Drinking and other Domestic Uses
Presentations from the Water India conference organised by Confederation of Indian Industry (2011)
Posted on 12 Apr, 2011 11:56 PMThe Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)organised the Water India conference, around the theme “Transforming the municipal and industrial water landscape - Issues, challenges and opportunities".
New policy framework for rural drinking water supply: Swajaldhara guidelines – An article by Philippe Cullet in Economic and Political Weekly
Posted on 11 Apr, 2011 07:09 PMIt examines its evolution from the 1970s onwards and focuses, in particular, on the reforms of the past decade, looking more specifically at the Swajaldhara Guidelines. These reforms are of capital importance because they seek to completely change the rural drinking water supply policy framework.
Indian standard code of practice for installation of septic tanks (IS: 2470) - Bureau of Indian Standards (1986)
Posted on 11 Apr, 2011 03:46 AMThis IS Code provides various requirements that have to be met while constructing a septic tank, so that it meets minimum standards. This Code is dictated by the Bureau of Indian Standards, and ensures that the sewage is treated in a way that maintains health and hygiene of the community.
While the first standard for small septic tanks was first printed in 1963 and then revised in 1968, the standard for disposal of effluent from septic tanks was published later in 1964 and revised in 1971.
This code has been sourced through City Managers' Association Karnataka (CMAK), a non profit that provides technical expertise to urban local bodies.
Role of civil society in sanitation improvement - A case-study from the work of Parivartan in Uttar Pradesh (2010)
Posted on 11 Apr, 2011 12:33 AMThis presentation prepared by the founders of Parivartan, a Kanpur based NGO, deals with the organisation's efforts to improve the sanitation system of the town by involving local citizenry.
Captain SC Tripathi, the founder of Parivartan explains that his organisation is based on a 'collective' model where in all aspects from ideation to implementation is a collective effort. This model seemed appropriate considering the different problems that Kanpur was facing ranging from sanitation issues to drainage, power outages etc. Added to this was political and official apathy, indifference and cynicism of citizenry.
Water pollution in villages - A post in Hindi by Ram Naresh Kumar and Sanjay Singh
Posted on 05 Apr, 2011 02:49 PMगांवों में जल प्रदुषण
Water management through communities in Uttarakhand - Neelima Garg
Posted on 28 Mar, 2011 06:36 PMThe conflict is over how water is perceived, valued and treated. Water is life savior elixir. The importance of water as a vital resource to the life system and an essential component of societal development cannot be over emphasized. Over the years, many ancient civilizations emphasized on various mechanisms of water collection & distribution.
Nirmal Gram Puraskar (NGP) award giving ceremony, Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, 23rd March 2011, Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi
Posted on 22 Mar, 2011 12:42 PMOrganizer: Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS)
Venue: Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi
Study of ancient water storage systems on forts in Nashik district of Maharashtra - Paper presented at the National Seminar on Water and Culture (2007)
Posted on 14 Feb, 2011 05:11 AMThis paper studies the water supply, distribution, collection and storage in the forts around Nashik with the idea of testing the viability of implementing such systems in areas of similar topography. The history of forts in Maharashtra and the forts around Nashik and the water collection and distribution systems thereof are described.
Design and manufacture very low cost portable solar powered water distiller (20 litres of water per day) - Dr. Vishwa Narayan of Theertham NGO
Posted on 10 Feb, 2011 01:21 PMDr. Vishwa Narayan, BE(Hons)EEE, MSEE, Ph.D. EE, CEO, Theertham - NGO, registered in Texas, USA, operating out of Bangalore and Chennai, India.
Goal: To design, manufacture, distribute and tech transfer very very low cost (Rs 5000) solar powered water distiller capable of distilling up to 20 liters of water per day, from dirty raw water including salt water.
"Urban sanitation in India: life after Common Wealth Games"
Posted on 02 Feb, 2011 05:16 PMThe India WASH Forum newsletter for November 2010. It is an open platform for engagement on contemporary issues, for an independent credible voice in the water, sanitation and hygiene sector.
- Recent estimates of drinking water and sanitation status of India
As per the estimate, India has achieved a coverage of 68% rural population having access to an individual household toilet. - Urban sanitation in India: life after Common Wealth Games
The Commonwealth Games generated a media blitz recently. Unfortunately, instead of highlighting the sorry state of sanitation in India, the issue was trivialized in the media.