Contamination, Pollution and Quality
A framework for rural drinking water quality management, based on experiences from the voluntary sector - A learning document by Arghyam
Posted on 20 Apr, 2012 04:33 PMThe phases that have been identified for a sustainable WQM programme are:
(1) Assessment of baseline situation
(2) Participatory planning
(3) Water quality monitoring
(4) Implementation
The sanitation crisis in India - An urgent need to look beyond toilet provision
Posted on 18 Apr, 2012 12:14 PMGuest post by: Aarti Kelkar-Khambete
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The sanitation crisis and the recent evidence on lack of toilet facilities
Toolkit for integrated urban water management, developed by Institute for Resource Analysis and Policy
Posted on 12 Apr, 2012 11:24 PMThe review included, but was not limited to urban hydrology, management of water supply infrastructure, water resources management, water quality management (WQM), groundwater management, technical and economic instruments for water demand management, technical and economic aspects of leakage reduction, environmental and economic aspects of wastewater treatment and reuse, storm water management
Water law in a globalised world - Philippe Cullet discusses the need for creating a new framework
Posted on 09 Apr, 2012 11:09 PM1. Introduction
Government of Rajasthan prepares a working draft of a rural sanitation and hygiene strategy (2012 2022)
Posted on 04 Apr, 2012 09:46 PMAlthough significant progress has been made in terms of individual household toilet coverage in the state, usage by the population is still low at 12.9 per cent (DLHS 2007-08). Access to toilets for schools and angawandies has seen a marked increased but rural solid and liquid waste management has seen little or no attention.
Impending water crisis in India and comparing clean water standards among developing and developed nations - A overview of the issues surounding India's water scarcity
Posted on 03 Apr, 2012 03:09 PMThe two concepts required for analysis of water as regards human consumption are availability and access. Availability refers to the physical presence of adequate water supplies and is influenced by physical and environmental factors.
People of Nuapada district in Odisha build a stop dam themselves - Roundup of audio updates from CGNet Swara (Sep 2011 to Feb 2012)
Posted on 03 Apr, 2012 02:57 PMPeople get together to build a stop dam themselves
The people of Khariar road town in Odisha have long requested a check dam across the river Jonk. Khuturam Sunani describes how they have now begun constructing it through shramadaan.