05:16 PMWaternama is a collection of traditional practices for water conservation and management in Karnataka. The book is produced by Communication for Development and Learning and edited by Sandhya Iyengar.
View/download the full book (29.2 MB)
Traditional water body restoration in western Rajasthan by Tarun Bharat Sangh
Posted on 08 May, 2009 01:01 PMThe NGO Tarun Bharat Sangh (TBS) was set up in the mid 1980's for rural development and environmental conservation work. Their work includes water, forest conservation and other social issues hence raising awareness and understanding of the natural world.
Purushwadi, Maharashtra - from parched land to fertile fields: a case study by WOTR
Posted on 08 May, 2009 12:37 PMTo develop a watershed means, conventionally, to treat this whole area in such a way so as to conserve and nurture the natural resources of the area. These natural resources chiefly include the soil and water.