Media - Water Bodies
"It is necessary to move away from a project-based approach towards a holistic perspective": Report of the dialogue on mainstreaming river basin planning held from 9 to 11 August 2011 (New Delhi)
This three day dialogue workshop on 'Mainstreaming river basin planning' held from 9th to 11th August 2011 in New Delhi intended to bring together activists involved in dam movements and other social and environmental movements, civil society groups, experts in water resources management, environment, river basin planning, officials from all the relevant ministries and departments and others concerned. Selected invitees from South Asian countries were also invited for sharing their views on transboundary issues.
Groundwater - Nation’s water lifeline suffering multiple crisis – A presentation by Himanshu Thakker
This presentation by Himanshu Thakker, South Asia Network on Dams Rivers and people (SANDRP) deals with key groundwater policy concerns - framework and equity issues, the emerging realities and responses. It begins with a description of the basic characteristics of groundwater and how the resource has become a private property resource by use and legal situation.
Read MoreFrom policy to practice - Koshi river basin management
This document titled “From Policy to Practice” is a process documentation of Water and Energy Commission Secretariat (WECS) and World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) joint initiative for the first field piloting of Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) approach as prioritized by the National Water Plan 2005 in Koshi River Basin, Nepal.
This pictoral document explains the effort to translate policy into practice by showcasing Koshi River Basin Management Program as a model for conservation and wise use of water and its resources to secure life and livelihoods of generations to come by addressing the impacts of climate change.
Environmental Pollution and Management - A Civil Engineering Course under the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning
This Civil Engineering Course under the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) on the broad subject of Environmental Pollution and Management is being carried out by Indian Institute of Technology’s and the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore as a collaborative project supported by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (Government of India) to enhance the quality of engineering education in the country, by developing curriculum based video and web courses. In these web based lectures, the authors have developed the subject in detail and in stages in a student-friendly manner. The broad group of Environmental Pollution and Management is structured into modules on the following topics:
Historical evolution of tank system in Bangalore city - A presentation
The presentation from the ENVIS - CES (IISc) website, emphasises the important role that the tank system has played in the development of the city of Bangalore and highlights:
- The principles behind the working of the tank system
- The process of evolution of the tank system with respect to the growth of the city
- The underlying planning principles that were used in the tank system
- The role and importance of water tanks as an asset to the city
- The relationship between the system of tanks and the city of Bangalore
- The usefulness of the tanks as an important source of drinking water and agriculture in lean periods
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The Wisdom That Was ! - A Talk by Anupam Mishra on traditional water harvesting systems of the Rajasthan desert
The Wisdom That Was !, captures a very interesting and informative talk, by Anupam Mishra, on traditional water harvesting systems of the Rajasthan desert. This course is part of a multimedia course series developed by Arghyam for the India Water Portal in collaboration with IT and domain experts. The talk is in Hindi, with some subtitles in English. Read More
A set of informative and detailed slideshows on implementing household rainwater harvesting
A set of informative and detailed slideshows on implementing household rainwater harvesting.
Seven easy steps to constructing a recharge pit
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The making of a Recharge well
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Only Hot Water Spring of South India
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Read MoreManipur- Traditional water source- a spring
This spring in Manipur provides water for a hill community but for how long. As the catchment changes will the spring go dry?
Read MoreBangalore- Benefits of a lake
Surface water bodies called tanks were indispensable for Bangalore. Built at a time when the city was rural, these man made structures provided water for tank irrigation and cultivation of such crops as rice. Now that the city urbanizes what is the new role for surface water bodies?
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