Sanitation and Hygiene
Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Govt. of India is looking for Deputy Adviser (PHE)
Posted on 14 Jun, 2011 01:43 PM
The Department of Drinking Water Supply complements the efforts of the State Governments in providing safe drinking water and sanitation to the rural masses of India. Programmes for drinking water supply and sanitation have been under implementation ever since the inception of the first five year plan.
Department of Drinking Water & Sanitation, Govt. of India is looking for Assistant Adviser (PHE)
Posted on 14 Jun, 2011 01:42 PMThe Department of Drinking Water Supply complements the efforts of the State Governments in providing safe drinking water and sanitation to the rural masses of India. Programmes for drinking water supply and sanitation have been under implementation ever since the inception of the first five year plan.
Department of Drinking Water & Sanitation, Govt. of India is looking for Sr. Consultants/Consultants in National Resource Centre
Posted on 14 Jun, 2011 01:42 PMThe Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation complements the efforts of the State Governments in providing safe drinking water and sanitation to the rural masses of India. Programmes for drinking water supply and sanitation have been under implementation ever since the inception of the first five year plan.
The department requires the services of the outside experts/retired government servants for appointment as non-official consultant.
Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation – Information on water and sanitation in India
Posted on 13 Jun, 2011 09:20 PMA huge number of links are present on these sites which provide access to various data and information regarding the status of rural drinking water & sanitation and related government projects.
Study of water supply & sanitation practices in India using geographic information systems - Some design & other considerations in a village setting - IJMR research paper
Posted on 06 Jun, 2011 05:01 PMThe study attempted to understand the phenomenon of water contamination in the village by using GIS as a tool to locate and map water supply and sewage distribution systems in the village, in relation to human and animal dwellings, their wastes, sanitary practices and their connections with drinking water quality for a clearer understanding of the connections between these factors and possible
Upward revision of incentive amount for construction of individual household latrine under Total Sanitation Campaign - PIB Release
Posted on 04 Jun, 2011 11:11 AMThe incentive for one unit of Individual Household Latrine (IHHL) has been raised from existing Rs. 2,200 (Rs. 2,700 for difficult and hilly areas) to Rs. 3,200 (Rs. 3,700 for difficult and hilly areas). The central share out of this shall be Rs. 2,200 (Rs. 2,700 in case of hilly and difficult areas) and State Government share shall be Rs. 1,000. Minimum beneficiary share shall be Rs. 300. State Governments are allowed the flexibility to provide higher incentive for a household toilet, of the same or higher unit costs from their own funds.
WASH Institute is offering two Academic - Job oriented courses - Apply by 10th July 2011
Posted on 30 May, 2011 03:52 PM
WASH institute is the only organization, offering formal and non-formal courses in water, sanitation, health and environment hygiene sector throughout the year. The courses are affiliated to Madurai Kamaraj University. The two following courses have being launched by WASH Institute:
Post graduate diploma in Environmental Sanitation Science:
Duration: 1 year
"Shit Matters: The potential of CLTS", State-level sensitisation workshop on CLTS held in Patna - Updates from the CLTS May 2011 Newsletter
Posted on 27 May, 2011 12:24 PMContent Courtesy:
Main highlights in this update:
- Shit Matters: The Potential of Community-led Total Sanitation: This book looks at the potential and challenges of CLTS by drawing on research in Bangladesh, India and Indonesia, as well as experiences in Africa. It includes chapters by leading scholars and practitioners in sanitation policy and practice as well as critical reflections from key players in CLTS. Shit Matters considers CLTS in terms of the social, ecological, technological, financial, and institutional dynamics and draws out wider lessons for sanitation policy and practice.
Monitoring system for incentive programs – Learning from large-scale rural sanitation initiatives in India – A report by the Water and Sanitation Programme
Posted on 21 May, 2011 02:15 PM
It is a part of the Global Scaling Up Rural Sanitation project of the Water and Sanitation Programme, World Bank and focuses on learning how to combine the approaches of Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS), behavior change communications, and social marketing of sanitation to generate sanitation demand and strengthen the supply of sanitation products and services at scale, leading to improved health for people in rural areas. This is one in a series of knowledge products designed to showcase project findings, assessments and lessons learned in the project.
Over the last few years, the concept of open-defecation free communities has emerged as one of the building blocks toward achieving total sanitation. The term ‘access’ is widely used to capture increase in sanitation usage. However, a clean environment is a public good. Hence, there was a need to achieve total sanitation at the community level to realize public health benefits. This has led policy makers and practitioners to adopt strategies that achieve community-wide total sanitation status, which includes the community becoming open-defecation free, and adopting safe hygiene and environmental sanitation practices.
Sekhar Raghavan speaks about saving our water
Posted on 16 May, 2011 06:51 PMContent Courtesy: Rotary Madras South
Talk by Sekhar Raghavan, Rain Centre, at the Rotary Club of Madras South weekly meeting on 26 April 2011 on rainwater harvesting and ecological sanitation - Part 1.