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Use of low-cost technologies to provide drinking water in Sundarbans. Experiences; Examples
From Sujoy Chaudhury, GOAL India Field Office, Kolkata
Posted 23 August 2011
I am Sujoy Chaudhury working with the GOAL India Field Office on issues concerning sustainable development. I am working on developing appropriate solutions for drinking water and sanitation in the Sundarbans, West Bengal.
In the Sundarbans I have observed, the current practice of extracting groundwater for drinking, using deep tube wells from depths in excess of 1000 feet is cost intensive (sinking these tube wells cost at an average INR 1, 25...
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Posted on: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 - 00:00
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Ways to improve O & M of rural water supply schemes - Experiences; Referrals
From Brecht Mommen, UNICEF, Bhubaneshwar
Posted 29 July 2011
I work for UNICEF in Orissa as the WASH specialist. My main task is to provide support in improving access to water supply and sanitation in rural areas. I have found that access to safe water have been largely undermined by poor operation and maintenance (O&M). The contributing factors are:
- Poor ownership and awareness by communities about their rights and responsibilities
- Poor capacities, willingness and ownership by panchayats to maintain water...
Posted on: Friday, July 29, 2011 - 00:00
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Addressing the Water-Energy Nexus
From Bhanu Neupane, UNESCO, New Delhi
Posted 26 July 2011
Water and energy are vital inputs for a wide range of human needs and national goals, and range in scope from the regional to global. Although both rank high on the development agenda, they are usually treated separately and connections between them are frequently overlooked. Ideally, any water resource management policy must address both water and energy jointly. This requires informed decision-making and a careful analysis of how water resources can be optimally tapped for...
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Posted on: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 - 00:00
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Tools and strategies for inclusion of marginalized in Water and Sanitation - Experiences; Examples
From Sandhya Venkateswaran, UNICEF, New Delhi
Posted 15 July 2011
Increasing attention is being given to India’s journey on a high growth path and the simultaneous exclusion of some communities from the processes and benefits of this development. UNICEF, in its current Country Programme, has decided to explicitly focus on reducing social exclusion. Under this, it aims to understand and address the underlying processes that result in economic and social deprivations, so that the services reach and benefit the most marginalized. While blanket...
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Posted on: Friday, July 15, 2011 - 00:00
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Plan for revival of Vembanad Lake - Experiences; Advice
From Latha Bhaskar, Community Environmental Resource Center, ATREE, Alleppy
Posted 30 June 2011
I work with the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Kerala, on wetland conservation and currently we are focusing on the conservation of the Vembanad wetlands
Vembanad was declared a Ramsar site in 2002. Due to prolonged anthropogenic interventions in the name of development, this wetland is facing progressive deterioration. Protection, conservation and management of the lake and its resources, through...
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Posted on: Thursday, June 30, 2011 - 00:00
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Information management for water management - Experiences, Referrals
From Satishkumar, University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur
Posted 22 June 2011
I work with the Department of Soil and Water Engineering, University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur, Karnataka. I have been engaged in teaching, research and extension activities on soil and water resource conservation, irrigation and drainage, surface and groundwater hydrology.
I am developing a knowledge information system on watershed (as defined by a natural boundary demarcated by runoff that leaves the boundary through a single outlet, i.e.,...
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Posted on: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 00:00
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Material to generate demand for WASH micro-loan products – Experiences; Advice
From Sireesha Patnaik, Friends of Women World Banking, Ahmedabad
Posted 27 May 2011
I work with Friends of Women World Banking (FWWB), on Water and Sanitation which is a pan-India programme. Currently, we partner with six microfinance institutions in Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Uttarakhand and have been able to touch lives of about 2,000 women beneficiaries and their households in providing access to water and sanitation.
FWWB-India initiated interventions on infrastructure credit in 2000, that gained momentum...
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Posted on: Friday, May 27, 2011 - 10:00
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Low cost water purification options for communities - Referrals
From Ananda Mallawatantri, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Sri Lanka
Posted 10 May 2011
I am working with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Sri Lanka on the Environment, Energy and Disaster Risk Management Programmes.
UNDP Sri Lanka is supporting communities to improve their access to safe drinking water in different parts of the country. In some areas the water has high concentrations of fluorides, and metals such as calcium, magnesium, cadmium and iron. Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) has been observed in some...
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Posted on: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 - 00:00
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Data collection for participatory hydrologic monitoring - Examples, Advice
From Sunderrajan Krishnan, INREM Foundation, Anand, Gujarat
Posted 26 April, 2011
Dear members,
I work with the INREM Foundation based in Anand Gujarat. I am a member of two Planning Commission working groups for the 12th Five Year Plan on “Water Database Development” and “Sustainable Groundwater Management”. In the context of water databases, there is interest in looking at current practices of participatory hydrologic monitoring (PHM) experiences across the country.
By PHM, I mean community involvement...
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Posted on: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 - 09:30
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Water Networks in India - Referrals, Advice
From Aidan Cronin, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), New Delhi
Posted 15 April 2011
UNICEF supports several initiatives on knowledge sharing in the water and sanitation sector. There are several other large networks in the sector, including the India Water Portal, the India Sanitation Portal, Hindi Water Portal, the Fresh Water Action Network – South Asia, the India Water Partnership and SACIWaters/CAP-NET. There are many more besides these that operate, or have operated, at the state or regional level, or have come into existence in...
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Posted on: Friday, April 15, 2011 - 09:30
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