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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)
September 26, 2022
Dirty drains 'drain' health
This study found that the sanitary quality of neighbourhood drains, in addition to toilets, affected sanitation and hygiene and incidences of ill-health in rural households.
Dirty drainages, harbingers of illhealth. Image for representation only (Image Source: SuSanA Secretariat via Wikimedia Commons)
February 10, 2022
Budgetary provisions for drinking water supply continue to get priority
Budget for sanitation sees a decline
Jal Jeevan Mission has picked up pace after two years (Image: Anita Martinz, Wikimedia Commons, CC-A-2.0 Generic)
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)
April 17, 2021
Skilling and engaging first mile actors to enable local water management: Context, opportunities, and engagement possibilities
Based on conversations with Dr Tushaar Shah and Mr Ved Arya
There is an urgency to create a database of such skilled persons and engage them in future programs or on a long-term basis through different engagement models. (Image: ForWater Partners)
Indias first nationwide rural water quality survey to start from October- A compilation of top stories from water industry from newsletter Droplets
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

What are the emerging trends in India’s water sector? The newsletter, Droplets by Everything About Water gives an overview of the current issues in the sector by giving brief description of recent developments in water industry, technologies, products, research, reports etc,.
The Karnataka Urban Water Sector Improvement Project 24x7 water supply is achievable Field note by Water and Sanitation Programme World Bank
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

This field note by the Water and Sanitation Program, describes how it is possible to deliver twenty four water supply through individual household connections to all residents.
Performance Assessment System PAS Project at CEPT University Ahmedabad develops a comprehensive database of urban water sanitation data for Gujarat and Maharashtra
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

The Performance Assessment System Project - www.pas.org.in (PAS) Project at CEPT University is a five-year Action Research Project, which works on developing appropriate tools and methods to measure, monitor and improve delivery of water and sanitation services in urban India.
Frequently asked questions on water integrity: A primer by the Water Integrity Network
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM
  1. What is integrity ?
  2. What is corruption, and what are the various forms of corruption ?
Guidance notes for continuous water supply 24X7 - A guide to project preparation implementation and appraisal A report by Water and Sanitation Program
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

This report by Water and Sanitation Program is a guidance notes meant for governments, municipal administrations and water utilities that are considering of converting their water distribution services from intermittent to continuous (24-7)

Community participation in South Asian sanitation A paper published in Public World
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

This paper published in collaboration with Public World (London) focuses on the poor sanitation situation in South Asia, which has the highest proportion of people practising open defecation and argues that improvement in sanitation is one of the most important goals that countries i
Report on the National level workshop on appropriate toilet technologies organised by Gramalaya Arghyam and UNICEF at Trichy Tamil Nadu between 9-11 May 2012
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM
Water woes of Bawana and Bhalswa slums in Delhi Women pay the heaviest price for poor water supply and sanitation facilities An article in India Water Review
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

The current global water crisis is preventing water from reaching slum dwellers. The condition of women under such a grim situation is deteriorating further as they continue to fetch water for various domestic purposes.
What is new in the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan A comparative analysis of the NBA and the TSC guidelines
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Guest post: Surashree Shome

This writeup aims at comparing the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA) guidelines with the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) guidelines released on July 2012 by the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (MDWS) and focuses on and analyses the modifications/changes and additions included in the NBA Guidelines. Wherever TSC is referred to in the document, it is with reference to the TSC guidelines published by MDWS in July 2011. The document has followed the serial number and the title/subtitle of NBA guidelines for the convenience of the reader. The information given in the boxes is taken from the MGNREGA Guidelines.

India Improving urban water supply and sanitation service provision Lessons from business plans for Maharashtra Rajasthan Haryana and international good practices Report by the World Bank
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

This report by the World Bank identifies the key elements of a State-wide program for improving water supply and sanitation services and accountability on the basis of
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