Looking for detailed information on issues related to water? Here is a collection of research papers, reports and some interesting links to information that you need.
"Understanding the Urban Poor's Vulnerabilities in Sanitation and Water Supply": A study by Barbara Evans of the Center for Sustainable Urban Development.
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Public-private partnerships and lessons from Tiruppur Water Supply and Sewerage Project: A paper by Gaurav Dwivedi of Manthan Adhyayan Kendra.
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Website of Manthan Adhyayan Kendra: Click here
Jenny T Gronwall's PhD dissertation for Linkoping University's Tema Institute looks at issues of drinking water access in Bangalore through the framework of human rights, analyzing three interlinked dimensions: the right to water as a human right; water in terms of property rights; and water rights.
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Tema Institute
A paper on "Stakeholders Responses and Potential Scenarios of Evolution" to the Urban water crisis in Delhi
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ADB (Asian Development Bank) has evaluation reports on several water supply and sanitation projects that it has supported in different Asian countries
  http://www.adb.org/Water/Knowledge-Center/evaluation-studies.asp
What is the price of water to the supplier? What are people being charged out there? This article tries to find a solution for many such issues of water pricing.
  http://www.indiatogether.com/2006/dec/env-tariff.htm
Integrated Water Resource Management as an approach for Urban Water and Sanitation services from Global Water Partnership: a paper by Judith A. Rees
  http://www.gwpforum.org/gwp/library/GWP_TEC11.pdf
Household Water Delivery Options in Urban and Rural India by David Mckenzie and Isha Ray
  http://scid.stanford.edu/events/India2004/McKenzie-Ray%205-11-04.pdf
"Asian Water supplies: Reaching the Urban Poor" is a detailed guide and sourcebook on urban water supplies in Asia
  http://www.adb.org/Documents/books/asian_water_supplies/asian_water_supplies.pdf
A peep into the technological options and decision making processes for storm water management based on SWITCH project
  http://www.switchurbanwater.eu/page/239
Urban Water Environments and Planning based on SWITCH project
  http://www.switchurbanwater.eu/page/227
A simple 'air shower' device which, when fitted into existing showerheads, fills the water droplets with a tiny bubble of air. The result is the shower feels just as wet and just as strong as before, but now uses much less water.
  http://www.technologynewsdaily.com/node/5141
Safe Piped Water: Managing microbial water quality in piped distribution systems - A WHO publication
  http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/dwq/924156251X/en/index.html
Tools for assessing the operation and maintenance status of water supply and sanitation in developing countries - A WHO publication
  http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/hygiene/om/omtools/en/index.html
Upgrading water treatment plants - A WHO publication
  http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/hygiene/om/treatplants/en/index.html