Water Management

This report describes the proceedings of a workshop organised on the 5th of August 2009 at New Delhi, by the Freshwater Action Network South Asia (FANSA), the Forum for Policy Dialogue and Water Conflicts in India (FORUM), India WASH Forum and WaterAid.

The crisis of providing safe and affordable drinking water, as well as meeting the water requirements for livelihoods and infrastructure for rural and urban sanitation in India, is becoming acute by the day. In this context, ensuring the right of citizens to drinking water and sanitation, can be an important policy initiative to help improve the overall situation.

The India WASH Forum (IWF), a coalition of individuals representing an independent credible voice in the water and sanitation sector that is aligned to the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC), supported the launch of the Global Sanitation Fund (GSF) in India, to assist the people of the country, who do not have adequate access to clean water and sanitation.

A launch workshop of the Global Sanitation Fund was organised on 4th August 2009 in New Delhi, by the India WASH Forum, to discuss GSF programme priorities and its implementation structure for India. Representatives of national and international organisations, Government of India, as well as sector experts participated in the workshop.

The next issue of "Water Moves",the quarterly newsletter on Water Governance from SPWD (Society For Promotion of Wastelands Development), with assistance from Sir Dorabji Tata Trust under the Water Governance project is out.

Articles include:

The newsletter explores the ways in which national laws, court pronouncements and judgements and international commitments can be interpreted to imply a right to water and sanitation.

Specific articles cover:

-Individual court cases and Supreme Court pronouncements

Water is the primary medium through which climate change impacts will be felt by human populations and the environment.  Adapting to climate change will require adapting to changes in water availability and distribution.

Once it is known that the system of administration and management of water resources has grown in a manner which is not conducive to productivity and efficiency, then what options are we left with? How do we analyze the state of the system, so that the critical points are identified and improved upon?

 Agricultural Finance Corporation Ltd. (AFCL) is looking for Consultants for various areas of expertise in Water Resources  Projects 

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Dear all, we just launched www.waterandclimatechannel.org - an online resource to understand the vital links between water and climate change. As you know there is not a lot of discussion going on during COP 15 on the relation with water. Through this channel we would like to draw more attention on the importance of it. Documents, articles, videos on water and climate change are very welcome.

Sambalpur, 7th December 2009 - The Fifteenth Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and Fifth Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP 15 and COP/MOP 5) begins today, just a day after the Orissa Legislative Assembly’s current session was wrapped up in a hush half way through.  The otherwise strong and majority government of Orissa has been i

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