Drinking and other Domestic Uses

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December 21, 2022 While drinking water coverage in rural India has improved, has it also improved reliability and safety of drinking water? This CEEW brief explores and analyses the available data to find out.
Adequate and safe drinking water, a valuable resource in rural India (Image Source: McKay Savage via Wikimedia Commons)
December 16, 2022 In this article, we will understand how the WQM course is continuing to influence the needs of learners that come from diverse backgrounds. The course model also offers core insights to many others who would like to engage in a virtual training program.
During a WQM course, a field team member from INREM facilitating a demonstration
December 13, 2022 WaterAid India’s partnership with USAID and Gap Inc. benefits 2400 villages across 7 districts of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra

WaterAid has focused on establishing community-led water quality monitoring & surveillance (Image: Anil Gulati/India Water Portal Flickr)
August 19, 2022 Better access to clean water coupled with health education to bring about changes in behaviour are critical to prevent exposure to dangerous cholera bacteria that lurk in untreated waters.
The hidden threat of cholera in India (Image Source: IWP Flickr photos)
July 20, 2022 This study found a high concentration of trihalomethanes (THMs) in water treatment plants in Delhi that were associated with increased risk of cancer.
What's in your tap water (Image Source: India Water Portal)
May 25, 2022 Enabling a culture of data sharing between programs and reuse of data
Participatory programs such as JJM require a large amount of village-level information on water (Image: Arpit Deomurar, FES)
Drop of life - A film on how to combat water crisis
This film is about two women from diverse backgrounds and their confrontation with lack of access to clean drinking water Posted on 15 Aug, 2012 02:08 PM

Set in the near future, the program is about the story of two women, a village teacher in rural India and an African American corporate executive, whose disparate lives intersect when they are both confronted with lack of access to clean drinking water

Minutes of video conference with principal investigators of R&D projects funded by Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation (GoI), held on 20.4.2012 in conference hall (12th floor), Paryavaran bhavan, New Delhi- A document by Drinking Water Supply
This document includes the minutes of the video conference with principal investigators of Research and Development projects funded by Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation (GoI) Posted on 07 Aug, 2012 04:42 PM

This document by Department of Drinking Water Supply, is on the minutes of the video conference with principal investigators of Research and Development projects funded by Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation (GoI) that was held on 20.4.2012 in Delhi.

Minutes of the conference of state ministers and state secretaries in charge of rural drinking water and sanitation, 24th May – 25th May, 2012 Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi- A document by Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation
THis document includes the minutes of the meeting of the conference of state ministers and state secretaries in charge of rural drinking water and sanitation Posted on 05 Aug, 2012 08:51 AM

This document by Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, is on the minutes of the meeting of the conference of state ministers and state secretaries in charge of rural drinking water and sanitation.

Dug wells- A potentially safe source of drinking water for the arsenic and iron contaminated region of Bihar - A paper by Megh Pyne Abhiyan (MPA)
Dugwells started losing their significance following installation of handpumps, which led to uncontrolled pumping of groundwater and problems of groundwater contamination with arsenic in Bihar Posted on 03 Aug, 2012 01:00 PM

This paper published by Megh Pyne Abhiyan argues that  dug wells slowly started losing their significance following the invention and large scale marketing of hand pumps,.

Water and a City: A film by Swati Dandekar that narrates the story of water in Bangalore
This film by Swati Dandekar traces the flow of water as it flows through the various households in different economic strata and then flows out in the form of sewage Posted on 01 Aug, 2012 10:04 AM

Directed and produced by Swati Dandekar, 'Water and a City' traces the journey of water through Bangalore using a succession of haunting im

"Aajao Pukur Aamader" by Nirupama Adhikari - Bengali translation of Anupam Mishra’s book “Aaj Bhi Khare Hain Talaab”
This book titled “Aajao Pukur Aamader” is the Bengali translation of Anupam Mishra’s book in Hindi “Aaj Bhi Khare Hain Talaab” which has been a runaway success for several years. Posted on 21 Jul, 2012 09:49 PM

cover pageAnupam Mishra is an environmental activist and currently works with the Gandhi Peace Foundation, New Delhi. The inspiring contribution dealing with the indigenous water systems of central India has been translated by Nirupama Adhikari into Bengali.

Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme in Uttarakhand - Performance review - A CAG audit report
This report presents the findings of an audit in the state of Uttarakhand that evaluated the Accelerated Rural Water and Sanitation programme (ARWSP) Posted on 20 Jul, 2012 11:45 AM

This report published by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) presents the findings of an audit that was conducted in the state of Uttarakhand that evaluated the perfor

Factors affecting the successful implementation of the water and sanitation initiatives - Case studies from different parts of the country and lessons learnt
This article includes case studies on the successful implementation of the water and sanitation programme from Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Orissa Posted on 19 Jul, 2012 04:49 PM

1. Critical investments for 24x7 water supply: Lessons from Ramachandrapuram village in Karimnagar district, Andhra Pradesh

Ek dozen pani - Twelve stories on the passage of water in Mumbai and its relation with everyday lives - Films by Aakansha Sewa Sangh, Agaaz, Arts Collective CAMP and Nikhil Anand
This film traces the journey of how residents of Mumbai form relationships with water and its related infrastructure Posted on 14 Jul, 2012 05:07 PM

As part of an investigation into the social life of water in areas in Mumbai, Ek Dozen Paani is a collaborative project between youth of two community organisations namely, Aakansha Sewa Sangh and Agaaz, Arts Collective CAMP and anthropologist Nikhil Anand and includes twelve s

Papers on wastewater treatment in Delhi by Elsevier publications
These papers look at the microbiological quality of treated wastewater in Delhi and the sources of microbial pollution during dry and wet weather in Delhi watersheds Posted on 10 Jul, 2012 05:47 PM

1.Reuse of treated sewage in Delhi city: Microbial evaluation of STPs and reuse options
Priyanka Jamwala,  Atul K. Mittal

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