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December 13, 2022
Mobilising communities for WASH
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)
October 15, 2022
Evaluating WaSH conditions spatially at the panchayat level
Synthesis of water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) spatial pattern in rural India: an integrated interpretation of WaSH practices
People in rural areas lack potable water, and use unsafe sanitation and hygiene facilities (Image: Sebastian Dahl)
December 2, 2021
The loo loop
Public toilets and choice of work for women
Separation between women and men’s toilets (Image: Rajesh Pamnani; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
October 15, 2021
Hand hygiene, a public policy issue
Interventions to promote hand hygiene should be designed based on an understanding of what people care about, says report on ‘State of the world’s hand hygiene’
Girls learn the value of hand-washing (Image: Kristen Kelleher, USAID, Pixnio)
October 4, 2021
Understanding the thinking behind IEC in large programs
Lessons from the Swachh Bharat Mission experience
Pop culture icons like Gabbar Singh are painted on the walls of a toilet complex in New Delhi (Image: Project Raahat, Enactus)
July 6, 2021
Billions lack access to WASH services
If trends persist, billions will be left without critical, life-saving WASH services, says a SDG monitoring report
Between 2016 and 2020, the global population with safely managed drinking water at home increased from 70% to 74% (Image: Pxhere)
Lessons for rural water supply : Assessing progress towards sustainable service delivery India IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre The Hague
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

The study looked beyond a simple description of the situation towards broader processes of decentralisation and political leadership, in an attempt to unpack what has gone right or, as in many cases, what has gone wrong, within the rural water sub-sector.
Drafting a new National water policy 2012 without consulting the farmers would be meaningless
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Author : Phanish Sinha
Draft National Water Policy 2012 Dialogue organised by NEER Foundation Meerut on February 18 2012
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Guest post by: Raman Kant Tyagi

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Trends in private sector participation in the Indian water sector: A critical review A Water and Sanitation Programme publication
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

The study also analyses the direction in which the sector is heading with respect to private sector participation. Since most PPPs are at early stages of operation, this study focuses only on learnings from PPP design and transaction. This study does not seek to assess the operating or financial performance of PPPs.
How valuable are environmental health interventions Evaluation of water and sanitation programmes in India Paper published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organisation
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

The paper informs that a number of epidemiological studies on the benefits of water and sanitation interventions have shown that diarrhoea can be reduced by 30–50%.
Understanding governance in WASH sector in Andhra Pradesh A study by WASSAN
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Problems in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector have their roots in socio-political issues rather than in technology. This paper presents the report of a survey in 107 villages in rural Andhra Pradesh to illustrate the influence of governance systems.

contrasting pictures of a well maintained hand pump and one that is standing in a pool of dirty water

Bottle it up: we can use it! A scientific study on human urine as fertiliser
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

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Contextualising urban water supply in a changing environment India Urban Conference November 1720 2011
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

It aimed to set the challenges faced by urban planners in the current economic, socio-political, and ecological landscape. This would enable informed and negotiated choices on urban development. The stated objectives of the conference are as follows:
Liquid Dynamics Rethinking sustainability in water and sanitation
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

This paper begins with the slow rate of progress in achieving the millennium development goals of environmental sustainability, especially in the areas of water and sanitation. This is due to the disconnect between the global rhetoric (which often focuses on water as an economic good) and social realities (such as the cultural attitudes towards water)

cover illustration of Liquid Dynamics showing two girls in a paddy field

Community managed sanitation in Kerala Tools to promote governance and improve health A Report by the World Bank Institute
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

It also deals with the efforts made by the Government of India to revolutionise sanitation services in the state of Kerala, with the aim of improving public health. Earlier experience had shown that significant governance problems had hindered water and sanitation reforms in local and national programmes in the state.
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