Swajaldhara

New policy framework for rural drinking water supply: Swajaldhara guidelines – An article by Philippe Cullet in Economic and Political Weekly

This article by Philippe Cullet in the Economic and Political Weekly discusses the central government policy for drinking water supply in rural areas. It examines its evolution from the 1970s onwards and focuses, in particular, on the reforms of the past decade, looking more specifically at the Swajaldhara Guidelines. These reforms are of capital importance because they seek to completely change the rural drinking water supply policy framework.

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Bhilwara, RJ, India
Latitude: 25.346251, Longitude: 74.636383

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Content Type: Policies & Laws, Research
Category: Democratic Governance, Drinking Water, Equity, Operation and Maintenance (O&M), Rural Communities, Rural Water Supply, Swajaldhara, Water Governance, Water Policy, Water Sector Reform
Author: Philippe Cullet
Source: Economic and Political Weekly, Philippe Cullet
Location / Time: Badwani, Bagatpura, Bhilwara, Bijoliyan, Bundelkhand, Chitrakoot, Galshyapa, Gujarat, India, Jogela Miyala, Ker Kheda, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Rajsamand, Sirola Pithoda, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, 2009
Difficulty Level: Expert

Physical and Financial Progress of Swajadhara Schemes in Assam as on 2004

Swajaladhara Implementation as of 2004

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Content Type: Data
Category: Drinking Water, Swajaldhara
Location / Time: Assam, India, 2004
Difficulty Level: Expert

Rural water supply: Ensuring access to safe water by the Assam Public Health Engineering Department

The status of access to safe water in rural areas of Assam can be viewed at the Assam Public Health Engineering Department website. It provides figures for coverage of habitations for drinking water supply and rural school water supply. It states 40 lpcd and a water source within 1.6 km in the plains and 100 m of elevation in hilly areas as the norm for coverage.Read More

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Guwahati, AS, India
Latitude: 26.183333, Longitude: 91.733333

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Content Type: Data
Category: Arsenic, Contamination, Disasters, Drinking Water, Floods, Rural Water Supply, Sanitation, Swajaldhara, Water Quality, Water Supply, Water and Health
Author: Assam Public Health Engineering Department
Source: Assam Public Health Engineering Department
Location / Time: Assam, India
Difficulty Level: Expert

Guidelines on Swajaldhara – Department of Drinking Water Supply, Ministry of Rural Development (2002)

The Swajaldhara Guidelines are an outcome of the Sector Reforms Project launched on a pilot basis in the year 1999-2000 and presently scaled up for the whole country from the Tenth Plan. Thus, if the village/block level Panchayati Raj Institutions or User Groups come forward and agree to adhere to the reform principles, water supply schemes can be taken up by them in those areas.Read More

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Swajaldhara Guidelines of DDWS-MoRD (2002)	79.25 KB

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Content Type: Policies & Laws
Category: Drinking Water, Groundwater Exploitation, Groundwater Management, Groundwater Recharge, Rainwater Harvesting, Rural, Sanitation, Society, Swajaldhara, Water Supply
Author: Department of Drinking Water Supply (Ministry of Rural Development)
Source: International Environmental Law Research Centre (IELRC)
Location / Time: India, 2002
Difficulty Level: Intermediate

Secure Water: A decision support tool Swajaldhara programme

Secure Water is a Decision Support Tool for practitioners and policy makers concerned with Swajaldhara, India's community-managed rural water supply programme. Based on the 4-phases of Swajaldhara, the DST outlines the activities involved in each phase, the poverty-livelihood- gender issues that implementers are likely to face during implementation, and how to tackle these issues, based on case studies and examples from projects around the country.Read More

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Content Type: Courses
Category: Drinking Water, Ecosystems, Rural, Society, Swajaldhara, Water Management, Water Policy, Water Resources, Water Supply
Source: Overseas Development Institute
Location / Time: India
Difficulty Level: Expert

Making Rural Sanitary Marts viable and more effective – Experiences, Examples

Submitted by ramamani on April 26, 2007 - 12:41

From Ajit Saxena, UNDP, New Delhi
Posted 26 April 2007

While working as an engineer in the water and sanitation (watsan) projects in Madhya Pradesh, I have seen that successful implementation of watsan programmes depends on balanced use of both software and hardware components. Read More

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cr-se-wes-26040701-public.pdf	138.39 KB

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Category: Drinking Water, Rural, Rural Sanitation, Sanitation, Society, Swajaldhara, Waste, Wastewater, Water Quality, Water Supply

Improving water and sanitation governance by PRIs, from SEUF, Kerala (Experiences)

Submitted by ramamani on August 3, 2006 - 16:16

Original Query: V. Kurian Baby, Socio-Economic Unit Foundation (SEUF), Kerala
Posted: 3 August 2006

Reforms in water and sanitation (watsan) sector have by now become institutionalized through: (a) pilot testing of alternate service delivery models by donors and GoI in selected locations and subsequent scaling up into programmes such as Swajaldhara and TSC across the country; (b) evidences of community acceptance, confidence and credibility in genuine reforms (c) demonstrated willingness to pay for assured, reliable and quality water services demonstrated at community level and (d) vesting watsan governance as a desirable responsibility to PRIs.Read More

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cr-se-wes-decn-24080601.pdf	157.83 KB

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Category: Drinking Water, Ecosystems, Rainwater Harvesting, Rural Water Supply, Sanitation, Swajaldhara, Waste, Wastewater, Water Resources, Water Supply

UN interventions in the WES Sector, from UNDP, New Delhi (Advice)

Submitted by ramamani on July 10, 2006 - 10:48

Original Query: Preeti Soni, UNDP, New Delhi
Posted: 10 July 2006

The UN System in India is in the process of formulating its next UN Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) for 2008-2012 in consultation with partners and stakeholders. Read More

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cr-se-wes-24070601-public.pdf	126.68 KB

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Category: Drinking Water, Ecosystems, Rural, Rural Water Supply, Sanitation, Society, Swajaldhara, Water Resources, Water Supply

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Swajaldhara

New policy framework for rural drinking water supply: Swajaldhara guidelines – An article by Philippe Cullet in Economic and Political Weekly

Location

Physical and Financial Progress of Swajadhara Schemes in Assam as on 2004

Rural water supply: Ensuring access to safe water by the Assam Public Health Engineering Department

Location

Guidelines on Swajaldhara – Department of Drinking Water Supply, Ministry of Rural Development (2002)

Secure Water: A decision support tool Swajaldhara programme

Making Rural Sanitary Marts viable and more effective – Experiences, Examples

Improving water and sanitation governance by PRIs, from SEUF, Kerala (Experiences)

UN interventions in the WES Sector, from UNDP, New Delhi (Advice)

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