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managed their wastewater, developed their watersheds successfully, built
innovative models for sanitation, etc.? The case studies are an insight into
learning from others' experiences without having to reinvent the wheel. |
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 A case study from CGIAR of SEWA's "Women, Water and Work" campaign in Gujarat to provide water for domestic use in rural communities. |
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Sujala Scheme: The Byyraju Foundation's manual for setting up a locally managed, rural drinking water plant. The Foundation's drinking water initiative covers 154 villages across five districts of Andhra Pradesh via 31 village-level treatment plants. |
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Byrraju Foundation website
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Byrraju Foundation's work is also described in a case study in Whitman Direct Action's "Water Book". |
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Visit Whitman Direct Action's Website
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Case studies on drinking water from Whitman Direct Action's "Water Book":
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A case study of multi-institutional
decentralized solution to the problem
of drinking water scarcity in
Abdasa Taluk, Kachcch, Gujarat
- work done by Sahjeevan,
WASMO, Arghyam and partners.
This is one of the case studies
in Whitman Direct
Action's
"Water Book".
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Gramin Vikas Vigyan Samiti's work
on improving the designs of traditional
water harvesting structures of
the Thar desert, Rajasthan.
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Bala Vikasa's model for setting
up fluorosis treatment plants
in fluorosis-affected villages
in seven districts of Andhra Pradesh.
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About Riverbank filtration
- a low-cost water treatment technology.
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A Summary of Methods and
Techniques of Household Water Treatment. |
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About the Peoples Learning Center for Water and Sanitation being run by Utthan in Bhavnagar district of Gujarat |
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Peoples Learning Center website |
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The
persistent efforts of Dr. Prakasam Tata to clean up a lake
in Vizianagaram finally paid off when he met an equally
dyanamic IAS officer interested in the welfare of the city. |
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Some
new technologies and approaches for improving health through
clean
water - the work of the Aquaya Institute. |
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View Slideshow (0.8MB) Part 1 | Part 2 |
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Some successes and best practices from the Water Supply and Sanitation Department of the Government of Maharashtra |
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A traditional water extracting system called suranga - man-made caves for water
which tap groundwater by intercepting the water table in the area. The water
extracted is used for drinking and washing purposes by the farmers and local
people in Kasargod district. |
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http://www.indiatogether.org/2006/mar/env-suranga.htm |
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Read about how local non-government organizations and village committees tackle the water problems of India's urban and rural poor
- An ADB compilation |
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http://www.adb.org/water/actions/country.asp?code=IND |
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Hebbali village in Chitradurga district of Karnataka has a successful and sustainable piped water supply scheme. They manage their drinking water supply with metering and charges, and protect the source. |
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http://www.indiatogether.org/2007/aug/env-hebballi.htm |